To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2014 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To provide guidance regarding the use of HCTC NEG funds available for health insurance coverage assistance and support for eligible Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) recipients and other eligible individuals, due to the expiration of the HCTC Program on January 1, 2014.

To provide updated pages for ET Handbook No. 401, 4th Edition, Change 2, on the ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers (UCFE/UCX).

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and State Monitor Advocates (SMAs) of the 2014 “National Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker State Monitor Advocate Training,” sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The training will be held in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Department of Labor from May 20 to May 22, 2014.

To clarify policy guidance previously issued to states and national YouthBuild program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) definition of “sequential service strategy” as it pertains to YouthBuild program participants under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. Specifically, this change TEGL clarifies eligibility requirements and how these requirements apply to the sequential service strategy.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) provided by the Department of Defense.

To ensure states are aware that: 1) the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase for calendar year 2014, and 2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site.

To promote innovative recommendations by the Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) on the use of Registered Apprenticeship as a critical and timely solution to the nation’s workforce, economic, and education challenges; and to encourage the state, regional, and local leaders and the public workforce system to utilize the vision report as a resource for supporting apprenticeship opportunities in their own communities.

To provide information and procedural guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) for receiving and handling requests for certification under the WOTC program, for all target groups, after the December 31, 2013, expiration date.

To ensure states are aware of the revised Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program and reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2014.