Project descriptionpurpose: the purpose of this grant is to develop and disseminate essential state and local labor market information (LMI) for a range of customer groups: 1) job seekers 2)…

The Technical College System of Georgia received a Formula Grant award of $851,425 from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) under the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207), effective July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. This award funds the development and dissemination of state and local labor market information (LMI) to support workforce decision-making across Georgia. Primary deliverables include populating and maintaining a workforce information database, producing employment projections, generating a statewide economic analysis report, and ensuring adequate staff training in LMI functions. The grant supports a broad range of end users including job seekers, employers, American Job Center staff, workforce development boards, policymakers, educational institutions, researchers, and media.

The LMI products and services generated through this funding enable data-driven decision-making regarding employment, career pathways, education, and training opportunities. TCSG has discretion in developing supplementary reports and data products beyond the required deliverables, with emphasis on providing accurate, actionable information that supports rapid reemployment and worker advancement in high-demand, higher-wage occupations. These services support Georgia's public workforce system infrastructure by facilitating efficient job-seeker and employer matching while advancing workforce development objectives across the state.

Activities

Grantees must populate and maintain a workforce information database, produce two types of public products (employment projections and a statewide economic analysis report), and ensure LMI staff are adequately trained. ETA also encourages grantees to produce other reports and data in addition to those required. Grantees have wide discretion in both the topics and presentation format. These reports should include accurate data, actionable information, and resources that enable data users to make informed decisions about the reemployment, work-based learning, training, and career pathways strategies that lead to rapid reemployment and worker advancement along a continuum of high-demand and higher wage jobs.

Expected outcomes

By performing these duties users of LMI will have sufficient information to make informed decisions regarding employment, careers, education, and training.

Intended beneficiaries

Job seekers, employers, staff in american job centers, state and local workforce boards, national state local policy makers, students, academic researchers, labor market analysts, and other users of LMI.

Subrecipient activities

A state may use wigs funding to work with a subrecipient to conduct a study or research an LMI topic when a state LMI office does not have sufficient staffing or knowledge to conduct the work themselves.