To provide further clarification of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) definition of the term credential for national YouthBuild program grantees as well as additional guidance on commonly used construction credentials for YouthBuild participants.

To announce the availability of enhanced tools to support implementation of the My Reemployment Plan (MRP) by providing additional information to workforce professionals and improving jobseekers' access to and user experience with MRP. These tools include a companion video series to the My Reemployment Plan for use by jobseekers and a reference guide for use by workforce professionals providing direct services to job seekers in American Job Centers (AJCs).

To notify State Workforce Agencies about the publication of the updated Complaint/Apparent Violation Form (ETA 8429). (See attachment for the updated Form.)

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") by identifying the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Initial Allocation amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department) uses to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program reserve funds for Training and Other Activities (TaOA), which includes training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.

To revise TEGL 23-16 and provide "final" PY 2017 funding allocations for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166, Indian and Native American (INA) Program, Comprehensive Services (CS) and Supplemental Youth Services (SYS) programs.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017.

To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees for preparing and submitting program plans for Program Year (PY) 2017, establishing PY 2017 performance goals, and to convey the grant fund allocations for the program year.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides current SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the application instructions, allocations, and the process and procedures for the PY 2017 grant submission.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker FY 2017 funds, which became available to states in October 2016. Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 17-15 indicated a 0.496 percent reduction to funding available to states on October 2016. Change 2 amended the reduction amount to 0.1901 percent. Change 3 fully restores funding to the originally appropriated levels.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWA), Monitor Advocates (MA), and Foreign Labor Certification State Coordinators (FLCSC) of the 2017 "Monitor Advocate and Foreign Labor Certification Training," sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The training will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico July 11-13, 2017. Some Regional Monitor Advocates (RMA) may request that the State Monitor Advocates (SMA) in their region stay until 12pm on Friday for pre-harvest discussions.