To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.

To inform National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) housing grantees of the waiver of the biennial grants competition and to convey planning guidance for Program Year (PY) 2013.

To rescind Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 25-11, and inform the states that Program Year (PY) 2011 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Dislocated Worker program funds that were recaptured under WIA Title I Section 132 (c) will not be realloted.

To inform National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) employment and training grantees of the waiver of the biennial grants competition and to convey planning guidance for Program Year (PY) 2013.

To assist states in their annual budget planning in the absence of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 full year appropriation, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides states and outlying areas with advance notification of the potential impacts of applying current demographic and employment data on the allotment formulas for the WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs; ES; and the Workforce Information Grants to States. The attached planning projections also reflect the reductions to FY 2013 discretionary funds required by the BBEDCA, more commonly referred to as “sequestration.”

To inform states of the extended timeline for the collection of data on the provision of intensive services to Post-9/11 Era Veterans through the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service under the Gold Card Initiative.

To announce the release and availability of the What’s My Next Move? a guide to exploring careers online using electronic tools from the U.S. Department of Labor.  What’s My Next Move? was developed to support high school students in developing their education and career plans.

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on the responsibilities of serving migrant and seasonal farm workers (MSFWs) through the American Job Center (also known as One-Stop Career Center) network and on the responsibilities of the State Monitor Advocates (SMAs).

To advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the manner in which the Department of Labor (Department) plans to apply sequestration to Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs for fiscal year (FY) 2013, so the SWAs can make the necessary operational changes.

To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) and States in providing services to TAA program participants through the American Job Center network. This guidance supersedes TEGL No. 5-00, Attachment B, incorporating the changes to the program since the issuance of that TEGL, including the expanded funding source options.