US Department of Labor promotes AI literacy across the American workforce
August 26, 2025
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration today issued guidance to states on how to use Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants to bolster artificial intelligence literacy and training across the public workforce system.
The guidance, which encourages states and local workforce development boards to use Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding to support AI literacy among participants in WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs, is the department’s latest effort to carry out President Trump’s Executive Order, “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.”
In addition to expanding opportunity within this funding pathway, the department encourages states to use their governor’s reserve funds to integrate AI learning opportunities into programming.
“President Trump set out with a goal to Make America Skilled Again by providing more flexibility to state and local governments, empowering them to utilize federal resources more efficiently to prepare workers for the in-demand, mortgage-paying jobs of the future. By sending out this new guidance, the Department of Labor is fulfilling the President’s goal and acting on our commitment to put the American worker first,” said Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
