To provide updated procedural guidance to state workforce agencies (SWA) on the WOTC certification process. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) and the materials and forms it discusses supersede the guidance outlined in the Third Edition of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Handbook No. 408, published in November 2002, and its August 2009 Addendum.

To provide information regarding the virtual 2021 UI SIDES Seminar to be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on May 26 - 27, 2021.

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

To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "States," "Recipients," "Grantees," "Applicant," or "You") in gaining access to FY 2021 TAA Program TaOA funds by completing and submitting Standard Form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance, through www.grants.gov.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") by: 1) identifying the FY 2021 Initial Allocation 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 provide information about the 2021 UI SIDES Implementation Training Webinars that will be hosted virtually by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) from February 16, 2021, through May 5, 2021.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2021 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to remind states of the requirement to submit a report to certain congressional committees that includes an analysis of the UC recipiency rate in the state, which is a condition of receiving Allotment I of emergency administrative grant funding under Section 4102(a), EUISAA, within one year of the date of enactment for EUISAA.

To transmit to states and outlying areas the impact of updated data on WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker program allotments for PY 2021.

To provide a checklist of all currently active ETA advisories as well as a checklist of all ETA advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.