To notify WIA Section 166 Indian and Native American grantees of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) (a) decision to allow existing designated grantees that were granted waivers to extend or modify their current Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) plan and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) plan through Program Year (PY) 2013 (June 30, 2014) and (b) provision of planning directions for new designated grantees. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also gives final funding allotments for designated grantees that were granted waivers, and directions for newly designated grantees.

• Communicate the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) program and policy priorities for the formula-funded Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Wagner-Peyser programs in Program Year (PY) 2012.
• Share resources, tools, and strategies the workforce system can use to support the implementation of these program and policy priorities.
• Provide technical assistance and support to states and local areas in the development of 2012 State Workforce Plans as required by TEGL 21-11, “Requirements for 2012 State Workforce Plans.” 

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) Change 1 gives current SCSEP national grantees the application instructions, allocations, and the process and procedures for the first quarter of Program Year (PY) 2012. It also provides information on the transition to grants that will be awarded under the SCSEP Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) to provide SCSEP services.

The purpose of this notice is to reinforce the importance of accurate state and grantee reporting on attainment of industry-recognized credentials.

This guidance letter updates the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants.

To request states to submit spending plans for their shares of the $500 million Special Distribution provided under the Recovery Act.

To advise UC agencies of their responsibilities to provide information to the VA, upon request, about the UC eligibility of veterans applying for VA sponsored rehabilitation services and to transmit a copy of the Request for and Consent to Release of Information from Individual’s Records, VA Form 3288 (Office of Management and Budget Control No. 2900-0028).

To inform the workforce system of a curriculum for teaching soft skills or work readiness skills to youth.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide information about exclusions based on criminal records, and how they are relevant to the existing nondiscrimination obligations for the public workforce system and other entities (including the “covered entities” listed above) that receive federal financial assistance to operate Job Banks, to provide assistance to job seekers in locating and obtaining employment, and to assist employers by screening and referring qualified applicants. As explained in this TEGL, restrictions based on criminal history records may have a disparate impact on members of a particular race or national origin, in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws. This guidance is being issued by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), in conjunction with the Civil Rights Center (CRC).

The purpose of this advisory is to inform the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of new provisions that affect the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Veteran target group, to provide guidance for the effective and timely implementation of eligibility determinations for this group and its new categories, and to inform SWAs of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance on the submission of Form 8850.