- TEGL No. 13-16, Change 1 (Issue Date: May 17, 2021)Subject
Guidance on Registered Apprenticeship Provisions and Opportunities in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
PurposeThis Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL), Change 1, provides clarification on Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) as WIOA Title I Eligible Training Providers (ETP).
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEGL No. 21-20 (Issue Date: May 10, 2021)Subject
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Foreign Labor Certification Grant Planning Guidance
PurposeTo provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding FY 2021 annual grant allocations for foreign labor certification activities.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEGL No. 20-20 (Issue Date: May 6, 2021)Subject
Program Year (PY) 2021 Planning Instructions and Allotments for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State, Territorial, and National Grantees
PurposeTo provide SCSEP grantees with PY 2021 allotments and grant application instructions, and dissemination of annual Federal poverty guidelines used in SCSEP eligibility determinations.
RescindedProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 20-21 (Issue Date: May 5, 2021)Subject
State Instructions for Assessing Fraud Penalties and Processing Overpayment Waivers under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as Amended
PurposeTo 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."
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 19-21 (Issue Date: May 4, 2021)Subject
Benefits Held by Banks and Financial Institutions as a Result of Suspicious and/or Potentially Fraudulent Activity and the Proportional Distribution Methodology Required for Recovering/Returning Federally Funded Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program Funds
PurposeTo 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 18-21 (Issue Date: May 3, 2021)Subject
Procedures for the Completion and Publication of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Data for Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) Reporting Year 2021
PurposeTo 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEGL No. 19-20 (Issue Date: April 27, 2021)Subject
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2021; PY 2021 Allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) Program; and PY 2021 Allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States
PurposeTo 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - UIPL No. 17-21 (Issue Date: April 27, 2021)Subject
Guidelines for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 State Agency Unemployment Insurance (UI) Resource Allocations, Supplemental Budget Requests (SBRs), and Above-Base Funding
PurposeTo provide information to states about FY 2021 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEGL No. 18-20 (Issue Date: April 26, 2021)Subject
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Financial Reporting Alignment and Clarifications
PurposeThis 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021 - TEGL No. 17-20 (Issue Date: April 15, 2021)Subject
Senior Community Service Employment Program – Updated Guidance on Priority of Service, Durational Limits, and State Plan Submissions
PurposeThis 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.
ActiveProgram Year:2020Fiscal Year:2021