To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2014 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To rescind TEGL 1-17 Dislocated Worker Opportunity Grants and TEGL 1-17, Change 1 as funds are no longer available for this funding opportunity. In response to the critical need posed by the clean-up and recovery required in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is redirecting its funding resources to areas within the State of Texas impacted by this storm and to other qualifying events. As a result, the Dislocated Worker Opportunity Grant funding solicitation, transmitted via Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 1-17, is canceled.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 funds for continued support of state consortia to modernize UI tax and benefit systems by addressing outdated information technology system infrastructures.

To further advise states of the expiration of the HCTC program and provide guidance regarding the phase out of the state data transmittals on eligible TAA recipients to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for HCTC purposes.

The U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED) (collectively, Departments) are exercising their transition authority under section 503(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to inform States that the Departments will consider Program Year (PY) 2016 WIOA Statewide and Local Performance Reports (form ETA-9169) submitted by October 16, 2017, as being timely. For all subsequent PYs, States must submit the WIOA Statewide and Local Performance Report by October 1 to be considered timely, pursuant to the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Performance Accountability, Information and Reporting System" information collection request (WIOA Joint Performance ICR).

The WIOA Joint Performance ICR, approved under OMB Control Number 1205-0526, contains the performance accountability reporting requirements for the core programs identified in WIOA and authorized under:

• WIOA title I and administered by DOL;
• the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) program, authorized under WIOA title II and administered by ED;
• the Employment Service program authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by WIOA title III and administered by DOL; and
• the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by WIOA title IV and administered by ED.

To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the WIGS.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) in administering the TAA program by identifying the FY 2014 Initial Allocation amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department or We) used to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request TAA program reserve funds for training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.

To announce OMB approval of the extension with revision of approved collection, OMB Control No. 1205-0499, for the quarterly progress reports (QPR) for the STC Grants. Approval of OMB Control No. 1205-0499 is extended through June 30, 2019.

To inform states of additional optional provisions that are approved for short-time compensation (STC) laws under section 3306(v)(10) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).