In coordination with the SBA, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce the availability of a new SEA technical assistance Web site featuring resources from states that currently administer successful SEA programs, small business planning and start-up tools available through SBA, and much more to support states successfully implementing and operating an SEA program.  The Web site can be found here:  https://sea.workforce3one.org.

To provide the state workforce agencies (SWAs) final processing guidance on handling all timely filed certification requests received for new hires that began employment for an employer on or before December 31, 2010, and instructions for all paperwork associated with timely filed certification requests for new hires that began employment for an employer, under the expired groups, after December 31, 2010.

To transmit the new EUC08 RES/REA required reports (ETA 9128u, Reemployment Services and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments for EUC08 Claimants; and ETA 9002, EUC Quarterly Report Services to Participants & Performance Outcomes for Exiters)and reporting instructions to state workforce agencies.

To announce a streamlined process for American Job Centers, state workforce agencies, and workforce investment boards to become Employment Networks (ENs) under the Social Security Administration’s Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency (TTW) program.

To invite states to enter into an Agreement with the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to administer a temporary Federal Short-Time Compensation (STC) program under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act) and provide states with instructions for implementing and operating the program, including fiscal and reporting instructions.

To inform the public workforce system about the pre-apprenticeship program definition and quality framework, as well as promote tools and materials to improve the consistency and quality of pre-apprenticeship programs.

To transmit a revised version of the State UI DV Operations Guide (ET Operations Guide 411)

To respond to questions from states about new requirements for the EUC RES/REA for certain recipients of EUC.

To inform the workforce investment system of the updated performance reporting requirements and revised associated timelines for the following Employment and Training Administration (ETA) programs and activities: 

• Quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB programs and National Emergency Grants (NEGs);
• Quarterly reports and data validation results for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service;
• Activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Programs); and,
• The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.

To provide further information to the workforce investment system about the importance of providing workforce, training, and referral services to victims of human trafficking and to give updated guidance on how to deliver these services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Acts of 2003, 2005 and 2008 (TVPRA).