Employment and Training Administration

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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 Assistant Secretary Emily Stover DeRocco. Since taking office on August 3, 2001, she has instituted a "Demand-Driven" policy vision designed to ensure that services provided meet the workforce needs of America's businesses, including training workers for skills most in need by employers.

Programs Administered by the Employment and Training Administration

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,
Job Corps,
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Job Training Program,
One-Stop Career Centers,
Registered Apprenticeship,
Senior Citizen Service Employment Program,
Trade Adjustment Assistance,
Unemployment Insurance,
Work Opportunity Tax Credit,
Workforce Innovations for Regional Economic Development (WIRED),
Workforce Investment Act Adult Job Training Programs, and
Workforce Investment Act Youth Job Training Programs

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