To provide states with instructions on how to access the BPA resources, including procedures to establish orders against the Department's BPAs for identity proofing services. The resources include the State BPA Ordering Guide, Roles and Responsibilities of States, Funding Attestation Template, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

This Change 1 corrects the allocations in Attachment III for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Career Services and Training (CST) grant recipients operating in California only (all other allocations remain the same as originally published).

To provide states with additional operating instructions in processing PUA claims and updated instructions for reporting PUA program activities.

To provide states information about preliminary FY 2022 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.

To remind the workforce community that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ETA Advisories issued using the following signature block "LENITA JACOBS-SIMMONS /s/" constitute official guidance.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to advise States of the availability of an Operations Checklist, developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), for use by States to ensure they have systems and procedures in place to properly administer the Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) program enacted in Section 261 of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act).

To provide information and a reminder regarding the Questionable Employment Tax Practices (QETP) program with respect to state unemployment insurance (UI) tax administration.

To initiate the SQSP process and define additional requirements for the FY 2022 SQSP.

This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 25-20 announces an increased amount of funding availability of up to $90 million, for the CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery) National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs), with award amounts of up to $3 million. Otherwise, the content in TEGL 25-20 remains the same.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of up to $260 million for activities that promote equitable access to UC programs, which include eliminating administrative barriers to benefit application, reducing state workload backlogs, improving the timeliness of UC payments to eligible individuals, and ensuring equity in fraud prevention, detection, and recovery activities.