2021 State of the Workforce Report: Responding to the Pandemic

The 2021 National Association of State Workforce Agencies report provides profiles of workforce agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and their efforts to assist workers amidst the economic downturn caused by COVID-19. The profiles address the pandemic’s impact on unemployment insurance and the implementation of new unemployment insurance programs, such as the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), and the Lost Wage Assistance (LWA) programs. An aggregate summary of state pandemic response strategies to support training, unemployment services, and remotely delivered business services is also provided.