To inform the public workforce system about the career transition pilot demonstration project available for veterans, ages 20-24, at select Job Corps centers and to encourage eligible veterans to access training opportunities at these sites. In the one-year demonstration project sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Job Corps (OJC); and the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), veterans receive training with an opportunity to earn a credential or certificate. Project participants receive a stipend, housing, meals, assistance with employment and post-employment support. This project is an important resource for veterans transitioning from military service, who may have barriers to employment such as being at risk of homelessness, or lacking postsecondary credentials, and other young veterans who need additional education and training.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011.

To announce the release of updates made to the CareerOneStop suite of tools, including the mySkills myFuture transferability of skills job seeker assistance tool and the Worker ReEmployment portal.

To assist states in their annual budget planning in the absence of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides states and outlying areas with advanced notification of the potential impacts that changes in demographic and employment data factors may have on allotment formulas for the WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs; Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) Program; and the Workforce Information Grants to States. The notice provides prior Program Year (PY) 2009 allotment levels, current year levels (PY 2010), and an illustrative PY 2011 scenario based on PY 2010 funding (see tables in attachment).

To notify State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") that beginning June 30, 2011, the Department of Labor (Department) will no longer accept ETA Form 9042 (Rev. 4/09) and its Spanish translation, ETA Form 9042A (Rev. 4/09). Effective July 1, 2011, these forms will not be accepted as valid forms for use in filing for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA).

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper: The Implementation Evaluation of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts Demonstration.

To advise State Workforce Agencies of their responsibilities under the HCTC program after the expiration of the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) that temporarily expanded the HCTC.

To provide adjusted funding levels for Program Year (PY) 2010 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To advise state workforce agencies of the provisions of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, P.L. 111-291, and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, P.L. 111-312, that affect the federal-state unemployment compensation (UC) program.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA Occasional Paper titled Evaluation of School District-Based Strategies for Reducing Youth Involvement in Gangs and Violent Crime: Final Report