Newsletter | December 2023 | Volume 8

NEWSLETTER | December 2023 | Volume 8 | Issue 12

Driving the national workforce agenda and providing value-added member services

UPCOMING MEETINGS

& WEBINARS

Looking for information on upcoming meetings and webinars?

Browse the calendar

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATES

News from states, for states

See what's happening in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

The articles above have been submitted by the states. If you would like to submit an article to highlight your state, please send it to naswa@naswa.org.

NASWA IN ACTION

Employment & Training - Technology Joint Virtual Roundtable Session

On November 17, NASWA’s E&T and Tech Committees convened a joint virtual roundtable session with over 120 attendees.

E&T Committee Hosts Virtual State Roundtable Session

NASWA’s Employment & Training Committee convened a virtual state roundtable session covering the delivery of workforce services to asylum seekers and refugees on November 6 with 35 members from 16 states in attendance.

Equal Opportunity Committee Meeting

NASWA’s Equal Opportunity (EO) Committee met virtually on November 30.

CONFERENCE CORNER

Winter Policy Forum

Registration is now open for the Winter Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. on February 15, 2024.

SIDES Seminar

Registration is now open for the SIDES Seminar in Pittsburgh, PA, March 12-14, 2024.

National UI IB and Federal Programs Training

Registration is now open for the National UI IB and Federal Programs Training in Pittsburgh, PA, March 12-14, 2024.

Administration & Finance Training

Registration is now open for the Administration & Finance Training in Pittsburgh, PA, March 12-14, 2024.

2024 Sponsorship Opportunities

All 2024 sponsorship registrations are available now - sign up today!

2023 Veterans Conference Review

NASWA held its 10th annual Veterans Conference in August. Check out our review of the conference!

NASWA SERVICES

Workforce ITSC releases New Online Learning Modules for All Government Employees Supporting WIOA Programs at No Cost!

The Workforce Academy has expanded its educational offerings by adding two new completed modules.

National Labor Exchange (NLx)

Looking for ways to enhance your Labor Market Information capabilities? The National Labor Exchange (NLx) Research Hub is working with state workforce agencies to harness the power of the NLx and its high-quality, open-source data to better understand real-time and historic labor demands in their local markets. Through recently released technical enhancements designed with and for the public workforce system, the Research Hub now offers two ways to retrieve job data as well as two formats for enhanced analyses.

Email nlxresearchhub@naswa.org to learn more. NASWA members receive no cost access!