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Florida’s November Employment Figures Released
TALLAHASSEE – Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2009 is 11.5 percent. This represents 1,056,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,202,000. The unemployment rate is up 0.2 percentage point from the revised October rate of 11.3 percent, and up 4.3 percentage points from the November 2008 rate. Read more...
Governor Crist, AWI Announce the “Florida Back to Work” Program
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist today announced that the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, in partnership with the Florida Department of Children and Families, Workforce Florida Inc., and the Regional Workforce Boards, are launching a new program designed to bolster businesses and create jobs for as many as 25,000 Floridians. Read more...
AWI Announces Online Application for
New Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program
TALLAHASSEE – Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo today announced that AWI is now accepting online applications at www.floridajobs.org for additional unemployment compensation benefits available under The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009. Read more...
AWI Receives $1.25 Million Grant to Connect Workers with Green Jobs
TALLAHASSEE – Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo announced today that the agency received a $1.25 million federal grant to define and classify the number of green jobs in Florida and the skills needed to fill those jobs. Read more...
Click here for more information about the Job Vacancy/Hiring Needs Survey of Florida Businesses.
November 13, 2009
Check Your Potential Eligibility for the New Unemployment Benefits Extension
The Agency for Workforce Innovation has launched a feature on its Web site where customers may check to see if they are potentially eligible for benefits under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Tier III program, signed into law by President Obama on November 6, 2009. Customers will be asked to enter their Social Security number and PIN to determine if they are potentially eligible. Read more...
Early Learning ServicesAWI's Office of Early Learning is responsible for implementation of the state's Child Care Resource and Referral, School Readiness, and Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) programs. Florida's VPK program includes high reading and writing standards, strict accountability, appropriate curricula, substantial instruction periods, manageable class sizes and qualified instructors. |
Unemployment CompensationThrough the unemployment insurance program, AWI provides temporary wage replacement benefits to those who have lost their job through no fault of their own. Unemployed workers can use the Employ Florida Marketplace to find their next job or career field. |
Workforce ServicesAWI is the Governor's agency for disbursement of federal workforce funds. Florida's workforce system ensures that Florida's businesses can hire the well-trained workers they need. Through these programs, Floridians have the opportunity to upgrade their skills and obtain jobs that allow them to become economically self-sufficient and competitive in a knowledge-based economy. |
