- UIPL No. 15-18 (Issue Date: September 24, 2018)Subject
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount: October 1 - December 31, 2018
PurposeTo 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.
CanceledProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - TEGL No. 04-18 (Issue Date: September 14, 2018)Subject
National Health Emergency Phase Two: Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis
PurposeTo 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - TEN No. 07-18 (Issue Date: September 7, 2018)Subject
Availability of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Appeals Hearing Officer Training
PurposeTo 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - TEGL No. 03-18 (Issue Date: August 31, 2018)Subject
Eligible Training Provider (ETP) Reporting Guidance under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
PurposeTo 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - TEN No. 05-18 (Issue Date: August 31, 2018)Subject
Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective July 2018
PurposeTo announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective July 2018.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - TEN No. 06-18 (Issue Date: August 31, 2018)Subject
Publication of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Call Center Best Practices Compilation
PurposeTo announce the publication of the UI Call Center Best Practices Compilation.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - UIPL No. 14-18 (Issue Date: August 20, 2018)Subject
Unemployment Insurance and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
PurposeTo provide guidance to state workforce agencies responsible for administration of the federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs on provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) related to UI, and to: 1) recommend that state UI agencies continue to work with other workforce partners in the development and implementation of strategies that support the WIOA vision, as described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 19-14; 2) encourage State and Local Workforce Development Boards to consider how to most effectively leverage federal-state UI programs, including the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment Program (RESEA), as they implement integrated service delivery strategies through American Job Centers under WIOA; and 3) clarify the requirements and methods for UI to make financial contributions towards WIOA infrastructure costs.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - UIPL No. 11-18 (Issue Date: August 17, 2018)Subject
ETA 9177 Report - Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report for State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Information Technology (IT) Modernization Projects
PurposeBuilding on lessons learned from previous state implementations of modernized UI IT systems, the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) facilitated the development of a UI IT Modernization Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist for states to use prior to "going live" with a new UI Benefits and/or Tax system. Prior to the production launch of a UI IT system, State UI agencies must use the ETA 9177 Checklist Report to verify that necessary system functions are available and/or that alternative solutions are developed to help avoid major disruption of services to UI customers and to prevent delays in paying UI benefits when due.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - UIPL No. 12-18 (Issue Date: August 17, 2018)Subject
Additional Planning Guidance for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Quality Service Plan (SQSP)
PurposeTo initiate the SQSP process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2019 SQSP.
CanceledProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018 - UIPL No. 13-18 (Issue Date: August 17, 2018)Subject
Guidelines for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 State Agency Unemployment Insurance (UI) Resource Allocations, Supplemental Budget Requests (SBRs), and Above-Base Funding
PurposeTo provide information to states about FY 2018 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.
ActiveProgram Year:2018Fiscal Year:2018