To request that states provide to the Department of Labor (Department), in their submissions under Form MA 8-7, information pertaining to state work search requirements in effect as of October 1, 2018, for conformity purposes.

To support the Department of Labor's (DOL) goal to expand the capacity of the American Job Center (AJC) network to serve persons receiving Social Security disability benefits, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) notifies the workforce system about the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Ticket to Work program's new administrative processes for public workforce employment networks (EN). This TEN replaces TEN No. 02-14, Receiving Ticket to Work Payments as an Employment Network.

To provide information about the 2019 UI SIDES Seminar sponsored by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on April 2-4, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (also jointly referred to as "states") by identifying the FY 2019 Initial Allocation of TaOA funding amounts to states; describing the formula methodology used by the Department of Labor (Department) to calculate these amounts; and providing the process for states to request TAA Program reserve funds for TaOA. TaOA includes training, job search allowances, relocation allowances, employment and case management services, and related state administration.

To provide information to states about FY 2019 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

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 2019 TAA Program TaOA funds by completing and submitting Standard Form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance, through www.grants.gov.

To bring attention to the revised Federal poverty guidelines for administrators of the SCSEP.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2019.

To convey the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 grant funding allotments and application requirements for the State Workforce Development Agencies, also known as State Workforce Agencies (SWA).

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) identifies populations eligible to receive services provided by Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists using a case management approach in addition to the populations listed in TEGL 19-13 (issued April 10, 2014).

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective January 2019.

To notify the workforce system of recent State Occupational Licensing Review and Reform grant awards and related resources, including the National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) licensing resources and database available at http://www.ncsl.org/stateslicense.

To provide guidance to the public workforce system in the promotion of the HIRE Vets Medallion Program to its local employer partners.

Notification of the availability of a new state UI program forecasting model (UNIS-X) and the cessation of support for the existing Benefit Financing Forecasting Model (BFM).

To provide guidelines for the FY 2019 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.

To announce the release and availability of a report titled, Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: 30-month Impact Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs.

To ensure states are aware of the Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program that reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2019.

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

This guidance communicates the requirements and the process for states to request a waiver of WIOA Title I or the Wagner-Peyser Act, and to provide information regarding available resources for developing waiver requests.