To inform National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) employment and training grantees of the waiver of the biennial grants competition and to convey planning guidance for Program Year (PY) 2013.

To assist states in their annual budget planning in the absence of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 full year appropriation, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides states and outlying areas with advance notification of the potential impacts of applying current demographic and employment data on the allotment formulas for the WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs; ES; and the Workforce Information Grants to States. The attached planning projections also reflect the reductions to FY 2013 discretionary funds required by the BBEDCA, more commonly referred to as “sequestration.”

To inform states of the extended timeline for the collection of data on the provision of intensive services to Post-9/11 Era Veterans through the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service under the Gold Card Initiative.

To announce the release and availability of the What’s My Next Move? a guide to exploring careers online using electronic tools from the U.S. Department of Labor.  What’s My Next Move? was developed to support high school students in developing their education and career plans.

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on the responsibilities of serving migrant and seasonal farm workers (MSFWs) through the American Job Center (also known as One-Stop Career Center) network and on the responsibilities of the State Monitor Advocates (SMAs).

To advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the manner in which the Department of Labor (Department) plans to apply sequestration to Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs for fiscal year (FY) 2013, so the SWAs can make the necessary operational changes.

Through this guidance, the Department of Labor is providing instruction on how states can apply for exemptions to restrictions prohibiting the use of OJT NEG funds on activities related to casinos or other gambling establishments, swimming pools, aquariums, zoos, and golf courses. In addition, this guidance provides updated hourly State Wage Cap data. Updated Unemployment Insurance (UI) Duration figures for OJT NEGs are not included in this TEGL, but are updated quarterly on doleta.gov.

To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) and States in providing services to TAA program participants through the American Job Center network. This guidance supersedes TEGL No. 5-00, Attachment B, incorporating the changes to the program since the issuance of that TEGL, including the expanded funding source options.

To transmit the updated Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form 790; Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Memorandum, ETA Form 795; and the instructions for both forms.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), SWA liaisons, and National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees of the 2013 National Monitor Advocate Training Sessions, which will take place March 17-20, 2013, at the MAFO 2013 National Farmworker Conference in San Antonio, Texas