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This report provides background on the TAA program. It begins with descriptions of eligibility and benefits under both the current and previous provisions. The report then presents information on application activity, benefit usage, and participants' outcomes.

Please click the PDF above to view a letter from NASWA President Mark Henry to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erica Groshen requesting BLS publish three-month averages of state employment and unemployment statisitics.

Please click the PDF above to view a letter from NASWA President Mark Henry sent to state administrators on March 5, 2014 requesting their assistance in providing information to NASWA state equal opportunity compliance reviews conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor Civil Rights Center.

On Wednesday, March 5, NASWA President Mark Henry (MS) sent a letter to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erica Groshen requesting BLS calculate and publish monthly state, regional and area employment and unemployment statistics as three-month moving averages in addition to the...

This report provides an overview of issues that have been raised by stakeholders about youth programs authorized under WIA. First, some policy makers have proposed consolidating these and other workforce programs to make them more efficient and less costly. Other stakeholders assert that a...

According to the SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW), newly-released figures show that 2013 was a banner year as far as total employment. More South Carolinians were employed by the end of the year than ever before in the state’s history. South Carolina’s employment level excee...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Senate Continues Negotiations on Potential Extension of EUC As Congress returned from its President’s Day recess, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Tuesday, February 25, indicated the Senate would continue its effort...

On Wednesday, February 26, NASWA Executive Director Rich Hobbie and Deputy Executive Director Bob Simoneau participated in a forum on workforce development, along with representatives from 20 other workforce development organizations to discuss with Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and Employm...

Over the last 20 years, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has surveyed state workforce agencies to determine the amount of state funds used to supplement federal grants to operate a variety of federal workforce and unemployment insurance programs. The NASWA State

The 113th Congress may face a number of issues related to unemployment insurance programs: Unemployment Compensation (UC), the temporary, now-expired Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08), and Extended Benefits (EB). With the national unemployment rate decreasing but still high, the ...