To transmit to States and outlying areas estimated funding levels for WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker program allotments for PY 2018.

This guidance letter provides the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants and reminds states of the authorized use of these grant funds.

To provide information to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) about the application of sequestration in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) will apply sequestration to mandatory Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs and on delayed benefit payments from prior fiscal years, and the resulting administrative costs.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating WIA Title 1B program performance and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2014. Once performance goals are agreed upon by the state and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), they will be incorporated into the state's Strategic Plan. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also announces that ETA will require that all states negotiate performance goals for credential outcomes beginning in PY 2015. Prior to 2015, ETA will work with states to modify the terms of approved common measure waivers. Currently, states are required to report on credentials in their quarterly Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data (WIASRD) submissions regardless of whether or not they have a common measure waiver.

To advise states that disadvantaged Youth and Adult data for use in the WIOA Youth and Adult within-state allocation formulas is available on the ETA website and that states should use this data in their PY 2018 and future within-state allocation formulas.

The purpose of this directive is to remind all State administrators of Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs of their responsibility: (1) to collect and analyze claimant demographic data for possible indications of systemic discrimination, and (2) to investigate any such indications of potential discrimination that the analyses disclose. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) rescinds and replaces UIPL No. 46-89.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2018.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of the FY 2018 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2014.

To inform current and prospective Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant recipients of important information related to SAM. Current grant recipients should review their SAM registration information and ensure that it remains active. Prospective grant recipients are encouraged to complete a new SAM registration well in advance of their intent to apply for a federal grant.