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.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to:

• Provide options for states to have approved plans in place for Program Years (PY) 2012-2016 for the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Act, and for W-P Agricultural Outreach.
• Communicate changes to state planning requirements under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) data collection No. 1205-0398, Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Strategic State Plan and Plan Modifications for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner Peyser Act.
• Provide options for states to have approved Senior Community Employment Service Program (SCSEP) Plans in place for PY 2012-PY 2015.

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

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 provide information on the availability of a UI Claimant and Employer Messaging Toolkit (Toolkit) containing products and tools designed for use by state UI agencies, and remind states that accepted Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 supplemental funding of the requirement, as a condition of the supplemental funding opportunity for UI integrity (see Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 26-11), to incorporate at least one product or tool from the Toolkit into their statewide messaging campaign.

To advise states of new requirements for the provision of reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessments (RES/REA) to individuals who begin receiving Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) First Tier benefits or who transition from First Tier to Second Tier benefits on or after March 23, 2012, and to provide information on related funding and reporting requirements.

To provide states and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2012; final allotments for PY 2012 for the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the Workforce Information Grants to States allotments for PY 2012.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2011 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2011 BAM data.

To provide information to states regarding FY 2012 UI State Administration base resource allocations, above-base funding, and general guidelines for resource planning.

To advise state workforce agencies of the latest extension and modifications of the EUC08 program, and of the extension of the temporary EB provisions.