To provide a resource guide to workforce investment practitioners who assist jobseekers in finding and applying for financial assistance and other supportive services.

To announce a virtual Tribal Consultation the Department plans to conduct regarding the effectiveness in serving employers (ESE) performance indicator in the regulations for the Indian and Native American (INA) program authorized under section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), scheduled for October 19, 2021, 2 p.m. ET on http://www.workforcegps.org.

To remind the workforce community that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ETA Advisories issued using the following signature block "ANGELA HANKS /s/" constitute official guidance.

To announce the timeline for data collection and reporting using the renewed ICRs for performance data collection approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (OMB Control Numbers 1205-0526 and 1205-0521), including amendments to the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) and submission through WIPS.

To announce the availability of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Quick Reference Guide for Employers.

To remind states that the waiver of the obligation of ETPs to report performance data on all students in a training program has expired and to provide key information about how this change affects ETP reporting requirements.

To provide states with instructions on how to access the BPA resources, including procedures to establish orders against the Department's BPAs for identity proofing services. The resources include the State BPA Ordering Guide, Roles and Responsibilities of States, Funding Attestation Template, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

This Change 1 corrects the allocations in Attachment III for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Career Services and Training (CST) grant recipients operating in California only (all other allocations remain the same as originally published).

To remind the workforce community that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ETA Advisories issued using the following signature block "LENITA JACOBS-SIMMONS /s/" constitute official guidance.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to advise States of the availability of an Operations Checklist, developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), for use by States to ensure they have systems and procedures in place to properly administer the Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) program enacted in Section 261 of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act).