Montana Department Of Labor Industry

Montana Department Of Labor Industry, a U.S. state government entity and child division of the Montana Department of Public Health headquartered in Helena, operates as a federal grant recipient (85% of recent awards as prime recipient) across workforce development, labor market statistics, occupational safety and health, and employment services programs. The entity holds no federal contracts; all transacting is grant-based, and no set-aside designations apply.

The entity's federal footprint is dominated by workforce and employment grants from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA), which accounts for 215 of 303 awards tracked across the Department of Labor family. ETA funding flows through formula grants and cooperative agreements supporting unemployment insurance administration, Wagner-Peyser employment services, WIOA adult and youth programs, dislocated worker assistance, Trade Adjustment Assistance, reemployment services and eligibility assessments (RESEA), and Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) activities. Recent representative work includes $6.663 million in UI administrative funding (October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2028) to operate Montana's unemployment insurance program covering claims processing, claimant systems, staffing, and fraud detection; $1.330 million in AmeriCorps State and National grant funding (September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029) for full-time and part-time AmeriCorps members across education, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, disaster response, and youth development; and $4.940 million in Wagner-Peyser employment services funding (July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027) for universal access job search assistance, career counseling, employer recruitment support, and labor market information dissemination. Montana Department of Labor also administers $3.669 million in a Reentry Employment Opportunities cooperative agreement (September 30, 2023 through September 30, 2027) supporting the Montana Returning Worker Apprenticeship Program connecting reentry residents in Great Falls and Billings with registered apprenticeship training and peer mentorship, targeting 250 participants per year and 75% employment and apprentice retention outcomes.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) represents the second-largest customer, with 27 awards funding labor market information collection and occupational safety and health statistics. The Corporation for National and Community Service awards 25 grants for AmeriCorps commission support, training and technical assistance, and program delivery. Montana's occupational safety and health programs—consultation services, Susan Harwood training grants, and mine safety training—are funded through 16 OSHA awards and 20 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) formula grants. By potential value, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission anchors the portfolio with two Federal FEPA (Federated Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance) support contracts valued at $278.8 thousand and $240 thousand respectively; the Social Security Administration provides 14 awards totaling $190 thousand in potential value for record access by SSA field office personnel processing claims. The entity also holds small commodity labeling compliance work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service.

Montana Department of Labor conducts subawards under its prime grants to local workforce development areas, non-profit organizations, and educational partners to deliver training and employment services to underemployed and unemployed individuals, youth aged 14–21, and displaced workers. Activity has remained steady at 34–37 awards annually over the past three years, with 22 awards reaching completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $19 thousand), indicating routine formula grant recompete cycles. Performance occurs in Montana, with administrative oversight in Helena. The entity does not hold parent contract vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs and does not bid prime federal contracts; its federal presence is exclusively grant-recipient-based, nested within the state workforce system and operating statutory labor market information, employment services, and occupational safety roles delegated to state workforce agencies under the Wagner-Peyser Act, WIOA, and related federal employment and safety statutes.