To announce the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) intention to publish state level detail of advance claims in the weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims News Release.

In accordance with WIOA sec. 122, this guidance explains the requirements and timelines for determining training provider eligibility in order to utilize WIOA title I-B training funds and for publicly disseminating the eligible training provider list.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") in administering the TAA program by identifying the FY 2015 Second Distribution amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department or We) used to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request TAA program reserve funds for training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through WIGS.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 funds for activities that support the prevention and detection of UI improper benefit payments, improve state performance, and address outdated Information Technology (IT) system infrastructures.

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) 2015.

To provide guidance and instructions on the transition of participants, funds, performance reports, grants, and subrecipient contracts under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and under the Wagner-Peyser Act to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA or the Act).

To announce the release and availability of a report, "Services for Youth with Disabilities Provided under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act: Results from a Survey of Local Workforce Investment Boards;" and to provide information on recommended strategies and resources for increasing effective service delivery for youth with disabilities.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide information to the public workforce system and other entities (including the "covered entities" listed in the "To" line above) that receive federal financial assistance under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and that will begin implementing Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) on July 1, 2015, as well as education and training programs or activities receiving Department of Labor financial assistance, regarding the prohibitions on discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression, and sex stereotyping. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals experience unemployment and employment discrimination at significantly higher rates compared to the rest of the American population, making it particularly important that they have full access to the services provided by the public workforce system, to help overcome the employment-related barriers they encounter. This TEGL and related attachments explain the legal authority for these obligations, give some examples of prohibited discrimination, and suggest ways to prevent, identify, and address discrimination.

To provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 166 INA grantees with (1) the requirements for Program Year (PY) 2015 adult and youth funding allocations; (2) performance measures and recommended levels of performance for PY 2015; (3) guidance on the period of performance for current grants and the close out of previous grant awards; and (4) an extension to the current grantee strategic plan through PY 2017 (6/30/2018).