To inform Indian and Native American grantees of the reallocation policy for the JTPA, section 401 program.

To inform States that Regional Offices will receive and process all non-SPIR reports beginning with reports for the quarter ending March 31, 1997.

To provide guidance on the 1996 Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including the Minimum Wage Increase Act of 1996.

To provide grantees with revised planning figures necessitated by completion of Program Years (PYs) 1997-98 designation actions.

To distribute the joint issuance signed by the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training and the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

This bulletin provides Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) sponsors with grant application instructions and procedures for Program Year (PY) 1997 (July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998); instructions for applying for extensions of the current

To issue the revised income eligibility levels for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To announce the name change of the Office of Special Targeted Programs to the Office of National Programs (ONP), effective July 1, 1997.

To announce the designation of March 9 through 15 as "National Employ the Older Worker Week"; and to encourage State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) State Liaisons to provide the leadership in activities to pro

To announce the designation of March 9 through March 15, 1997 as "National Employ the Older Worker Week" and to encourage SCSEP sponsors to take advantage of the opportunity to actively promote the employment of older workers during that week.