To provide clarification of program instructions, Attachment I and revised PDF and Excel versions of Attachment II to TEGL 23-19, Change 1, Guidance for Validating Required Performance Data Submitted by Grant Recipients of U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Workforce Programs, issued on October 25, 2022.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the release of a new toolkit published on WorkforceGPS under the UI Community of Practice (COP). This toolkit, created as part of American Rescue Plan Act UI Modernization, provides SWAs with actionable solutions for common and emerging issues related to equitable access to unemployment compensation (UC) programs.

This guidance supersedes Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 11-19, published February 6, 2020, and developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments). Through this updated guidance, the Departments:  

• Revise their approach to using the statistical adjustment model for the purpose of assessing state performance; 
• Clarify the implementation of potential financial sanctions for consecutive performance failures occurring across multiple State Plan periods; and 
• Clarify that states can be sanctioned up to 10 percent of the Governor’s Reserve Allotment if there is consecutive performance failure and a failure to report for the same program year.

This guidance also continues to delineate the process for negotiating levels of performance, as required by section 116(b)(3)(A)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and explains the two instances in which a state may be sanctioned, namely for performance failure or for failure to report (section 116(f) of WIOA).
 

To announce the availability of funding for 2023 Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST) Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) and convey updated submission and project requirements.

To provide states with information on both required and strongly recommended strategies, tools, and services for UI fraud risk mitigation, improper payment reduction, and overpayment recovery; and to announce the availability of up to $200 million in additional ARPA funding and support for states to strengthen UI program integrity, including ID verification, fraud prevention and detection, and overpayment recovery efforts in all UC programs.

To provide information to states and outlying areas on WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2023; final PY 2023 allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2023.

To announce the release of new content published on WorkforceGPS under the UI Community of Practice (COP). This content is related to Tiger Team engagements and resulting recommendation trends to support the goals of Section 9032 of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA): (1) preventing and detecting fraud; (2) promoting equitable access; and (3) ensuring the timely payment of benefits, including activities to reduce workload backlogs, for all UC programs.

To announce the release of a new toolkit published on WorkforceGPS under the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Community of Practice (COP) website at https://www.workforcegps.org. This content describes RPA as a promising technology solution. The toolkit provides states with information on how using RPA in state Unemployment Compensation (UC) program administration can be appropriate and effectively leveraged by states, regarding RPA as a promising technology solution. The toolkit provides states with information on how using RPA in state UC program administration can be appropriate and effectively leveraged by SWAs.

To provide clarifying information to State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs or “States”) about Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program phase-out termination, continuing program operations, and prior guidance that remains applicable after June 30, 2022, under the Termination provision established by Section 406 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015).

To provide clarifying information on the FY 2023 implementation of the RESEA 60 percent state funding carry-over limit.