To provide state workforce agencies (SWAs) responsible for management of the WOTC Program with funding allotments for the period October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.

The purpose of this advisory is to inform the SWAs about a change in guidance jointly reached by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). ETA and IRS have jointly agreed to a number of processing changes that will allow the states to accept and process all ARRA certification requests submitted between January 1, 2009 and October 17, 2009, and beyond October 17, provided certain conditions are met.

To advise states of the extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) and the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) programs, and the extension of the temporary provisions for the Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) program.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2009 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2009 BAM data.

To announce the 2010 UI Integrity Professional Development Conference scheduled for April 19-21, in Arlington, Virginia, and to request agenda items and encourage staff participation at the conference.

To provide clarification on allowable costs associated with Mental Toughness/Orientation activities under the YouthBuild Program

To provide information for FY 2010 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To provide guidance to the states in determining and allocating the costs of assessing and collecting penalties and interest (P&I) that are collected under a state’s unemployment compensation (UC) law and used for non-UC purposes.

To provide a revision and clarification to policy guidance previously issued to states and national YouthBuild program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) definition of “school dropout” as it pertains to YouthBuild program participants under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).