This notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Financing Seminar to be held October 27-30, 2009, in Alexandria, Va.

To announce upcoming webinars that will be held the week of July 20, 2009, to provide information on implementing the guidance set forth in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-09-21, Implementing Guidance for the Reports on Use of Funds Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To (1) advise states of the Department of Labor’s (Department’s) revised position for determining if amounts are available for the payment of unemployment compensation (UC) for purposes of obtaining a Title XII advance and to (2) provide procedures for establishing Administrative Subaccounts in the state’s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF).

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 funds for technology-based overpayment prevention, detection, and collection infrastructure investments to support integrity-related activities.

(1) To advise states of two important clarifications about Pell Grant eligibility requirements, (2) to encourage states to use procedures that inform Unemployment Insurance (UI) beneficiaries before enrollment whether training is considered by the state as UI Approved Training, and (3) to remind states that determinations made on UI Approved Training requests may be reported as “countable” non-monetary determinations for workload purposes.

To announce the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Benefits and Federal Programs Training Conference scheduled to be held September 8-10, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Florida and to encourage state workforce agency staff participation.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009

To announce and solicit nominations for two sessions of the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Legislative Seminar

1. To provide preliminary FY 2010 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans;
2. To provide general guidelines for FY 2010 resource planning; and
3. To explain how base resources were allocated among states.

As summer months approaches there is typically a decline in national Onboard Strength for Job Corps centers. Conversely, many YouthBuild programs are oversubscribed and have extensive waiting lists. The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to: a) provide information to YouthBuild programs of the education and training services offered by Job Corps; b) to describe benefits provide best practices of current partnerships and c) provide information to available tools designed to implement a partnership.