The purpose of the ES program is to bring together individuals looking for employment and employers looking for job seekers

The Government of Guam - Department of Administration received a formula grant award of $312,473.00 from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration for the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207). The award, effective July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, supports universal access employment services designed to connect job seekers with employment opportunities and assist employers in filling positions. Services delivered to job seekers include career interest assessments, career guidance, job search workshops, labor market information, and referrals to employment opportunities. Employer services include job order posting, candidate referral and matching, recruitment assistance for hard-to-fill positions, and support for workforce restructuring and laid-off worker assistance.

The grant funding supports activities conducted directly by the grantee as well as subawards to conduct labor market information research and deliver specific employment services. As a universal access program, all individuals are eligible to receive services with no eligibility restrictions. The program explicitly excludes direct training services, focusing instead on labor exchange mechanisms and career guidance to facilitate rapid workforce reentry and efficient employer-candidate matching. Expected outcomes include enabling individuals to access needed services to overcome employment barriers and reenter the workforce system as quickly as possible.

Activities

The ES is a universal access program that provides services to all individuals who need services. Allowable services include assessments of career interests, career guidance when appropriate, job search workshops, and referral to jobs or training as appropriate. Services offered to employers include referral of job seekers to job openings matching job requirements with applicants experience, skills and other attributes helping with special recruitment needs assisting employers with hard-to-fill job orders assisting with job restructuring and helping employers assist laid-off workers. Training services are not provided and not allowable under ES program.

Expected outcomes

The ES program outcomes are to ensure that individuals are able to access and receive the services they need to overcome barriers to employment and reenter the workforce system as quickly as possible.

Intended beneficiaries

This is a universal access program that is available to all individuals.

Subrecipient activities

The grantees may subaward funds to conduct LMI research as well as the provision of specific services such as assessments of career interests, career guidance, job search workshops, referral to jobs or training as appropriate, and others.