To provide information and a reminder regarding the Questionable Employment Tax Practices (QETP) program with respect to state unemployment insurance (UI) tax administration.

This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 25-20 announces an increased amount of funding availability of up to $90 million, for the CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery) National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs), with award amounts of up to $3 million. Otherwise, the content in TEGL 25-20 remains the same.

To update directions for determining whether youth live in a high poverty area for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Youth Program eligibility purposes.

To provide information to states and local areas regarding the role of the public workforce system in addressing the economic and workforce impacts associated with the high rate of opioid addiction and other substance use disorders.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (also jointly referred to as "states") by: 1) identifying the FY 2021 Second Distribution of TaOA funding amounts to states; 2) describing the formula methodology used by the Department of Labor (Department) to calculate these amounts; and 3) providing the process for states to request TAA Program reserve funds for TaOA. TaOA includes training, job search allowances, relocation allowances, employment and case management services, and related state administration.

To clarify participant eligibility for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) authorized under Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

To provide information about Reversion 2021, a modified version of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program created by the reversion provisions at Section 406 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015). Reversion 2021 becomes effective at midnight on July 1, 2021, and applies to petitions filed with the Department of Labor (Department) for Trade Adjustment Assistance on and after July 1, 2021.

To provide program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the WIGS.

To announce the availability of up to $43 million for the CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery) National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs), with award amounts of up to $3 million. These funds will support the public workforce system in connecting job seekers to employment as the economy recovers from the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs or "states") to implement the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program reversion provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015) by providing operating instructions that apply to the program benefits applicable to adversely affected workers covered by petitions filed on or after July 1, 2021, and by identifying prior guidance that remains applicable to CSAs. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) refers to this version of the TAA Program, described in these operating instructions set out in Attachment A, as "Reversion 2021."