To notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of up to $15 million for selected states to participate in the ARPA UI Navigator Program. These funds will help workers learn about, apply for, and, if eligible, receive UI benefits and related services (i.e., navigate the UI program) and to support state agencies in delivering timely benefits to workers—especially individuals in groups that are historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.

To announce the release and availability of the research report: Employer Views about the Short-Time Compensation Program: A Survey and Analysis in Four States Final Report.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2011 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2011 BAM data.

To advise states of new requirements for the provision of reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessments (RES/REA) to individuals who begin receiving Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) First Tier benefits or who transition from First Tier to Second Tier benefits on or after March 23, 2012, and to provide information on related funding and reporting requirements.

To provide:

1. Preliminary FY 2017 dollars and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans (SQSP);
2. General guidelines for FY 2017 resource planning; and
3. An explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among states.

To provide states and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2012; final allotments for PY 2012 for the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the Workforce Information Grants to States allotments for PY 2012.

To provide checklists of all currently active ETA Advisories as well as checklists of all ETA Advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.

To provide information on the availability of a UI Claimant and Employer Messaging Toolkit (Toolkit) containing products and tools designed for use by state UI agencies, and remind states that accepted Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 supplemental funding of the requirement, as a condition of the supplemental funding opportunity for UI integrity (see Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 26-11), to incorporate at least one product or tool from the Toolkit into their statewide messaging campaign.

The purpose of this program guidance is to provide information and instructions on how to participate in a pilot to test an alternative method for applying for a Layoff Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG).

To provide the workforce system with Information Memoranda sent by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to TANF jurisdictions, State CSBG offices, and local CSBG entities that encourage the use of TANF and CSBG funds for summer employment opportunities. Also, to encourage the public workforce system to partner with TANF jurisdictions, State CSBG offices, and local CSBG entities in their efforts to promote subsidized employment opportunities allowable under TANF and CSBG funding for the creation and expansion of subsidized summer employment for low-income youth.