What are some of the Administrative Uses of LAUS data?
Estimates of unemployment and the unemployment rate are used by Federal programs that allocate more than $43 billion in funds and to determine the eligibility of an area for benefits in various other programs. These include the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Food Stamp limitation waivers, the Public Works Program, the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and Labor Surplus Area designation program. Under most programs, unemployment data are used to determine the distribution of funds to be allocated to each eligible area. In the case of the Food Stamp waivers and Labor Surplus Area designations, the data are used in the determination of area eligibility for benefits. See Administrative Uses of Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the full list of Federal uses.
