Purpose: To announce final planning allotments for PY 1997 basic labor exchange activities, required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.

To provide a copy of the final report of the Study on Certification/Chartering Criteria For One-Stop Career Centers.

To provide information about the projects of the One-Stop Disability Initiative to improve services to persons with disabilities.

To announce that the month of May is Older Americans Month and to encourage SCSEP sponsors to take advantage of this opportunity to continue actively promoting activities initiated during National Older Workers Employment Week. The month of May can provi

To provide SESAs with guidelines for the annual release of UI BAM program data for CY 1996.

To inform State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of a new work authorization card being issued to aliens by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

To notify the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of plans to distribute the model code for the automated Statement of Benefits Paid to Combined Wage Claimants (Form IB-6).

To clarify implementation procedures for the Liable/Agent Data Transfer (LADT) record format for the Interstate Statistical Data Exchange and advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the date that the format must be operational.

To transmit a Guide developed to assist in the administration of JTPA performance standards for Program Years (PYs) 1996 and 1997. This Guide supersedes the "Guide to JTPA Performance Standards for Program Years 1994 and 1995", which is now obsolete.

To provide copies of an Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) notice which will implement a demonstration program for Older Workers.