WIG – LMI Institute

Update on FY 2026 Federal Funding Proposals for Workforce Information Grants, National Tools, and WDQI

September 4, 2025 | Jennie Allison

As Congress advances its appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2026, state Labor Market Information (LMI) offices should be aware of notable proposed changes to funding levels that directly affect core data programs and national infrastructure. Both the House and Senate have released their FY 2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related […]

Relaunching America’s Workforce Act: $100M in Vital State LMI Funding

COVID-19, LMI Funding, WIG, WIOA

May 13, 2020 | Jennie Allison

The recently introduced Relaunching America’s Workforce Act (RAWA) would deliver $100M in vital state LMI funding. In the previous 2008-2009 financial crisis, resulting in the Great Recession, state labor market information (LMI) agencies were called upon to produce critical information to monitor both immediate and ongoing impacts to their respective state economies, as well as […]