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These best practices are collected from annual Workforce Innovation Award nominations. States submit programs, projects, or initiatives, which address a challenge they face, and result in significant performance or service improvements. 2020 Winter Workforce Innovation Award Nominations Me...

NASWA and LinkedIn are excited to announce the next phase of our partnership. After years of working increasingly closely from the NLx to training thousands of your career coaches, we're excited to announce a commercial collaboration to facilitate deeper public-private partnerships. Linked...

Overview NASWA’s partnership with Hilton™ strives to make the career transition easier for current and former military members by offering up to 100,000 hotel points to transitioning service members, veterans and other personnel who may be eligible. Allowable Activities: Travel for verifia...

BYLAWS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES (Formed under the Virginia Non-stock Corporation Act) Updated September 22, 2021 ARTICLE ONE Mission To enhance the state workforce agencies’ ability to accomplish their goals, statutory roles and responsibilities. Vision To be...

Several NASWA Committees held their first or second committee meetings of the 2014 Association Year in December and January, continuing the ongoing work from the previous year, while also discussing strategies to further their mission and goals in the coming year. The seven standing NASWA ...

On Thursday, November 21st, several states, led by the Chair and Vice Chair of NASWA’s Unemployment Insurance Committee Bruce Madson (OH) and Jay Rowell (IL), respectively, met with Congressional staff on the Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over the Unemployment Insuran...

WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has been awarded new funding from the Gates Foundation to support the “Integrating Real-Time Labor Market Information into Public Goods” initiative. This grant will continue to establish the National Labor Exchange (...

The Honorable Derrick Van Orden Chair Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Veterans Affairs Committee U.S. House of Representatives 1513 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Chris Pappas Ranking Member Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Veterans Affairs Committee ...

The Honorable Mike Crapo Chairman, Committee on Finance U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Ron Wyden Ranking Member, Committee on Finance U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20515 Re: Support for S. 3379 Dear Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Wyden, I am writing on behalf of the Nationa...

WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has released its annual legislative priorities for 2026 on behalf of the nation’s state workforce agencies. These initiatives advocate for enhanced flexibility, investment, and alignment of workforce development; inv...