The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to: 1) define layoff aversion, and 2) provide guidance on the appropriate use of incumbent worker training (IWT) for layoff aversion if using local or Rapid Response funds via waiver.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-07 titled Use of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services by Newly Unemployed Leavers from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

To extend the deadlines for all phases of the Career Videos for America’s Job Seekers Challenge.

To announce the release and availability of the subject ETA Occasional Paper and its accompanying appendixes on the methodology used in the sample design and the baseline survey.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-05: Implementing Efficiency Measures for Employment and Training Programs Final Report

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-02 titled, Assisting Newcomers through Employment and Support Services: An Evaluation of the New Americans Centers Demonstration Project in Arkansas and Iowa (Final Report), prepared by The Urban Institute.

To provide additional guidance on the “Nonreduction Rule” under the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program.

The purpose of this advisory is to clarify the requirements regarding timing of submission of the Youth Self-Attestation Form and to transmit the revised instructions to the Youth Self-Attestation Form.

This guidance provides SCSEP grant applicants with application instructions, procedures, and allotments for Program Year (PY) 2010 funds, with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2010.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance for use of WIA Youth formula funded activities in PY 2010 building from the experience and lessons learned during the implementation of the Youth program in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009.