What's Happening in the States August 2024

CALIFORNIA

• Georgetown University Highlights the California Employment Development Department's Innovative Approach to User Personas in Technology Procurement

• Video: Your EDD. We'll Help You Get There.

• California Celebrates 20 Years of Paid Family Leave with Families and Community Partners

MAINE

• Maine's new paid family and medical leave could make certain jobs more accessible, equitable

• Maine Dept. of Labor and NFIB to hold joint consultation sessions on labor law guidance for small businesses

• Retired-ish: Retired Mainers are reentering the workforce

MICHIGAN

• Gov. Whitmer Announces New $50M Federal Michigan Maritime Manufacturing (M3) Initiative

NORTH CAROLINA

• State agencies launch Medicaid Expansion workforce development planning

• Pitt County Area Partnership Wins $125,000 NCWorks Local Innovation Grant to Support Reentry

• NC Portrait of a Graduate Skills Meet Critical Workforce Needs, N.C. Commerce Analysis Finds

OHIO

• Husted Unveils New, Online Law Enforcement Recruitment Resource

• Governor DeWine Announces Program Providing Hiring Bonus for Military Members, Spouses to Work in Schools

OKLAHOMA

• OESC helping Oklahomans whose jobs were impacted by storms

• Resource and career fair held in Ardmore for tornado-affected workers

• OESC offers unemployment aid to communities hit by storms

WISCONSIN

• DWD Awarded for Innovative Visual Catalog of Data Dashboards

• BLS Data: Wisconsin Achieves Record High Employment

• Wisconsin, German Apprenticeship Collaboration Yields New Strategies to Strengthen Workforce, Advance a Thriving Economy