The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide information to assist and support those agencies and other grantees that receive funds from the Department to operate qualified job training programs in the implementation of the Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses Final Rule. This joint guidance is being issued concurrently by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). Veterans’ Program Letter 07-09 is the VETS guidance that corresponds to this TEGL.

To increase awareness of the public workforce system about the HOPE NOW Alliance and its continuing efforts to assist American homeowners, and to encourage the full engagement of local Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop Career Centers in providing support to the Alliance’s activities.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide information and resources to help the public workforce system support Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients as they seek out Pell Grants and to support all unemployed workers in their pursuit of education and training opportunities.

To disseminate a white paper and toolkit which focus on expanding apprenticeship opportunities for youth and young adults with disabilities.

To advise states of a change in the recipient of UC Modernization incentive payment applications.

To encourage states to review their policies and procedures on state-approved training for the unemployment insurance (UI) program and to provide recommended policies.

To remind the workforce investment system of the performance reporting requirements and associated timelines for submitting quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs and title ID National Emergency Grants; the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service; activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program); the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program; the Indian and Native American Program (INAP); and the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).

To inform workforce system stakeholders of additional technical assistance options related to the Section 1512 Reporting Requirements in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To announce the Recovery and Reemployment Research Conference to be held September 15-16, 2009 at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C., and to encourage participation by the workforce community of policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and federal partners.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009. The Recovery Act is intended to preserve and create jobs, promote the nation’s economic recovery, and assist those most impacted by the recession. Under the Recovery Act, Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) will receive funding to improve the energy efficiency of public housing units across the country. On May 26th Secretary Shaun Donovan of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued a joint letter announcing the establishment of a pilot program to link public housing residents with their local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and its One Stop Career System. This notice is intended to alert the workforce investment system to the partnership between HUD and the Department of Labor (DOL) and to be prepared to work with representatives from local Public Housing Agencies and connect public housing residents to One Stop Career Centers.