To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2018.

To advise states that disadvantaged Youth and Adult data for use in the WIOA Youth and Adult within-state allocation formulas is available on the ETA website and that states should use this data in their PY 2018 and future within-state allocation formulas.

To provide information to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) about the application of sequestration in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) will apply sequestration to mandatory Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs and on delayed benefit payments from prior fiscal years, and the resulting administrative costs.

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) 2018.

To transmit to States and outlying areas estimated funding levels for WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker program allotments for PY 2018.

To announce the availability of up to $21 million for National Health Emergency (NHE) demonstration grant projects for Program Year 2017. These grants will enable eligible applicants to serve or retrain workers in communities impacted by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) states, territories, and outlying areas with guidance for submission of two-year modifications to SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plans, including the submission process and deadline for submission. Note that this guidance pertains only to states that submitted a SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plan for Program Years (PY) 2016-2019. States that included SCSEP as part of a Unified or Combined State Plan for PY 2016-2019 must refer to TEGL 06-17, "Modification Requirements for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified and Combined State Plans" for instructions.

To bring attention to the revised Federal poverty guidelines for administrators of the SCSEP.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective January 2018.

To announce the 2018 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity and State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) Symposium, being held on April 11-12, 2018, in Houston, Texas.