Since June 2008, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has overseen the development and execution of a rigorous random assignment evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker programs called the WIA Gold Standard Evaluation. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides an update on the status of that evaluation and announces the release and availability of the first report from this evaluation: Providing Services to Veterans through the Public Workforce System: Findings from the WIA Gold Standard Evaluation, Volume I and II.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper, Process Evaluation and Outcomes Analysis:  Twin Cities RISE! Performance-Based Training and Education Demonstration Project Final Report.

To announce the first STC Summit that will be held on November 17 and 18, 2015, in Washington, D.C. This two-day summit will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Day 1, and adjourn at 3:00 p.m. EST on Day 2.

The purposes of this guidance are: to update Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 6-09, issued September 15, 2009 by describing the non-substantive changes that have been approved since then; to replace Attachment A: Data Preparation and Reporting Handbook (2009 TAPR Handbook), with TEGL No. 6-09, Change 1, Attachment A: 2012 Data Preparation and Reporting Handbook (2012 TAPR Handbook); and to make available a table of data validation edit checks for the TAPR, as Attachment B to this TEGL.

To expand and clarify the definition of homeless as a SBE provided in Section 4 of TEGL 19-13, Change 1, dated February 11, 2015.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2012

To provide guidance to the states regarding the content of the WIA Annual Report narrative; including strategies for serving veterans, acceptable approaches to fulfilling the customer satisfaction requirements, and the procedures for submission to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The Annual Report is due on Tuesday, December 15, 2015.

To inform state workforce agencies of the 2012 UI Integrity Summit scheduled for March 13-14, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia, and encourage staff participation at the summit.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker FY 2016 funds, which became available to states in October 2015. This Change 3 to TEGL 29-14 revises the funding available to states on October 2015 to reflect the 0.2108 percent reduction enacted in the short-term Continuing Appropriations Resolution for FY 2016.

To inform the workforce community of a central online portal for training and resources related to financial and performance management for Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grants.