To provide a summary of selected ETA 581 data with associated charts and tables for CY 2007.

To inform workforce liaisons, workforce agencies, and local One-Stop Career Centers about copies of the PTA Goes to Work Toolkit being mailed to each entity

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that FTP will be removed from the states’ Sun® systems on October 1, 2008, and recommend secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) tools.

To announce a revised method for determining recipients of the UI State Performance Excellence Awards

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of advance funding for EUC08 workloads and the opportunity to submit a supplemental budget request (SBR) for funding of EUC08 implementation costs.

To provide updated information to the workforce investment system, and particularly the One-Stop Career Centers, on the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Acts of 2003 and 2005, and guidance on how the One-Stop delivery system can provide assistance to trafficking victims under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

Announcement of the latest round of workforce solutions from the HGJTI and CBJTGs on the Workforce³One.org Web site.

To provide states with instructions for implementing and operating the Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) program, including fiscal and reporting instructions.

To respond to questions from states concerning eligibility determinations related to Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).

• To provide preliminary FY 2009 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans;
  
  
• To provide general guidelines for FY 2009 resource planning; and
  
  
• To explain how base resources were allocated among states.

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) 2008.

To provide information to the workforce investment system on the YouthBuild program and encourage collaboration at the local level to leverage resources for serving young adults.

To inform grantees of the extension of the due date for State Plans to June 30, 2008, and to clarify the status of current State Plans as of July 1, 2008.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a report entitled: Evaluation of State Implementation of Section 303(k), SSA.

To increase awareness of Federal training and education tax credits that may be available to One-Stop Career Center customers, particularly those not eligible for training assistance under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

To announce the grant application process and to transmit guidance for the development and management of the PY 2008 Workforce Information grants to states.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) revises the position allocations and funding amounts for grantees for PY 2008 as contained in TEGL 26-07, attachment H, to: (1) reserve $5,000,000 for program support activities utilizing the Secretary’s discretionary authority under section 506(a)(1) of the Older Americans Act (OAA) Amendments, Pub. L. No. 109-365; (2) to establish the due date of July 31, 2008, for budget modifications required by this TEGL for grantees’ PY 2008 grants; and to extend the due date for any performance improvement plans that may be required to August 15, 2008.

To initiate the FY 2009 SQSP process and to issue supplemental instructions for the preparation of the FY 2009 SQSP

To initiate and issue supplemental instructions for the preparation of the FY 2009 SQSP.

This guidance letter updates the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants based on PY 2006 performance.