- TEN No. 34-13 (Issue Date: June 9, 2014)Subject
Publication of the Final Rule for the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program - Data Exchange Standardization as Required by Section 2104 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
PurposeTo inform states regarding the publication of the final rule for the Data Exchange Standardization as required by Section 2104 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 33-13 (Issue Date: June 4, 2014)Subject
Joint Letter on Informing Career Decisions from the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
PurposeTo share the interagency support for ensuring students and parents have relevant and timely information to make informed career decisions. This notice is meant to encourage continued coordination and collaboration across the public workforce, adult basic education, career and technical education, and human and social service systems to prepare students for education and career paths.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 32-13 (Issue Date: May 28, 2014)Subject
Supporting Successful Transition to Adulthood for Current and Former Youth in Foster Care Through Coordination with the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
PurposeTo inform states and local areas about how Workforce Investment Act (WIA) formula-funded youth programs can assist youth who are currently or were formerly in foster care to complete post-secondary education and training by coordinating with state and local Independent Living coordinators to ensure youth have knowledge and access to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (Chafee program) Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs), and State Tuition Waivers.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No. 34-11, Change 1 (Issue Date: May 28, 2014)Subject
Benefit Year Earnings (BYE) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Performance Measure
PurposeTo disseminate state Acceptable Level of Performance (ALP) targets for the BYE UI integrity performance measure for the calendar year (CY) 2014 performance period and provide information on this measure for future performance periods.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 31-13 (Issue Date: May 27, 2014)Subject
Release and Availability of the Final Report Titled Evaluation of the STEM Initiative
PurposeThe Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a report titled Evaluation of the STEM Initiative.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.12-14 (Issue Date: May 20, 2014)Subject
Required Use of the Treasury Offset Program to Collect Covered Unemployment Compensation Debt
PurposeTo provide guidance to state workforce agencies about the requirement in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (Budget Act) to use the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) to collect covered unemployment compensation (UC) debt.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEN No. 30-13 (Issue Date: May 16, 2014)Subject
Release and Availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2014
PurposeTo announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2014.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEGL No. 25-13 (Issue Date: May 15, 2014)Subject
Negotiating Performance Goals for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title 1B Programs and Wagner-Peyser Act Funded Activities for Program Year (PY) 2014
PurposeTo inform states of the guidelines for negotiating WIA Title 1B program performance and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2014. Once performance goals are agreed upon by the state and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), they will be incorporated into the state's Strategic Plan. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also announces that ETA will require that all states negotiate performance goals for credential outcomes beginning in PY 2015. Prior to 2015, ETA will work with states to modify the terms of approved common measure waivers. Currently, states are required to report on credentials in their quarterly Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data (WIASRD) submissions regardless of whether or not they have a common measure waiver.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - UIPL No.11-14 (Issue Date: May 15, 2014)Subject
Collection and Analysis of Claimant Demographic Data
PurposeThe purpose of this directive is to remind all State administrators of Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs of their responsibility: (1) to collect and analyze claimant demographic data for possible indications of systemic discrimination, and (2) to investigate any such indications of potential discrimination that the analyses disclose. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) rescinds and replaces UIPL No. 46-89.
ActiveProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014 - TEGL No. 20-01, Change 12 (Issue Date: May 14, 2014)Subject
Application Process for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 503 Incentive Grants Based on Program Year (PY) 2012 Performance
PurposeThis guidance letter provides the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants and reminds states of the authorized use of these grant funds.
CanceledProgram Year:2013Fiscal Year:2014