To respond to questions from state workforce agencies regarding the requirements of Federal law pertaining to permissible drug testing of certain UC applicants.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide State and Local workforce system leaders and other stakeholders an informational Q&A on the requirements for regional and local planning under WIOA. The Q&A also addresses the role of Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Boards) in reviewing provider applications for the local competition under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), which are required under WIOA to align with Local Plans.

To announce the availability on www.SkillsCommons.org of open source educational resources to train adults for occupations in 16 high-demand fields including manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and Information Technology. The resources are available to all training providers.

To announce the publication and effective date of the Section 188 WIOA Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Regulations (29 CFR Part 38) Final Rule in the Federal Register on December 2, 2016, effective January 3, 2017.

Since 2011, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has overseen an impact evaluation of the Federally-funded YouthBuild program. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) announces the release and availability of the evaluation's first report presenting interim impact findings: Building a Future: Interim Impact Findings from the YouthBuild Evaluation.

To announce the availability of new tools and resources for use by state Unemployment Insurance (UI) agencies and the workforce system to support reemployment of UI claimants and other jobseekers. The tools include a framework that "re-envisions" work search requirements for UI claimants to support their successful reemployment in the 21st century labor market and a My Reemployment Plan tool and implementation guide for use by jobseekers and workforce professionals providing reemployment services in American Job Centers (AJCs).

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker FY 2017 funds, which became available to states in October 2016. This Change 1 to TEGL 17-15 revises the funding available to states on October 2016 to reflect the 0.496 percent reduction enacted in the short-term Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2017 that was enacted on September 29, 2016 and corrects the Adults age range for the economically disadvantaged data factor.

In late 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) launched the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration (ETJD), which provided about $40 million to seven transitional jobs programs that were chosen through a national grant competition. The programs targeted either low-income noncustodial parents (usually fathers) who owed child support but were unemployed and, thus, unable to pay, or individuals who had recently been released from incarceration. This Training and Employment Notice announces the release and availability of the interim impact report from a rigorous evaluation of the ETJD, entitled: The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration: Implementation and Early Impacts of the Next Generation of Subsidized Employment Programs.

This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides information to state workforce agencies about changes to NAICS coding for calendar year (CY) 2017 and requests states to update industry codes on employer unemployment insurance (UI) accounts.

This notice is to inform the public workforce system about the information and services available both to students and to employees who have been displaced as the result of a postsecondary institution closure.