To encourage the workforce system to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Commerce's Manufacturing Extension Partnership program to provide assistance and support to small and medium-sized manufacturing firms with the ultimate goal of supporting economic growth while preserving and creating jobs.

To announce the release and availability of a new Employment and Training Administration (ETA) research report entitled:  Improving the Effectiveness of Individual Training Accounts:  Long Term Findings from an Experimental Evaluation of Three Service Delivery Models.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2012 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To share the interagency support for career pathways systems building to meet the education and training needs of adults. This notice is also intended to encourage States and local areas to improve coordination and collaboration across the public workforce, adult basic education, career and technical education, and human and social service systems, thereby promoting the use of career pathways approaches and helping American workers advance successfully in the labor market.

To provide instructions to NFJP training grantees on preparing and submitting PY 2012 grant plans under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).

To provide instructions to NFJP housing grantees on preparing and submitting PY 2012 grant plans under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to:

• Provide options for states to have approved plans in place for Program Years (PY) 2012-2016 for the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Act, and for W-P Agricultural Outreach.
• Communicate changes to state planning requirements under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) data collection No. 1205-0398, Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Strategic State Plan and Plan Modifications for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner Peyser Act.
• Provide options for states to have approved Senior Community Employment Service Program (SCSEP) Plans in place for PY 2012-PY 2015.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), SWA liaisons, and National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees of Monitor Advocate training sessions, which will take place at the MAFO National Farmworker Conference.

To share with the public workforce system opportunities to support the Summer Jobs + Initiative for the summer of 2012.