WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help workforce agencies develop multi-state data collaboratives and more timely labor market and workforce information.
“We are ...
WASHINGTON - The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) issued the following statement following the introduction of H.R. 6646, referred to as the Relaunching America's Workforce Act (RAWA).
"We support the introduction of this important legislation as it ...
As a result of the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), state workforce agencies handling unemployment insurance, reemployment services, and pre-employment training are faced with a new set of challenges. The states are actively responding to these challenges to provide information for worker...
For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON - The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) released the first-ever, annual State of the Workforce Report, which includes national workforce data and a state profile of each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.
“Th...
For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) was pleased to endorse H.R. 1759, known as the "BRIDGE for Workers Act." The bill received bipartisan support as it passed the U.S. House yesterday.
The Act allows states to prov...
For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON - Last week the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) recognized the Indiana Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) Hoosier Initiative for Re-Entry (HIRE) program for their use of an innovative workforce development in...