Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, employment, labor market, employment services, grant programs-labor, state governance, staffing models

💼Proposed Rule on Employment Service Staffing Flexibility by DOL

The Department of Labor (Department) is proposing to remove the requirement that States use State merit staff to provide Wagner- Peyser Employment Service (ES) services. This deregulatory action would allow States to use the staffing model that provides the required services with the most efficient model for their State. This summary can be found at www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1205-AC22.

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Rule 26 Jun 2025 grant opportunities, disabilities, vocational rehabilitation, training programs, employment services

🎓Innovative Rehabilitation Training Program Grants for VR Services

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announces the final priority and requirements under the Innovative Rehabilitation Training program, Assistance Listing Number 84.263G. The Department may use the priority and requirements for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. We take this action to promote the development of innovative and improved methods of training on promising vocational rehabilitation (VR) counseling, engagement, and service delivery strategies and practices to State VR agency personnel or other public or non-profit rehabilitation professionals and paraprofessionals (including those enrolled in master's or bachelor's level rehabilitation programs) to provide quality VR and supported employment services that lead to quality employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

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Notice 16 Jun 2025 regulatory compliance, department of labor, workforce, reemployment services, employment services

📊DOL Seeks Comments on Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

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Notice 19 May 2025 workforce development, labor market, employment services, grants, economic assistance

💼WIOA 2025 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Allotments

This notice announces allotments for PY 2025 for WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2025, and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2025.

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