TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 08-93
Final Planning Guidance for Job Training Partnership Act Title III State Plans for Program Years (PYs) 1994/1995
To transmit final planning instructions for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title III State Plans for Program Year (PY) 1994 and PY 1995, as approved by the Office of Management and Budget.
Inquiries on Title III planning should be directed to the Office of Worker Retraining and Adjustment Programs at 202-219-5577.
References: a. Job Training Partnership Act, as amended. b. Interim Final JTPA Regulations, 20 CFR Part 631, published in the Federal Register on December 29, 1992. c. Training and Employment Information Notice No. 22-93, dated November 15, 1993. d. Training and Employment Information Notice No. 27-93, dated January 11, 1994. Background: Pursuant to 20 CFR 631.36 and 631.40, this document provides instructions to the States for JTPA Title III State Plans. Draft planning instructions were transmitted in Training and Employment Information Notice (TEIN) No. 27-93. OMB Approval and Reporting Burden: The Planning Instructions for Title III State Plans have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) according to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 under OMB Approval No. 1205-0273 to expire June 30, 1996. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of IRM Policy, Department of Labor, Room N-1301, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20210; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1205-0273), Washington, D. C. 20503. Title III Planning Process for PY 1994 and PY 1995: The draft planning instructions issued under TEIN 27-93 have undergone several minor changes and one major change as a result of comments received and the OMB review process. Attachment A is the draft instructions with redline and strikeout indicating the changes for the final instructions, to aid in locating them. Attachment B is the final instructions reflecting those changes. The major change in the instructions was the deletion of Section III from the draft State plan, which discussed program improvement strategies for PY 1994. A number of commentors asked that this section be taken out of the State plan because the May 1 submittal date would not allow enough time to prepare this information. The program improvement strategies will now be a part of the Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Initiative. In support of State efforts to improve program quality and capacity, the Department will make available a limited amount of TAT funds to support special TAT projects identified by States and substate grantees to be completed by the end of PY 1994. These projects must address one or more of the program emphases included in the program improvement strategies section of the draft State planning instructions, and must be in addition to ongoing State TAT activities and responsibilities. Procedures for applying for these funds will be described in a forthcoming TEIN. The focus of the planning activities continues to be expanding and improving the quality of services to, and outcomes for, dislocated workers and employers, as discussed in the introduction to the planning instructions. State planning should also consider the implementation of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Initiative authorized under P.L. 103-152 in States during PY 1994 and PY 1995. Under this initiative, UI claimants who are identified as dislocated workers will be required to participate in reemployment services based on a comprehensive Statewide strategy coordinated by the Governor. Depending upon the specific arrangements in each State, these dislocated UI claimants may be referred to EDWAA substate grantees for reemployment services. Specific guidance on the implementation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Systems is provided in FM 35-94, Implementation of a System of Profiling Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants and Providing Them with Reemployment Services. Plan Submission: The plans are to be submitted to the Department on or before May 1, 1994. State Title III Plans should be sent to: James D. Van Erden, Administrator, ATTN: Title III Plans, Office of Work-Based Learning, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N4649, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20210. Each State should also submit a copy of the plan to the appropriate DOL Regional Office. Action: The States should share the final planning instructions with all appropriate parties, including the Dislocated Worker Unit, State Job Training Coordinating Council or State Human Resource Investment Council, and Substate Grantees.
All State JTPA Liaisons All State Worker Adjustement Liaisons All State Wagner-Peyser Administering Agencies
Barbara Ann Farmer Administrator for Regional Management
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration