To inform states regarding the publication of the final rule for the Data Exchange Standardization as required by Section 2104 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.

To provide guidance to states on performance reporting on ETPs. Under WIOA, all states must collect and report performance information on all individuals and WIOA title I core program participants (of Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs) served by each program of study on the state list of Eligible Training Providers (ETP list). The requirements for ETP reporting can be found at WIOA section 116(d)(4) and 116(d)(6)(B) and in the WIOA Joint and Department of Labor (DOL)-only final rules at 20 CFR 677.230 and 20 CFR 680.490.

To increase awareness of the public workforce system about the HOPE NOW Alliance and its continuing efforts to assist American homeowners, and to encourage the full engagement of local Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop Career Centers in providing support to the Alliance’s activities.

To announce the availability of UI appeals training for Hearing Officers and other UI staff responsible for conducting, reviewing, and evaluating hearings on unemployment insurance matters.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide information to assist and support those agencies and other grantees that receive funds from the Department to operate qualified job training programs in the implementation of the Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses Final Rule. This joint guidance is being issued concurrently by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). Veterans’ Program Letter 07-09 is the VETS guidance that corresponds to this TEGL.

To describe how the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) interprets the statutory and regulatory requirements of the National Dislocated Worker Grant Program's disaster grants (Disaster Recovery DWGs) as they apply to the unique challenges of the opioid crisis. Under this guidance, eligible applicants can obtain Disaster Recovery DWGs to create disaster-relief employment as well as to provide employment and training activities, including supportive services, to address economic and workforce impacts related to widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.

To inform One-Stop Career Centers about their role in the influenza pandemic and the supporting resources and information available.

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) 2019.

To advise states of further expansion of the EUC08 program and to provide operating and reporting instructions for implementation and administration.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) corrects the expenditure timeframe to allow state workforce agencies (SWA) to use the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 funding allocations for Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) activities through December 31, 2019.