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v Contents Acknowledgments vii Common Acronyms and Abbreviations ix 1 Background, Purpose, and Methodology 1 Burt S. Barnow 2 State Approaches to the Recovery Act’s Workforce 21 Development Provisions Burt S. Barnow 3 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated 35 Worker Programs John Trutko and Burt S. Barnow 4 Wagner-Peyser Employment Services 99 Joyce Kaiser 5 Wagner-Peyser Act Reemployment Services 121 Tara C. Smith 6 Trade Adjustment Assistance Program 151 Stephen A. Wandner 7 Other Related Initiatives: Labor Market Information, 173 Green Jobs, and Subsidized Employment Joyce Kaiser 8 Unemployment Insurance 191 Yvette Chocolaad, Wayne Vroman, and Richard A. Hobbie 9 Data Analysis of the Implementation of the Recovery 267 Act Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance Provisions Randall W. Eberts and Stephen A. Wandner 10 Challenges and Accomplishments: States’ Views 309 John Trutko and Burt S. Barnow vi Appendix A: Interesting or Innovative Changes/Initiatives 345 Fostered by ARRA Funding Appendix B: Data from the Public Workforce System Dataset 391 Used in the Analysis in Chapter 9 Authors 411 Index 413 About the Institute 431 ...

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