This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides guidance to Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) grantees regarding updates to the priority of service provisions, durational limit waiver categories, and State Plan requirements due to the passage of the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020, which reauthorized the Older Americans Act (OAA) and included new provisions regarding certain individuals who were formerly incarcerated or under supervision following release from prison or jail.

To provide updated procedural guidance to state workforce agencies (SWA) on the WOTC certification process. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) and the materials and forms it discusses supersede the guidance outlined in the Third Edition of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Handbook No. 408, published in November 2002, and its August 2009 Addendum.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2021 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "States," "Recipients," "Grantees," "Applicant," or "You") in gaining access to FY 2021 TAA Program TaOA funds by completing and submitting Standard Form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance, through www.grants.gov.

To announce the availability of up to $3.3 million for Fidelity Bonding Demonstration Grants for Program Year 2020. These grants will enable states to expand their use of fidelity bonds to help persons with criminal records, including ex-offenders recovering from opioid and other drug addictions, obtain employment.

To announce the RESEA reemployment core measure; and program performance measures for Median Earnings for RESEA program participants and Reemployment Rate for all UI Eligible participants.

To provide clarifying guidance to National Dislocated Worker Grant recipients regarding the review of incremental and supplemental funding requests, and in particular, how the grantee's past performance will be taken into account.