To convey the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 initial funding allotments for WOTC and the application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA) based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through December 16, 2022.

To announce the availability of up to $325,200 in additional funding for National Farmworker Jobs Program youth funding.  

This guidance provides information to grant recipients of the U.S. Department of Labor workforce programs, including states, and provides guidelines for grant recipients to use in developing procedures for ensuring the data submitted for performance reporting are valid and reliable.

To promote a framework for all workforce stakeholders, including infrastructure project leads, to engage the public workforce system in implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with strong workforce commitments and proven strategies that produce high-quality education, training, and employment opportunities for all workers.

To announce the opportunity for states to receive up to $61 million for PUA administrative costs in addition to those described in Section 4.b.i. of UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4.

To announce a joint communication from Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), along with seven other federal agencies, to state and local governments titled “Resource Leveraging & Service Coordination to Increase Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities.”

To advise states that the deadline for submitting a grant application to assist states with reporting and the detection and recovery of overpayments of certain Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act unemployment compensation (UC) benefits is extended to October 30, 2022.

To announce the 2022 SIDES administrative website webinar series, “Moving the Integrity Needle Using SIDES Data” that will be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) from October 6, 2022, through November 17, 2022.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 – December 31, 2022, (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023).

To provide states information about preliminary FY 2023 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.