- TEN No. 14-16 (Issue Date: November 8, 2016)Subject
Release and Availability of Eleven Briefing Papers and Two New Reports from the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation: Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: Implementation Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs, and Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: 15-month Impact Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs
PurposeSince 2008, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has overseen the development and execution of a rigorous random assignment evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs, referred to as the WIA Gold Standard Evaluation. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) announces the release and availability of 11 briefing papers; a report from the evaluation's implementation analysis; and the interim report from the evaluation's impact analysis. Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: Implementation Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs and 11 related briefing papers describe program operations, providing the context for understanding the evaluation's impact results. Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: 15-month Impact Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs presents the interim impact findings from the evaluation, 15 months after participants were randomly assigned into the study.
ActiveProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2017 - TEN No. 13-16 (Issue Date: November 4, 2016)Subject
2017 Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Period
PurposeThis notice is to inform the public workforce investment system about available health insurance coverage options during the Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment period beginning on November 1, 2016 and ending on January 31, 2017, and to offer potential opportunities to refer job seekers and workers to information about how and where to sign up for coverage.
ActiveProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2017 - UIPL No. 01-17 (Issue Date: October 25, 2016)Subject
Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) for Eligible Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Recipients and Alternative TAA (ATAA) and Reemployment TAA (RTAA) Recipients.
PurposeTo advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) about their responsibilities related to the HCTC program for Calendar Year (CY) 2016; provide guidance regarding state data transmittals of eligible TAA and ATAA/RTAA recipients to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for HCTC purposes for CY 2017; and to announce an opportunity for SWAs to request funding to support the costs associated with the reinstatement of the advance credit option of the HCTC program.
RescindedProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2017 - TEGL No. 09-16 (Issue Date: October 20, 2016)Subject
Updated Information on POWER Initiative National Dislocated Worker Grants
PurposeTo announce the continued availability of up to $31 million (remaining of an initial $38 million set-aside) in National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) from funds available in Program Years (PY) 2016 and 2017 as part of the Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative, and to increase the maximum award amount to $5 million from the previously-announced $2 million, to support the planning and implementation of workforce strategies for regions and communities that are negatively impacted by changes in the coal economy.
CanceledProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2017 - TEGL No. 12-14, Change 1 (Issue Date: October 5, 2016)Subject
Update to Allowable Uses and Funding Limits of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Program Year (PY) 2014 Funds for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Transitional Activities
PurposeTo update the guidance in TEGL 12-14 to States on the funding limits of PY 2014 (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015) for planning and implementation activities associated with the transition to WIOA.
CanceledProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2017 - TEN No. 12-16 (Issue Date: September 27, 2016)Subject
Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES)
PurposeTo inform states of the benefits of using SIDES as the exclusive means to request and receive separation information from employers and third party administrators (TPAs) and to highlight the additional SIDES data exchange formats currently available.
ActiveProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2016 - TEGL No. 05-15, Change 1 (Issue Date: September 23, 2016)Subject
Change 1 to the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Operating Instructions for Implementing the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 Enacted by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015)
PurposeTo provide corrections to the TAA Operating Instructions for Implementing the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974, issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 5-15 dated September 4, 2015.
CanceledProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2016 - TEGL No. 08-16 (Issue Date: September 23, 2016)Subject
Supporting Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries Seeking Postsecondary Education or Training
PurposeTo encourage the public workforce system to consider policies and strategies that support Unemployment Insurance (UI) beneficiaries who are seeking postsecondary education and training opportunities, including longer-term training and education programs.
ActiveProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2016 - UIPL No. 21-16 (Issue Date: September 22, 2016)Subject
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount: October 1 - December 31, 2016
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) 2017.
CanceledProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2016 - TEN No. 11-16 (Issue Date: September 6, 2016)Subject
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Legislative Seminar
PurposeTo announce and solicit nominations for the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Legislative Seminar.
ActiveProgram Year:2016Fiscal Year:2016