Through this guidance, the Department of Labor is providing additional detail on the one-time availability of On-the-Job Training National Emergency Grants (OJT NEGs) funded with ARRA resources announced in Training and Employment Notice (TEN) 38-09.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To announce the National Rapid Response Initiative, a comprehensive, collaborative effort to promote consistent, high quality, timely and innovative responses to economic transition across the country. Through this Initiative, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will collaborate with state and local Rapid Response practitioners and partners to assess the current system capacity, identify areas for improvement, and provide training and technical assistance to support the system in addressing the identified needs.

To announce the availability of $73 million in Program Year (PY 18) funds to States to increase the number of apprentices in Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs). To announce allotment levels and application procedures. To provide guidance on the use of funds.

This guidance announces the phasing out of State Apprenticeship Expansion grants (FOA-ETA-16-13) and plans to further support statewide apprenticeship expansion by granting PY 18 apprenticeship funds appropriated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-141) to States, as defined at 29 CFR Section 29.2. The term "State" means "any of the 50 States of the United States, District of Columbia, or any Territory or possession of the United States."

To provide clarification on match requirements and allowable construction costs under the YouthBuild Program.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) how to obtain updated contact information for Federal agencies requesting detailed Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) or Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) benefit payment data, which support the United States Department of Labor’s (Department) quarterly unemployment compensation billing statements.

To issue the revised federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

To provide SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the PY 2019 SCSEP allotments and the application instructions for PY 2019 grant submissions.

To announce upcoming activities and events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the unemployment insurance (UI) program, and to announce the UI Hall of Fame and UI Innovation Awards.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWA) and Monitor Advocates (MA) of the 2019 Monitor Advocate National Training sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The training will be held at the Denver Federal Center (DFC) in Denver, Colorado, June 25-28, 2019. Some Regional Monitor Advocates (RMA) may request that the State Monitor Advocates (SMA) in their region stay until 12pm on Friday for pre-harvest discussions.