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Tracks: Comms, EO, and UI Equity, Plain Language, and Behavioral Insights: Frameworks for Improving State UI Programs This enlightening session will feature states sharing their experiences with using behavioral insights, plain language, and other strategies to improve equity and access...

Laying the Foundation for America’s Infrastructure Workforce Following the passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the U.S. is seeing a historic level of investment in the country's infrastructure. To support these investments, state workforce agencies across the nation...

TRACKS: E&T and WLMI State-Led Strategies to Strengthen the Nation’s Healthcare Workforce As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, revitalizing the healthcare workforce is a major priority across the country. To meet this challenge, state workforce agencies are increasin...

Tracks: Tech and UI  Once Upon a Time: Tales of UI IT Modernization Dive into the storybook of UI IT modernization, where magical transformations breathe life into outdated systems and user experiences are elevated to new heights. States will recount their adventures against legacy...

Theme: Exchanges / Promising Practices Benefit Charges & Promising Practices Engage with our panelists as they talk about processes that should be reviewed when implementing the Benefit Charges exchange.   MODERATOR Wendy Sanders, Benefits Services Consultant, Flori...

Session Recording If you registered for the virtual 2021 NASWA Veterans Conference and need the password to view the session recording, please contact naswa-meetings@naswa.org   Michigan - Incarcerated Veterans Workshop For incarcerated Veterans, getting a job after prison can be...

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...

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...