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Michigan manufacturers benefit from statewide apprenticeship strategyBy Marcia Black-Watson, Industry Talent Director and Chris Knapp, Industry Talent DirectorAs employers in Michigan look continually to find talented employees with the latest jobs skills, many are finding immediate and va...

In the United States, partnerships are a key governance tool to better connect state and local workforce development policies to the needs of the economy. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was designed improve coordination between and among agencies so that workers and jo...

Apprenticeships are often viewed as an effective training program to better link young people to good jobs. Given that young people are most vulnerable to changes in the future of work, it is important to consider how apprenticeships can be used to promote local economic development opport...

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) and its partner DirectEmployers Association (DE) are pleased that the National Labor Exchange will be providing the job content to the new and enhanced Veterans Job Bank found on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs eBenefits ...

What strategies can help ensure Perkins and workforce customers are served by coordinated systems, and that CTE programs are responsive to local labor market conditions? How do leaders rally their troops to work across systems and achieve success? This discussion will showcase strategies a...

In many states, Labor Market Information (LMI) shops are evolving into broader data shops that provide several tiers of service to multiple workforce units and state agencies. At this workshop a prominent state administrator and three LMI directors who are leaders in national LMI initiativ...

There are many innovations in how states are communicating labor market information data. This panel will showcase promising practices from states where the communications and labor market information teams are working together to dynamically communicate their data, including the use of dy...

Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: Chris Cannon Email Address: chris.cannon@tn.gov Agency Name: Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Campbell Strong Workforce Partnership/Campbell Strong American Job Center Challenged with low unemployment...

This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC unemployment benefits; (2) changes in the UC weekly benefit amount; and (3) the enactment i...

Montana Data Insights and Innovations Award Nomination: LMInformer Consortium Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: Annette Miller Email Address: anmiller@mt.gov Agency Name: Montana Department of Labor & Industry Montana's LMInformer Consortium Criteria: N...