Are all states using the Workforce Information Database (WID)?
Yes. The Workforce Information Core Products and Services Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) specifies the population of all tables designated as core tables in accordance with guidelines issued by the Anaylst Resource Center Consortium. The grant also specifies that grantees are required to deploy applications that allow electronic public access to the state WID and states are encouraged to develop systems that facilitate customer access to information across multiple states and for labor market areas that cross state boundaries. While each state may have their own delivery systems the underlying WID is essentially standard across the board. If you’d like to read more about what is specified as a core deliverable under the grant you can find the current program year grant on the ARC website.
