DOL Grants To Study Link Between Education and Employment

WASHINGTON — Effective workforce strategies depend on good data to understand how education programs affect employment outcomes better. To maintain the highest quality data possible, the U.S. Department of Labor and workforce agencies nationwide are working together in the Workforce Data Quality Initiative.

In support of this initiative, the department is announcing $10 million for the program's fifth round to help nine states build or expand their longitudinal databases that link workforce and education data.

"These grants are helping to make our programs more effective and responsive to the needs of industry, while also giving consumers more information about which programs can help them achieve their goals," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez.

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