November 15, 2021

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International Fraud Awareness Week: November 14-20 NASWA is a proud Official Supporter of International Fraud Awareness Week which is the global effort to minimize the impact of fraud by promoting anti-fraud awareness and education. Follow @NASWAORG on Twitter & join the discussion: #fraudweek and #FraudAwareness LEARN MORE National Apprenticeship Week: November 15-21 National Apprenticeship Week is a celebration supporting Registered Apprenticeships highlighting its successes for rebuilding our economy, advancing racial and gender equity, and supporting underserved communities. Tag @NASWORG in your #NAW2021 social media campaigns LEARN MORE STATE AND TERRITORY NEWS CA: Job training for Sacramento County inmates helps break cycle of repeat offenders fox40.com CT: CT first state to offer Google Career Certificates to increase education, workforce development westfaironline.com MN: Job skills for kids grow alongside vegetables at MNyou Youth Garden in Willmar wctrib.com OH: Lordstown’s Auto Industry Is Coming Back. The Jobs? Not So Much bloomberglaw.com NATIONAL NEWS Analysis: Flatlining participation, rising wages leave Fed employment puzzle unresolved reuters.com Why millions of job seekers aren’t getting hired in this hot job market washingtonpost.com Help Really Wanted: No Degree, Work Experience or Background Checks wsj.com How to ensure that the future of work is fair for all economist.com Wonking Out: Is the Great Resignation a Great Rethink? (opinion) nytimes.com Resource-rich Canada grapples with key commodity shortage: workers reuters.com The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers nytimes.com The Next Shipping Crisis: A Maritime Labor Shortage bloomberg.com Breaking Down Broadband Funding in the Infrastructure Bill govtech.com REPORTS Will Unemployment Insurance After Pandemic Follow Same Path as After Great Recession? census.gov Amid the pandemic, a rising share of older U.S. adults are now retired pewresearch.org The relationship between school closures and female labor force participation during the pandemic brookings.edu The self-employed are back at work in pre-COVID-19 numbers, but their businesses have smaller payrolls pewresearch.org Race and Jobs at Risk of Being Automated in the Age of COVID-19 brookings.edu Mapping the Community College Baccalaureate newamerica.org FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WEBINARS, RESOURCES, AND EVENTS Webinar: Tooling up for Integrity: How the Behavioral Insights Toolkit Can Help UI Agencies (for UI Directors, UI Managers, and Communications Directors) naswa.org Grant Opportunity for Promoting Equitable Access to Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs doleta.gov Virtual Event: The future of work and the workforce: A conversation with US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh brookings.edu Virtual Event: How and Why Foundations Push to Advance Equity through Evidence mathematica.org

Webinar: Apprenticeship 2025: A Bold Vision for the Registered Apprenticeship System urban.org

COVID-19 RESOURCES

Unemployment Insurance and Reemployment & Recovery Resources: NASWA's COVID-19 Response Site naswa.org

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