The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is part of the

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. Its mission is to provide training,

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, labor market information, and income maintenance services. 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

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systems. President Joe Biden nominated

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and

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politician José Javier Rodríguez for the position of Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, the agency's leader, on June 2, 2021; he has yet to be confirmed by the

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Programs administered

* 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 * Job Corps * Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Job Training Program * National Emergency Grants * One-Stop Career Centers * Occupational Information Network ( Holland Codes) * Registered Apprenticeship *

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(SCSEP) * Trade Adjustment Assistance * Unemployment Insurance * Wagner-Peyser Act Programs * Work Opportunity Tax Credit *

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(WIRED) *

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Adult Job Training Programs * Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Dislocated Worker Programs * Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth Job Training Programs * YouthBuild

History

The agency was at first called the Manpower Administration when it was founded in 1954. It was given its present name in 1975. The most recent confirmed Assistant Secretary is John Pallasch, who was sworn in on July 29th 2019. He resigned on January 20, 2021. Suzan Levine was named as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary by the incoming Biden administration on January 28, 2021, and currently serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary.

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State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations
account on USAspending.gov
Training and Employment Service
account on USAspending.gov
Job Corps
account on USAspending.gov {{DEFAULTSORT:Employment And Training Administration United States Department of Labor agencies Public employment service Vocational education Federal assistance in the United States

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