To encourage the workforce system to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Commerce's Manufacturing Extension Partnership program to provide assistance and support to small and medium-sized manufacturing firms with the ultimate goal of supporting economic growth while preserving and creating jobs.

To announce the release and availability of a new Employment and Training Administration (ETA) research report entitled:  Improving the Effectiveness of Individual Training Accounts:  Long Term Findings from an Experimental Evaluation of Three Service Delivery Models.

To share the interagency support for career pathways systems building to meet the education and training needs of adults. This notice is also intended to encourage States and local areas to improve coordination and collaboration across the public workforce, adult basic education, career and technical education, and human and social service systems, thereby promoting the use of career pathways approaches and helping American workers advance successfully in the labor market.

To share with the public workforce system opportunities to support the Summer Jobs + Initiative for the summer of 2012.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), SWA liaisons, and National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees of Monitor Advocate training sessions, which will take place at the MAFO National Farmworker Conference.

To provide the workforce system with Information Memoranda sent by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to TANF jurisdictions, State CSBG offices, and local CSBG entities that encourage the use of TANF and CSBG funds for summer employment opportunities. Also, to encourage the public workforce system to partner with TANF jurisdictions, State CSBG offices, and local CSBG entities in their efforts to promote subsidized employment opportunities allowable under TANF and CSBG funding for the creation and expansion of subsidized summer employment for low-income youth.

To announce the availability of a Rapid Response Self-Assessment Tool that allows states to examine various elements of their Rapid Response systems, assess performance, take an inventory of Rapid Response service delivery, and identify areas for self-improvement.

There are three main purposes of this TEN.

• To share key global attributes of a successful Rapid Response system, building upon the 10 elements of the Rapid Response Self-Assessment Tool.
• To support continuous improvement on the part of Rapid Response teams and practitioners in concert with technical support and sharing of best practices.
• To ensure that all state and local leaders understand the full array of strategies and activities that can be carried out by Rapid Response units. 

This Training and Employment Notice 22-10 is to inform workforce system agencies and practitioners about Free File and other resources available to assist individuals in preparing and filing Federal and state income tax returns for tax year 2011.

To enhance the public workforce system’s awareness of changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill that went into effect on October 1, 2011, which may provide additional employment and training opportunities to veterans who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.