To advise states of appropriate circumstances for assessing a monetary fraud penalty and for assessing interest and other collection costs on benefit overpayments created under the CARES Act (Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136), as amended; and to provide instructions for circumstances under which a state may waive recovery of overpayments, including limited circumstances for permissible use of "blanket waivers."

To provide guidance to states on the proportional distribution methodology for recovering federally funded UC benefits, which are held by banks and financial institutions as a result of suspicious and/or potentially fraudulent activity.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2021 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2021 BAM data.

To provide information to states about FY 2021 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To provide information to states and outlying areas on WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2021; final PY 2021 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 2021.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides guidance on the alignment of reporting requirements in the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) and the ETA-9130, while further providing information on how to document specific scenarios within the submitted data.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides guidance to Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) grantees regarding updates to the priority of service provisions, durational limit waiver categories, and State Plan requirements due to the passage of the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020, which reauthorized the Older Americans Act (OAA) and included new provisions regarding certain individuals who were formerly incarcerated or under supervision following release from prison or jail.

To highlight the importance of identity verification in ensuring the proper payment of unemployment benefits and to provide guidance to states on required administrative procedures when processing claims and determining UI eligibility in cases where an individual's identity (ID) is questionable.

This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides guidance on certain amendments related to the EB program contained in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law (Pub. L.) 117-2.

This Change 1 to the Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 06-20 conveys the remaining balance for WOTC and explains application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA) based on funding appropriated for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 through September 30, 2022. Additionally, this TEGL announces 12 states selected to receive additional FY 2021 backlog funding and provides instructions to those states on how to proceed. The remainder of TEGL No. 06-20 remains the same.