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Labor Department seeks to modernize unemployment system, expands apprenticeships and digital-access grant
Summary
The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation outlined plans to modernize its reemployment assistance computer system, expand apprenticeship programs (including teacher apprenticeships), and use a federal five‑year grant to stand up digital centers that provide refurbished devices and digital literacy training.
Marsha Holtman, secretary of the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, told the Joint Committee on Appropriations the department is pursuing several modernization and workforce initiatives for FY 2026 aimed at expanding services and reducing administrative risk.
Modernizing reemployment assistance: Emily Ward, administrative services director, said the department is migrating the reemployment-assistance (RA) computer system off an aging mainframe into cloud-based architecture using federal ARPA and general funds appropriated in 2022. Work to date has focused on benefits overpayment processing and nonmonetary determinations; accounting and enhanced fraud-prevention tools (including identity verification options) are scheduled next. The department said the modernization will strengthen security and allow additional…
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