Iowa is announcing grant awards for the 2026 Summer Youth Internship Program, jumpstarting opportunities for Iowa’s youth to engage in high-demand careers.
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is opening a new round of grant funding today to help employers advance promising summer internship programs for Iowa’s youth.
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in November – up from 3.3 percent one year ago but down from 3.7 percent in September.
IWD announced that the physical IowaWORKS location in Creston will close at the end of 2025, but multiple options for accessing IowaWORKS services will remain.
Iowa added 1,900 people to the labor force in August, increasing the state’s labor force participation rate to 67.5 percent, up from 67.4 percent in July.
Eneo halisi la IowaWORKS huko Fort Dodge litabadilika hivi karibuni, lakini wafanyikazi watasalia katika eneo hilo na wataendelea kutoa huduma muhimu za wafanyikazi.
Kwa mwezi wa pili mfululizo, watu 3,900 wa Iowa waliingia katika nguvu kazi mwezi Juni, na kufikisha kiwango cha ushiriki wa nguvu kazi ya Iowa hadi asilimia 67.4.
Iowa Workforce Development ilitangaza kuwa manufaa ya juu zaidi ya kila wiki kwa wakazi wa Iowa wasio na kazi yataongezeka kuanzia wiki ya manufaa ya tarehe 6 Julai 2025.
Kiwango cha ukosefu wa ajira kilichorekebishwa kwa msimu wa Iowa kilipanda kidogo hadi asilimia 3.6 mwezi wa Mei, kutoka asilimia 3.5 mwezi Aprili, licha ya watu 3,900 wa Iowa kujiunga na nguvu kazi.
