To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019.

To issue enhanced Recommended Operating Procedures (ROPs) for NDNH and SDNH Cross-Matching Activity, that expand upon ROPs previously attached to Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 19-11, National Effort to Reduce Improper Payments in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program, by providing additional guidance and updated best practices on the use of New Hires tools.

To announce the availability of an enhanced Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist to assist state UI agencies in preparing to launch modernized UI IT systems that support administration of UI benefits and/or tax systems.

This Training and Employment Guidance (TEGL) 01-18, Change 1 provides the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees with revised program year (PY) 2018 allocations.

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies regarding FY 2019 annual grant allocations for foreign labor certification activities.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with revised allocations, and the process and procedures for modifying their original PY 2018 grant submissions.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2019 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2019 BAM data.

To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2019 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166 programs, and to notify grantees of the required submission of Standard Form (SF) 424 – Application for Federal Assistance, SF 424A – Budget Information (Non-Construction Programs), and Budget Narrative. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also provides guidance on high carry-in of funding at the end of PY 2018.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2019.

This guidance provides states and outlying areas with revised allotment levels for WIOA Title I Adult, DW, Youth, and Wagner-Peyser Act ES PY 2018 funds. This Change 2 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 16-17 restores PY 2018 appropriated funding set aside for program integrity purposes.