Main Menu
QUICK LINKS
AGENCY NEWS
Tax Forms Available Online
The 1099-G Tax Forms, “Certain Government Payments”, for calendar year 2009 were mailed between January 15 and January 31, 2010. If you have moved and have an active forwarding address on file with the post office, the 1099-G statement will be forwarded to your new address. Read more...
Governor’s Budget Affirms Commitment to Strengthening Families and Reinvigorating Florida’s Economy
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist’s budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2010-11, unveiled today, support the Agency for Workforce Innovation’s ongoing commitment to help strengthen families and reinvigorate Florida’s economy through quality early learning programs, workforce services and assistance for the unemployed. Read more...
Florida’s December Employment Figures Released
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2009 is 11.8 percent. This represents 1,087,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,180,000. The unemployment rate is up 0.3 percentage point from the November rate of 11.5 percent, and up 4.2 percentage points from the December 2008 rate. Read more...
Governor Crist Announces Green Jobs Grant to Train Workers in Clean Energy
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist today announced the award of a $3.2 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to the Broward County Minority Builders Coalition, which will use the funding to train 1,000 workers in technologies that improve energy efficiency. Read more...
Governor Crist, AWI Announce the “Florida Back to Work” Program
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist today announced that the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, in partnership with the Florida Department of Children and Families, Workforce Florida Inc., and the Regional Workforce Boards, are launching a new program designed to bolster businesses and create jobs for as many as 25,000 Floridians. Read more...
Early Learning ServicesAWI's Office of Early Learning is responsible for implementation of the state's Child Care Resource and Referral, School Readiness, and Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) programs. Florida's VPK program includes high reading and writing standards, strict accountability, appropriate curricula, substantial instruction periods, manageable class sizes and qualified instructors. |
Unemployment CompensationThrough the unemployment insurance program, AWI provides temporary wage replacement benefits to those who have lost their job through no fault of their own. Unemployed workers can use the Employ Florida Marketplace to find their next job or career field. |
Workforce ServicesAWI is the Governor's agency for disbursement of federal workforce funds. Florida's workforce system ensures that Florida's businesses can hire the well-trained workers they need. Through these programs, Floridians have the opportunity to upgrade their skills and obtain jobs that allow them to become economically self-sufficient and competitive in a knowledge-based economy. |
