To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), liaisons, and NFJP grantees, of the 2011 MAFO National Farmworker Conference and the monitor advocate training sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the national and regional monitor advocates. The conference and training will be held in San Antonio, Texas, from March 20 to March 23, 2011.

To announce the publication of the Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations Final Rule in the Federal Register on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.

To provide guidance to the workforce investment system on the policies and priorities that govern the award and use of the Secretary's discretionary National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWG), under the WIOA, Title I, Section 170, which becomes effective July 1, 2015. The new program is preceded by National Emergency Grants (NEG) under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), and National Reserve Account grants under the Job Training Partnership Act Title III.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA Occasional Paper titled Evaluation of School District-Based Strategies for Reducing Youth Involvement in Gangs and Violent Crime: Final Report

To provide technical assistance to states, local workforce areas, and other recipients of WIOA Title I youth formula funds to help address the needs of disconnected youth.

To provide guidance to the workforce system on providing services under the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs under WIOA Title I, and individuals served by Wagner Peyser, as amended by WIOA Title III, beginning July 1, 2015. This guidance also includes clarifications and flexibilities on using these funds and guidance to States for making sub-state allocations with Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker formula funds.

To advise state workforce agencies of the provisions of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010, P.L. 111-291, and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, P.L. 111-312, that affect the federal-state unemployment compensation (UC) program.

To provide states with operating, financial, and reporting instructions for the FPUC program authorized by Section 2104, Emergency Increase in Unemployment Compensation Benefits, of the CARES Act of 2020, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136.

The purpose of this guidance is to communicate the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) waiver policy for PY 2015 for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) waivers currently approved for many states. This guidance addresses the status of such waivers during Program Year (PY) 2015, when most provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) go into effect. This guidance also communicates ETA's position on waivers under WIOA.

To provide adjusted funding levels for Program Year (PY) 2010 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.