- TEN No. 15-21 (Issue Date: November 17, 2021)Subject
Announcing the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center's Behavioral Insights Toolkit
PurposeTo inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) about the launch of the NASWA UI Integrity Center's Behavioral Insights Toolkit and to provide states with information on how to access the Toolkit resources.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - TEGL No. 03-21 (Issue Date: November 15, 2021)Subject
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Initial Funding Allotments for Fiscal Year 2022
PurposeTo convey the WOTC Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 initial funding allotments and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA) based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through December 3, 2021.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - UIPL No. 02-22 (Issue Date: November 2, 2021)Subject
Grant Opportunity to Support States Following a Consultative Assessment for Fraud Detection and Prevention, Promoting Equitable Access, and Ensuring the Timely Payment of Benefits, including Backlog Reduction, for all Unemployment Compensation (UC) Programs
PurposeTo notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of up to $200 million in funding to support states in improving UC systems and processes following a consultative assessment with a team of experts provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - UIPL No. 01-22 (Issue Date: October 29, 2021)Subject
Announcing the Availability of an Incarceration Data Exchange and Instructions to Access the Data Exchange between the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Connection Network (ICON) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS)
PurposeTo announce the availability of an incarceration data exchange with SSA’s PUPS systems through the ICON network and to provide instructions to states on the steps required to access the data exchange. The incarceration data exchange will provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with the ability to cross-match UI claims information with SSA's prisoner data to aid states in determining if an individual meets UI eligibility requirements.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - TEN No. 14-21 (Issue Date: October 27, 2021)Subject
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Program Performance Accountability Assessment for Program Years (PY) 2020 and 2021
PurposeThe U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable for the Department of Labor (DOL) to begin assessing performance for two performance indicators under WIOA title I and III core programs for PYs 2020 and 2021 in accordance with the phased-in approach to performance assessments described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 11-19, Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Programs. The Departments, as permitted under section 503(a) of WIOA, have determined it reasonable to delay assessing performance for the purpose of imposing sanctions for the remaining performance indicators to ensure an orderly transition from the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to those of WIOA.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - TEN No. 13-21 (Issue Date: October 19, 2021)Subject
State Quality Service Plan Assurances Required for Disaster Unemployment Assistance
PurposeTo provide information regarding annual assurances for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), which must be included in all State Quality Service Plans (SQSP) beginning Fiscal Year (FY) 2022; and to announce the availability of a DUA Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) template.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - TEN No. 12-21 (Issue Date: October 15, 2021)Subject
Practitioners Guide to Supportive Services
PurposeTo provide a resource guide to workforce investment practitioners who assist jobseekers in finding and applying for financial assistance and other supportive services.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - TEN No. 11-21 (Issue Date: October 14, 2021)Subject
Announcing Tribal Consultation for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Effectiveness in Serving Employers Primary Indicator of Performance
PurposeTo announce a virtual Tribal Consultation the Department plans to conduct regarding the effectiveness in serving employers (ESE) performance indicator in the regulations for the Indian and Native American (INA) program authorized under section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), scheduled for October 19, 2021, 2 p.m. ET on http://www.workforcegps.org.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2022 - TEN No. 10-21 (Issue Date: September 29, 2021)Subject
Signature Block for ETA Advisories during COVID-19 Pandemic
PurposeTo remind the workforce community that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ETA Advisories issued using the following signature block "ANGELA HANKS /s/" constitute official guidance.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2021 - TEN No. 08-21 (Issue Date: September 24, 2021)Subject
Timeline for the Implementation of the Amendments to Performance Reporting Information Collection Requests (ICRs) in the Workforce Integrated Performance System (WIPS)
PurposeTo announce the timeline for data collection and reporting using the renewed ICRs for performance data collection approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (OMB Control Numbers 1205-0526 and 1205-0521), including amendments to the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) and submission through WIPS.
ActiveProgram Year:2021Fiscal Year:2021