This Training and Employment Guidance (TEGL) 29-16, Change 1 provides the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees with revised program year (PY) 2017 allocations.

To inform states and local areas about how Workforce Investment Act (WIA) formula-funded youth programs can assist youth who are currently or were formerly in foster care to complete post-secondary education and training by coordinating with state and local Independent Living coordinators to ensure youth have knowledge and access to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (Chafee program) Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs), and State Tuition Waivers.

To announce the availability of funding for States to send state UI appellate staff to the 2018 UI Appellate Professionals Training Conference scheduled to be held June 17-21, 2018, in Annapolis, Maryland.

To share the interagency support for ensuring students and parents have relevant and timely information to make informed career decisions. This notice is meant to encourage continued coordination and collaboration across the public workforce, adult basic education, career and technical education, and human and social service systems to prepare students for education and career paths.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides current SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the application instructions, allocations, and the process and procedures for the PY 2018 grant submission.

To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "States," "Recipients," "Grantees," "Applicant," or "You") gain access to FY 2018 TAA Program TaOA funds by completing and submitting Standard Form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance, through www.grants.gov.

To inform workforce system stakeholders of additional technical assistance options related to the Section 1512 Reporting Requirements in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To transmit the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) communication plan for designation and notification of:

• Significant MSFW States;
• Significant MSFW One-Stop Centers; and
• Significant Multilingual MSFW One-Stop Centers.

To provide guidance to states on best practices for payment of unemployment compensation by debit cards.

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