Employment and Training Administration
- Employment and Training Administration
The mission of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), as part of the U.S. Department of Labor, is to contribute to the more efficient and effective functioning of the U.S. labor market by providing high quality job training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services primarily through State and local workforce development systems. ETA administers federal government job training and worker dislocation programs, federal grants to states for public employment service programs, and unemployment insurance benefits. These services are primarily provided through state and local workforce development systems.
The Employment and Training Administration is currently headed by Brent R. Orrell - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary. He will serve as Acting Assistant Secretary while that post remains vacant.
Programs Administered by the Employment and Training Administration
*Career Advancement Accounts,
*Community-Based Job Training Grants,
*Disaster Unemployment Assistance,
*Federal Bonding Program,
*Foreign Labor Certification,
*High Growth Job Training Grants,
*Indian and Native American Job Training Program,
*Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Job Training Program,
*National Emergency Grants
*One-Stop Career Centers,
*Registered Apprenticeship,
*Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP),
*Trade Adjustment Assistance,
*Unemployment Insurance,
*Wagner-Peyser Act Programs,
*Work Opportunity Tax Credit,
*Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED),
*Workforce Investment Act Adult Job Training Programs,
*Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker Programs, and
*Workforce Investment Act Youth Job Training Programs
External links
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References
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