To advise states about their responsibilities related to the HCTC program.

To announce the 2024 SIDES “Helping Employers Connect and Engage with Your SIDES Program” virtual workshop which will be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on October 23, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EST.

To provide states with information about preliminary FY 2025 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, with general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to notify the public workforce system of the release of an updated Sector Strategies Framework, as well as related technical assistance resources that are available to support the broad implementation of effective sector strategies.

To advise states of the elimination of Initial Interstate Claim Form IB-1.
 

To announce the availability of TPS Reviewer Online Training

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to encourage workforce system collaboration and strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and the Manufacturing USA network of institutes to provide assistance and support to manufacturing firms, particularly small and medium-sized manufacturers, to prepare a skilled workforce to support economic growth while preserving and creating jobs.

This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) announces the availability of additional funding to cover ongoing administrative costs related to reporting, data retention, audit-related and oversight activities, efforts to detect, establish and recover overpayments, and financial reconciliation efforts associated with the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) programs and the provisions of Section 2105 of the CARES Act for Temporary Full Federal Funding of the First week of Compensable Regular Unemployment for States with No Waiting Week (Section 2105).

To notify states that the Department of Labor’s (Department) is making available technical resources and services through the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) to support implementation of ARPA-funded projects. 

Consistent with Joint WIOA Final Rule requirements, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable in PY 2023 for the:

•    U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to assess performance for four performance indicators under the WIOA title I core programs and for three performance indicators under the Employment Service (referred to as “WIOA title III”) core program;
•    U.S. Department of Education (ED) to assess performance for four performance indicators under the Vocational Rehabilitation (referred to as “WIOA title IV”) core program; and
•    Departments to delay assessing performance for the purpose of imposing sanctions for the WIOA title II core program and for the remaining performance indicators in the WIOA titles I, III, and IV core programs to provide for the orderly transition from the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to those of WIOA, as permitted under section 503(a) of WIOA.

The Departments’ determinations, as will be described more fully herein, are consistent with the phased-in approach to performance assessments described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 11-19, Change 1 issued on May 10, 2023.