To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2020 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2020 BAM data.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA Occasional Paper:  An Evaluation of the Priority of Service Provision of the Jobs for Veterans Act by the Workforce Investment System in Providing Services to Veterans and Other Covered Services.

To provide adjusted funding levels for PY 2019 allotments for the DW program under WIOA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA Occasional Paper titled Workforce System One-Stop Services for Public Assistance and Other Low income Populations: Lessons Learned in Selected States.

To provide states with operating, financial, and reporting instructions for the full federal funding of the first week of unemployment compensation (UC) authorized by section 2105, Temporary Full Federal Funding of the First Week of Compensable Regular Unemployment for States with No Waiting Week, of the CARES Act of 2020, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136.

To provide planning guidelines and instructions to Indian and Native American grantees for the development of a One-Year Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) plan and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) plan for PY 2011, consistent with the purposes described in WIA Section 166.

To provide states with an overview of STC program provisions in Title II, Subtitle A of the CARES Act, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136, and to provide guidance regarding 100 percent federal reimbursement of certain state STC payments.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper titled Analysis of Associations between Contemporaneous Job Corps Performance Measures and Impact Estimates from the National Job Corps Study.

This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides states with reporting instructions for provisions contained in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-127, Division D, EUISAA, and informs states of an amendment of section 903(h)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (SSA) (42 U.S.C. §1103(h)(2)(B)), as enacted by EUISAA, by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. 116-136, enacted March 27, 2020. The attachment to the UIPL also provides a set of related Questions and Answers.

To advise states that the ETA 205 report, “Preliminary Estimates of Average Employer Contribution Rates,” will be discontinued and the information from the report will be merged into the ETA 204 report, “Experience Rating Report.”