Length, funded annually. Financing is accomplished through Letter of Credit draw-downs needed to meet immediate cash requirements. The United States Employment Service, through grant agreements with the States, supports the system to serve persons seeking or needing employment and employers seeking workers. This Public Employment Service system, focuses on providing job finding, workshops, referral and placement services to job seekers, re-employment services to unemployment insurance claimants, and recruitment services to employers with job vacancies. Under the Wagner-Peyser Act, funds are allocated to each State to plan and administer a labor exchange program that most effectively responds to the needs of the State's employers and job seekers.
Veterans receive priority referral to jobs as well as special employment services and assistance.
Handicapped workers are also entitled to special employment services. Also available may be job search training or assistance, job counseling and testing services to seekers, as planned by each State. As provided for in regulations. Standard records for audits are required.