To help promote the availability of the new Medicare prescription drug coverage through the workforce investment system, provide links to helpful resource materials about the program, and provide contact information for referrals.

To inform the state workforce agencies (SWAs) of the new temporary WOTC target group and the retention tax credit included in the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 and clarify the SWAs’ role.

To inform the state workforce agencies (SWAs) of special filing "relief periods" for Work Opportunity/Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits (WOTC/WtWTC) certification requests in Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas.

To inform states and local areas about the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and how WIA youth programs can access its Education and Training Vouchers to assist foster care youth and those aging out of foster care complete post-secondary education and training.

To provide projected funding figures for the management of the FY 2006 Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) program.

To announce three training sessions on program reporting and performance management. These events are intended to clarify the Department’s policy on common measures; review the final reporting changes necessary for each program in order to accommodate the common measures; provide a forum to discuss policy questions and raise issues with federal staff; support integration by targeting multiple programs and providing inclusive training; and provide information, clarification, materials and tools to states for their use in training local staff.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2006.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the revised Federal Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program, which was issued December 30, 2005, based on the January 1, 2006, military pay increase.

UIPL 10-06 -- Not Issued