To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the 2009 MAFO National Farmworker and the Monitor Advocate Training Sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Region IV Dallas Office being held in San Antonio, Texas, March 29-April 1, 2009.

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2013; final allotments for PY 2013 for the Wagner-Peyser ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the Workforce Information Grants to States allotments for PY 2013.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide information to the workforce investment system to support the Department of Education’s roll out of the 2009-2010 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The 2009-2010 FAFSA has been revised to include questions asking whether an individual or an individual’s spouse or parent is a dislocated worker, which will be used when determining need for financial aid. This notice will guide the workforce investment system and the state Unemployment Insurance (UI) agency in providing information to One-Stop Career Center customers and supporting financial aid administrators at public, private, and proprietary (for-profit) post-secondary institutions.

To inform the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the retroactive legislative reauthorization of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for non-veteran target groups and the Empowerment Zones that expired on December 31, 2011, and continuation of the WOTC for veteran groups, including the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (VOW Act) expanded veteran groups. To provide guidance to SWAs, participating agencies and other Federal and State partners for processing WOTC certification applications.

This advisory contains instructions for updating the ET Handbook No. 395, 4th Edition, on BAM Paid Claims Accuracy (PCA) and Denied Claims Accuracy (DCA) programs.

To inform States of the guidelines for negotiating WIA Title 1B program performance and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2013. Once agreed upon between the State and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), these performance goals will be incorporated into the State’s Strategic Plan.

To advise states that Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 09-98 expresses the Department’s position concerning the application of state-wide personnel actions such as hiring freezes, shutdowns, and furloughs to the unemployment insurance (UI) program.

To invite state workforce agencies to submit proposals for a grant to continue or to implement a UI REA program, and to provide guidelines for FY 2013 UI REA grants.

To announce the National Conference for UI Tax Administration that will be held in Savannah, Georgia, August 16 – 19, 2009.

To announce the release and availability of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Occasional Paper:  Implementation Evaluation of the Community-Based Job Training Grant (CBJTG) Program.