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TARGETED INDUSTRIES

Workforce Solutions has identified the high-priority industries to be targeted as high-growth industries in the South Plains Region for the Program Year 2022.

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TARGETED OCCUPATIONS

Workforce Solutions identified 38 high-priority occupations to target for expenditures of training funds for Program Year 2022. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds will be used to fund training that prepares individuals for careers in these occupations.

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DOL HIGHLIGHTS:

Most requested DOL publications from the Current Population Survey (CPS):

Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity
Characteristics of minimum wage workers
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook
A Profile of the Working Poor

REGIONAL ECONOMIC PROFILES:

Economic Profiles are designed to give a brief fact filled one-page snapshot of an area economy. The Economic Profiles cover Texas as a whole and by industry, the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), and the Workforce Development Areas (WDA).
Regional profiles are provided below for your convenience.

Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

South Plains Regional Workforce Development Area

MORE LABOR MARKET INFORMATION

More Labor Market Information for employers, parents, teachers, and students is available from the Texas Workforce Commission’s Labor Market and Career Information Division Click Here.

STATE & NATIONAL NEWS

The Employment Situation news release is issued monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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TRAINING PROVIDER CERTIFICATION SYSTEM (TPCS)

The publicly accessible Statewide Eligible Training Providers List (ETPL) includes all programs that are currently approved by TWC for ITA funding. The Statewide ETPL Performance Report includes data related to student enrollment for approved programs from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2022.

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We're Moving!

The Workforce Solutions South Plains Lubbock office is moving to a new location. On July 2, 2018 Workforce Solutions Lubbock Workforce, Childcare, and Youth Services will move to 2002 West Loop 289 Suite 117 inside the Wayland Plaza.

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