To remind state workforce agencies of the revised requirements in Regulation E for government programs that issue prepaid debit cards as a mechanism for paying non-needs tested benefits and for the financial institutions that provide the prepaid debit cards; and to announce that the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) has extended the deadline for implementation of these requirements.

To announce the availability of DUA training for DUA Coordinators and other staff responsible for accepting and adjudicating DUA claims and hearing DUA appeals.

To provide guidance to WIOA state grantees regarding the content of the WIOA Annual Statewide Performance Report Narrative for titles I and III and the procedures for submission to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The report is due annually on December 1, or the first business day thereafter should that date fall on a weekend. The PY 2017 report is due December 3, 2018.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and DW FY 2019 funds, which became available to states in October 2018. This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 16-17 restores the set-aside for evaluations to the funding available to states in October 2018.

To provide guidance to state workforce agencies related to administration of the UCX program regarding continuous active duty in a reserve status when military reservists have consecutive deployments.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) corrects the expenditure timeframe to allow state workforce agencies (SWA) to use the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 funding allocations for Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) activities through December 31, 2019.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019.

To describe how the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) interprets the statutory and regulatory requirements of the National Dislocated Worker Grant Program's disaster grants (Disaster Recovery DWGs) as they apply to the unique challenges of the opioid crisis. Under this guidance, eligible applicants can obtain Disaster Recovery DWGs to create disaster-relief employment as well as to provide employment and training activities, including supportive services, to address economic and workforce impacts related to widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.

To announce the availability of UI appeals training for Hearing Officers and other UI staff responsible for conducting, reviewing, and evaluating hearings on unemployment insurance matters.

To provide guidance to states on performance reporting on ETPs. Under WIOA, all states must collect and report performance information on all individuals and WIOA title I core program participants (of Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs) served by each program of study on the state list of Eligible Training Providers (ETP list). The requirements for ETP reporting can be found at WIOA section 116(d)(4) and 116(d)(6)(B) and in the WIOA Joint and Department of Labor (DOL)-only final rules at 20 CFR 677.230 and 20 CFR 680.490.