To advise States of the changes to LERS necessary to implement Sections 211, 238, and 239 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (VOW Act) and Section 2149 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, as well as for collecting performance data related to the Veterans’ Gold Card Initiative

To transmit the sixth edition of ET Handbook No. 301, BTQ Nonmonetary Determinations Quality Review.

To inform the public workforce system about the required process for outreaching to and tracking outcomes of VRAP participants. This includes how the Department of Labor (DOL) will make available VRAP participant information to the public workforce system and procedures for American Job Center (formerly One-Stop Career Center) staff to offer VRAP participants employment assistance upon program completion or termination as required by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. This guidance also provides reporting specifications for reporting public workforce system outreach activities and the employment outcomes of VRAP participants.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.

To provide further information to the workforce investment system about the importance of providing workforce, training, and referral services to victims of human trafficking and to give updated guidance on how to deliver these services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Acts of 2003, 2005 and 2008 (TVPRA).

To inform the workforce investment system of the updated performance reporting requirements and revised associated timelines for the following Employment and Training Administration (ETA) programs and activities: 

• Quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB programs and National Emergency Grants (NEGs);
• Quarterly reports and data validation results for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service;
• Activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Programs); and,
• The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.

To respond to questions from states about new requirements for the EUC RES/REA for certain recipients of EUC.

To transmit a revised version of the State UI DV Operations Guide (ET Operations Guide 411)

To inform the public workforce system about the pre-apprenticeship program definition and quality framework, as well as promote tools and materials to improve the consistency and quality of pre-apprenticeship programs.

To announce a streamlined process for American Job Centers, state workforce agencies, and workforce investment boards to become Employment Networks (ENs) under the Social Security Administration’s Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency (TTW) program.