To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware that employers seeking to hire foreign workers for temporary employment under a supplemental H-2B visa cap for work certified to commence in the first half of FY 2022 must contact an American Job Center (AJC) for assistance in recruiting U.S. workers for their job opportunities.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2022 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.

To provide local workforce boards, American Job Centers (AJCs), workforce development partners, and grantees with information on supporting community violence intervention (CVI) strategies.

To ensure states are aware of the Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program that reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2022.

This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 3-21 conveys additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 WOTC funding allotments and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through February 18, 2022. The rest of TEGL No. 3-21 remains the same.

To provide information on grant awards made to states selected to participate as "build and pilot" partners in the Claimant Experience Pilot and to provide information on how State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) can express interest in participating in future UI IT modernization pilots.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) about the launch of the NASWA UI Integrity Center's Behavioral Insights Toolkit and to provide states with information on how to access the Toolkit resources.

To convey the WOTC Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 initial funding allotments and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA) based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through December 3, 2021.

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable for the Department of Labor (DOL) to begin assessing performance for two performance indicators under WIOA title I and III core programs for PYs 2020 and 2021 in accordance with the phased-in approach to performance assessments described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 11-19, Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Programs. The Departments, as permitted under section 503(a) of WIOA, have determined it reasonable to delay assessing performance for the purpose of imposing sanctions for the remaining performance indicators to ensure an orderly transition from the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to those of WIOA.

To provide information regarding annual assurances for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), which must be included in all State Quality Service Plans (SQSP) beginning Fiscal Year (FY) 2022; and to announce the availability of a DUA Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) template.