July 15, 2021

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COVID-19 RESOURCES Unemployment Insurance and Reemployment & Recovery Resources: NASWA's COVID-19 Response Site naswa.org NASWA REPORTS Evidence Building Capacity in State Workforce Agencies - COVID-19 Pulse Survey naswa.org 2021 State of the Workforce Report: Responding to the Pandemic naswa.org STATE AND TERRITORY NEWS ID: Idaho Labor reopens mobile offices statewide localnews8.com MA: Preparing for the Future of Work in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts mass.gov MN: Minnesota to phase out subminimum wage jobs for people with disabilities bbg.life NC: North Carolina launches digital equity and literacy office statescoop.com TX: Texas AI center boosts efficiency, workforce statescoop.com NATIONAL NEWS Tensions Await Julie Su in Shaping Role as Labor’s Deputy bloomberglaw.com Monthly Payments to Families With Children to Begin nytimes.com High Incarceration Rate Is Drag on U.S. Growth, Fed Official Says bloomberg.com What Does Workforce Automation Mean for Jobs, Privacy? govtech.com What The Rise And Fall Of Lumber Prices Tell Us About The Pandemic Economy npr.org Poverty In 2021 Looks Different Than in 1964 – But the US Hasn’t Changed How it Measures Who’s Poor Since LBJ Began His War route-fifty.com Americans’ Shift to Be Their Own Bosses Is Lasting in Pandemic bloombergquint.com Lost in COVID-19 limbo-land: Pandemic hits youth employment hard ilo.org Why Remote Work Might Not Revolutionize Where We Work npr.org

3 'mismatches' that explain the labor shortage businessinsider.com

Could increasing telework make government employment more accessible? federalsoup.com

REPORTS

Removing policy obstacles to competitive labor markets brookings.edu

Are Labor Shortages Slowing the Recovery? A View from the CFO Survey atlantafed,org

Taking Stock of Covid’s Shock to States’ Finances route-fifty.com

Income and Poverty in Appalachia arc.gov

Comment Letter on OMB's Request for Information on Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Government urban.org

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WEBINARS, RESOURCES, AND EVENTS

Federal Register Notice: Request for Information To Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies federalregister.gov

Virtual Event: Making progress on gender equality: It’s time for more transparency brookings.edu

Virtual Event: Registered Apprenticeship in Healthcare - What You Need to Get Started hcapinc.org

Virtual Event: Leveraging Workers’ Skills for an Inclusive Economy: Tools, Resources, and Evidence workrisenetwork.org

Conference: Economic Mobility & Well-Being Conference aphsa.org

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