To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2019.

This guidance provides states and outlying areas with revised allotment levels for WIOA Title I Adult, DW, Youth, and Wagner-Peyser Act ES PY 2018 funds. This Change 2 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 16-17 restores PY 2018 appropriated funding set aside for program integrity purposes.

To address and modify the below items within the Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 17-18 for purposes of clarity and management. All other information in TEGL 17-18 remains the same.

To provide preparation and submission instructions and convey grant allotments for Program Year (PY) 2019.

To provide SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the PY 2019 SCSEP allotments and the application instructions for PY 2019 grant submissions.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWA) and Monitor Advocates (MA) of the 2019 Monitor Advocate National Training sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The training will be held at the Denver Federal Center (DFC) in Denver, Colorado, June 25-28, 2019. Some Regional Monitor Advocates (RMA) may request that the State Monitor Advocates (SMA) in their region stay until 12pm on Friday for pre-harvest discussions.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) how to obtain updated contact information for Federal agencies requesting detailed Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) or Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) benefit payment data, which support the United States Department of Labor’s (Department) quarterly unemployment compensation billing statements.

To announce the availability of $73 million in Program Year (PY 18) funds to States to increase the number of apprentices in Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs). To announce allotment levels and application procedures. To provide guidance on the use of funds.

This guidance announces the phasing out of State Apprenticeship Expansion grants (FOA-ETA-16-13) and plans to further support statewide apprenticeship expansion by granting PY 18 apprenticeship funds appropriated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-141) to States, as defined at 29 CFR Section 29.2. The term "State" means "any of the 50 States of the United States, District of Columbia, or any Territory or possession of the United States."

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

To notify addressees that the link to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Labor Standards and Enforcement Regional Staff Contacts has changed.