To announce the availability of additional Older Americans Act (OAA) funds that may be used to conduct projects under Section 502(e) of the OAA.

To announce the publication and distribution of a new report -- Employment and Training for America's Homeless: Best Practices Guide. The report was prepared for ETA by James Bell Associates.

To transmit the updated Directory of Native American JTPA Grantees, the Federal Representative Team Assignment Sheet, Online Partners Directory and a Change of Address form.

The purpose of this notice is to launch a national dialogue regarding the development of a vision for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program within the workforce development (or one- stop) system.

To inform Grantees of the change of name for the Office of Special Targeted (OSTP) programs.

To provide instructions for processing and coding New York State (NY) job orders using America's Job Bank (AJB) for recruitment of H-2A workers.

To distribute the Employment and Training Administration's proposed Strategic Plan for FY 1998-2002 and to request comments on it.

To distribute the Employment and Training AdministrationÆs request for comments on ETA's proposed Employment and Training Administration's Strategic Plan for FY 1998-2002.

To announce the publication and distribution of Region I's Peer-to- Peer Manual, "Peers-Helping-Peers: A Replication Manual for The New England Peer-to-Peer Project."

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of a temporary procedure allowing the U.S. Army to send to SESAs a copy of an official letter to the Army Personnel Center (ARPERCEN) to use in lieu of a DD Form 215 as an official military document to

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESA) with guidelines for coding item f11, key week filing method, in the BAM DCI.

To clarify operating instructions issued in GAL 7-94, Change 1 regarding applicant processing procedures for workers certified as eligible to apply for benefits under both subchapters A (the Regular TAA program) and D (the NAFTA-TAA Program), of Chapter I

To transmit the Department's policy concerning the eligibility of persons in default on Federally guaranteed student loans and/or educational (Pell) grants to participate in programs under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).

To alert states, that the uninterrupted use of the existing WOTC administrative and quarterly reporting forms beyond the listed expiration date of June 30, 1997 is authorized.

To provide adjusted 1997 Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) tables for use in determining needs-related payments.

To inform the employment and training community that the web page for the SYETP has been updated for this summer and to encourage its use.

To provide grantees with the current LLSIL and instructions on its use.

To transmit information on the notice of availability of School- to-Work grants and application procedures.

To advise States of the Department of Labor's (Department) interpretation of Federal law regarding the basic confidentiality and disclosure requirements for the Federal-State unemployment compensation (UC) program and to announce that the Department is pl

To announce the production and distribution of the TAA and NAFTA-TAA Program Training Module in multimedia, compact disc (CD-ROM) format designed for use by employment and training practitioners, especially front-line staff, at their work stations.