As summer months approaches there is typically a decline in national Onboard Strength for Job Corps centers. Conversely, many YouthBuild programs are oversubscribed and have extensive waiting lists. The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to: a) provide information to YouthBuild programs of the education and training services offered by Job Corps; b) to describe benefits provide best practices of current partnerships and c) provide information to available tools designed to implement a partnership.

To summarize the UI program’s GPRA performance for FY 2008 and announce the FY 2009 and FY 2010 GPRA goals and targets.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the opportunity to submit a supplemental budget request (SBR) for costs associated with implementing the initiative to enable more unemployment insurance (UI) beneficiaries to obtain training without affecting their benefit rights, and to notify beneficiaries of potential eligibility for Pell Grants and other student aid.

To announce the grant application process and to transmit guidance for the development and management of the PY 2009 Workforce Information Grants to States.

To inform the workforce system of the mandatory requirement for sub-recipients, i.e., any first-tier subcontract or sub-award funded in whole or in part under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), to obtain a DUNS number www.dnb.com. Any such sub-recipient must also establish and maintain active and current profiles in the CCR at www.ccr.gov.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) amended the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) to increase the maximum annual amount of TAA funds that may be spent on training. The Department will use some of the funds appropriated for TAA in FY 2009 under the Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. No. 111-8) (Omnibus Appropriations) for a supplemental distribution to the states, and will also hold funds in reserve. This program letter explains the formula methodology used in distributing this supplemental distribution and describes the process for states to request additional TAA program reserve funds for training.

To inform states of a change in the guidelines for negotiating Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB performance goals and performance levels for the Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for Program Year (PY) 2009. In addition to the change in guidelines for negotiating performance goals, this document also publishes the GPRA goals for eleven other programs administered by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA); and explains the regression model used for setting the new national targets for the workforce investment program.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of FY 2009 UI funds to: 1) develop or update UI IT Contingency Plans, including obtaining an Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), and 2) improve UI IT Security.

The purpose of this guidance is to provide all SCSEP grant applicants with application instruction and procedures for Program Year (PY) 2009 funds, with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2009.

To initiate and issue supplemental instructions for the preparation of the FY 2010 SQSP.

To announce the release and availability of the report titled Evaluation of the YouthBuild Youth Offender Grants.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of the report titled: The Benefits and Challenges of Registered Apprenticeship: The Sponsors’ Perspective

To inform the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) YouthBuild grant applicants and ETA’s YouthBuild grant program community that the Department will combine funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 YouthBuild appropriation to make awards to successful applicants from the current YouthBuild competition which closed January 15, 2009.

To provide Indian and Native American grantees with WIA, Section 166, Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) and Comprehensive Service Program (CSP) funding allotments and instructions for PY/2009 applications and plan modifications.

To inform NFJP Housing Assistance grantees of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) waiver of the biannual grants competition scheduled for Program Year (PY) 2009, and to convey planning guidance for the same period.

To inform NFJP grantees of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) waiver of the biannual grants competition scheduled for Program Year (PY) 2009 and to convey planning guidance for the same period.

To announce a national technical assistance forum on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’s (Recovery Act) performance accountability reporting for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB and Wagner-Peyser Act programs, including the Reemployment Services grants, the Trade Adjustment Act, and National Emergency Grants (NEG’s).

This purpose of this guidance is twofold. First, it provides guidelines for reporting performance accountability information for programs receiving additional funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). These programs include the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker programs, the WIA Youth program, including summer youth employment, National Emergency Grants, and the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service, including the Reemployment Services grants.

Guidance on performance accountability will be issued separately for the following programs receiving resources under the Recovery Act: the Senior Community Service and Employment Program (SCSEP); YouthBuild; Indian and Native American Youth grants; Competitive Grants in High Growth and Emerging Industry Sectors; and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Second, this guidance also announces changes to the reporting requirements for the Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data (WIASRD), which is submitted by states on all individuals served with WIA funds who exit program or One-Stop system services.

The intent of this guidance is to further clarify the application of the literacy/numeracy measure initially provided in Attachment C, Educational Functional Level Descriptors, in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 17-05, issued February 17, 2006, and to rescind TEGL 17-05, Change 1, issued August 13, 2007. This change TEGL only addresses specific reporting changes for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth literacy/numeracy measure.

To provide the following information for FY 2009 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.