COG Team

Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Governor must designate LWDAs within the state in order to receive adult, dislocated worker, and youth funding under Title I of…

“South Carolina celebrated another encouraging month of recovery. September marks the ninth consecutive month of drops in the unemployment rate from 4.2% in August to 4.1% in September. In contrast…

“It is another month of good news for South Carolina. The unemployment rate dropped  for the eighth consecutive month – to 4.2%. The number of jobs rose to 2,302,743, which…

The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) extension program, made available through the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act, has been implemented and is now active. Eligible claimants, who have exhausted…

Local Workforce Development Area Recertification Documents Local Area Designation and Documents are open for Public Comment: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act requires that local workforce areas/boards go through a subsequent…

On December 26, 2020, federal unemployment benefits will expire. In the meantime, employers have approximately 80,000 jobs posted on the SC Works Online Services job database at jobs.scworks.org. The S.C.…

NOV. 5 EVENT BRINGS JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITH 12 EMPLOYERS (Oct. 29, 2020) – SC Works Trident will host an open-air job fair hiring event on Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to…

IWT Application Incumbent Worker Training funds (IWT) are being made available under provisions of the Workforce Innovations and Opportunity Act.   The Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) Program provides funding to help…