Member Benefits
Empowering workforce agencies and their teams with exclusive resources and opportunities.
Benefits Overview
Review the sections below for a closer look at each benefit!
Networking Opportunities
- In-person conferences
- Administration & Finance Training
- National UI IB and Federal Programs Training
- SUMMIT
- UI Integrity Symposium
- UI SIDES Seminar
- Veterans Conference
- Winter Policy Forum
- Explore upcoming conferences
- Virtual engagement: Biweekly member calls
- Peer-to-peer collaboration: Committees and workgroups
- Connect with peers online: View Member Directory (Member login required)
Training & Professional Development
- Conferences & Meetings: Policy committee meetings and annual conferences
- NASWA Learning: Supports performance improvement through courses and certifications custom-designed for new and tenured workforce development program staff (on-demand, virtual, and live)
Resources and Information
- Publications & reports: State of the Workforce Reports, surveys
- UI Library: A managed collection of resources, promising practices, and information on Unemployment Insurance integrity.
- Workforce IT Support Tools: Self-service research tools for project research and workforce insights
Policy & Advocacy
- Committees:
- Administration & Finance
- Communications
- Employment & Training
- Equal Opportunity
- Paid Family Medical Leave
- Technology
- Unemployment Insurance and Subcommittee on Interstate Benefits
- Veterans Affairs
- Wage & Hour
- Workforce & Labor Market Information
- State Workforce Agency Attorney Workgroup
- Legislative Tools:
- Appropriations Tracker, Legislative Tracker, annual Legislative Priorities, Testimony and Letters to Congress
UI & Workforce Programs Solutions
- UI Integrity Center: Develops services and tools to help states reduce Unemployment Insurance overpayments and fight fraud. Includes the:
- Integrity Data Hub
- Behavioral Insights services
- UI Subject Matter Experts
- UI Interstate Connection Network (ICON): Operates the system facilitating data exchange between state agencies and federal partners for federal, military, and interstate Unemployment Insurance claims.
- UI IT Support Center (UI ITSC): Provides advisory services and creative solutions for Unemployment Insurance technology challenges
- UI State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES): Operates the system streamlining communications between states and employers to enhance integrity in the Unemployment Insurance claims process.
- Workforce IT Support Center (Workforce ITSC): Provides workforce technology insights, staff capacity building opportunities, and advisory services.
- National Labor Exchange (NLx): Job bank integration with states and the NLx Research Hub
