This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) transmits Veterans Program Letter (VPL) 05-24, Jobs for Veterans State Grants Staff Roles and Responsibilities, and Coordination with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Services to Veterans, jointly developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). VPL 05-24 clarifies JVSG statutory duties, roles, and responsibilities such staff are expected to perform and discusses relationship between JVSG and other programs within the workforce system. Additionally, the guidance is designed to update state workforce professionals about AJC staff roles with JVSG. It emphasizes statutory duties and describes staffing flexibilities available to states to meet their JVSG responsibilities while maximizing the integration of services and collaboration of partners in the AJCs.

To inform states that connect to the ICON system for real-time services that direct connection to the ICON Cloud Hub is now available and recommended. States are encouraged to transition to one of two potential direct connection options which are 1) Connecting via Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)/Web Services and 2) Connecting via packaged code (ICONnect).

To provide guidance to recipients of the Department of Labor’s (Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending, specified in Appendix I: Eligible Applicants.

To advise State Workforce Agencies, or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) of the state distribution amounts of FY 2024 TAA Program TaOA funds.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide the logistic details for the Fall 2024 BAM Paid Claims Peer Review to be conducted September 9-13, 2024, in Philadelphia, PA.

To initiate the FY 2025 SQSP process and define additional requirements relevant to the FY.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with advance notice of the upcoming permanent transition of the DV and TPS applications from UIDBMS to UIRS; instructions to submit DV and TPS data to UIRS; and the decommissioning of the DV and TPS applications in UIDBMS effective August 15, 2024.

To announce the New Access to DNP Data Sources through the IDH Webinar, which is scheduled to occur on July 23, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

To inform states of changes made by the Department of Defense (DOD) to the DD Form 214 and 215 (DD-214 and DD-215) series and to provide guidance necessary to properly administer the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) program.

To announce the release of a new UI Fraud Risk Management page on WorkforceGPS under the UI Community of Practice (CoP) and to notify states that the National Association of State Workforce Agencies’ (NASWA) UI Integrity Center is a key resource available to support states’ UI fraud risk management efforts.