To announce the release and availability of an ETA Occasional Paper titled Workforce System One-Stop Services for Public Assistance and Other Low income Populations: Lessons Learned in Selected States.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA Occasional Paper:  An Evaluation of the Priority of Service Provision of the Jobs for Veterans Act by the Workforce Investment System in Providing Services to Veterans and Other Covered Services.

To inform the public workforce system about the career transition pilot demonstration project available for veterans, ages 20-24, at select Job Corps centers and to encourage eligible veterans to access training opportunities at these sites. In the one-year demonstration project sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Job Corps (OJC); and the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), veterans receive training with an opportunity to earn a credential or certificate. Project participants receive a stipend, housing, meals, assistance with employment and post-employment support. This project is an important resource for veterans transitioning from military service, who may have barriers to employment such as being at risk of homelessness, or lacking postsecondary credentials, and other young veterans who need additional education and training.

To publicize the release of a new electronic tool (E-Tool), My Next Move, an easy-to-use Web-based resource that offers comprehensive career information and links to job resources across the country.

To announce the release of updates made to the CareerOneStop suite of tools, including the mySkills myFuture transferability of skills job seeker assistance tool and the Worker ReEmployment portal.

To assist states in their annual budget planning in the absence of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides states and outlying areas with advanced notification of the potential impacts that changes in demographic and employment data factors may have on allotment formulas for the WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs; Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) Program; and the Workforce Information Grants to States. The notice provides prior Program Year (PY) 2009 allotment levels, current year levels (PY 2010), and an illustrative PY 2011 scenario based on PY 2010 funding (see tables in attachment).

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper: The Implementation Evaluation of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts Demonstration.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA Occasional Paper titled Evaluation of School District-Based Strategies for Reducing Youth Involvement in Gangs and Violent Crime: Final Report

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), liaisons, and NFJP grantees, of the 2011 MAFO National Farmworker Conference and the monitor advocate training sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the national and regional monitor advocates. The conference and training will be held in San Antonio, Texas, from March 20 to March 23, 2011.

To encourage the public workforce investment system to partner with public land management agencies within the U.S. Departments of Interior and Agriculture in an effort to increase work experience opportunities for youth and young adults on public lands.