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Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 14-24 informs states of changes made by the Department of Defense (DOD) to the DD Form 214 and 215 (DD-214 and DD-215) series and to provide guidance necessary to properly administer the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) program.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 13-24 provides information to states about FY 2024 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 12-24 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 – September 30, 2024 (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024).
 

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 15-23 provides procedures to be used by all Employment and Training Administration (ETA) federal assistance recipients and subrecipients for reporting suspected fraud, program abuse, or criminal conduct involving recipients or other entities receiving Federal awards directly from ETA and/or involving subrecipients receiving Federal funds indirectly from ETA.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 10-16, Change 3 updates TEGL No. 10-16, Change 2, published September 15, 2022, and developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED). Within ED, the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) will update Program Memorandum (PM) 17-2 and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) will update Technical Assistance Circular (TAC) 17-01 to be consistent with the changes reflected herein. 

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 16-23 provides WIOA Section 166 INA Program grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2024.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 14-23 provides program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the Workforce and Labor Market Information Grants to States (WIGS).

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 13-23 provides Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) state, territory, and national grantees with Program Year (PY) 2024 SCSEP allotments and the application instructions for PY 2024 grant submissions. This TEGL provides current SCSEP national grantees with allotments and application instructions for the first four months of PY 2024. The TEGL provides only partial-year funding for national grantees because PY 2024 is a competition year, and these funds will cover the transition period leading up to the competition effective date. Additionally, the TEGL provides information on the transition to grants that will be awarded under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)National Grants Competition for Program Year 2024 (FOA-ETA-24-11).

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 06-23, Change 2, conveys the remaining balance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 WOTC funding allotments and explains application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) based on appropriated funding.  Additionally, this Change 2 TEGL announces 13 states selected to receive additional FY 2024 backlog award funding and provides instructions to those states on how to proceed.  The rest of TEGL No. 06-23 remains the same.  

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 12-23 provides information to states and outlying areas on WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2024; PY 2024 allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to states for PY 2024.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-24 provides State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2024 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2024 BAM data.

This FAQ addresses implementation of the No Surprises Act.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-23, Change 1 advises states that funding is expected to be available to cover transaction costs for a period of at least the two years after the date the state deploys the National Identity Verification Offering (NIDVO) or two years after the date this UIPL is issued, whichever is later. In addition, this UIPL advises states that they must enter into a Data Sharing Agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) by June 28, 2024 to participate in NIDVO with transaction costs covered by the Department. 

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 12-21, Change 2, provides updated guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding foreign labor certification activities, and announce the allotments for FY 2024 foreign labor certification grants.

This FAQ addresses the prohibition on lifetime and annual limits and the annual limitation on cost sharing under the ACA.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 11-23, Change 1, corrects the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 state formula allocations in Attachment I for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 08-24, Change 1, corrects the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 state formula allocations in Attachment I for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 10-24 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2024 (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024).

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 09-24 transmits instructions for implementing revisions to the ETA 9128 Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment Workload report.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 10-23 provides grant recipients direction in developing policies, procedures, and practices that reduce unnecessary administrative barriers to serving customers seeking employment and training services.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 11-23 provides guidelines for the FY 2024 UI RESEA grants and invites State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.
 

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 08-24 provides guidelines for the FY 2024 UI RESEA grants and invites State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 09-23 provides states, territories, and outlying areas with guidance for submission of four-year SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plans, including the submission process and deadline for submission. Note that, while this guidance aligns with the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) guidance in many instances, this TEGL pertains only to states that are submitting a SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plan for PYs 2024-2027. States that are including SCSEP as part of a Combined State Plan for 2024-2027 should refer to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 04-23 that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued on October 31, 2023 for instructions on submission of Combined State Plans.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-18, Change 2, advises states that in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the extension of the ETA 9177 Report (Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report Version 1) through July 31, 2026. There is no change in the requirements of the approved collection.

This set of FAQs addresses the Transparency in Coverage rules.

This advisory opinion concerns whether Lloyd's of London (Lloyd's) underwriters may rely on authorizations to sell surplus lines insurance to satisfy the conditions of the exemption in the Department of Labor's regulations at 29 CFR 2580.412-25 and 412-26 under which Lloyd's underwriters may serve as the surety for purposes of the bonding requirement in section 412 of ERISA.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 07-24 advises states of sequestration rules for FY 2024 to ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) apply these rules to mandatory Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs.
 

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 08-23 announces the availability of $9.5 million to assist SCSEP state and territory grantees with IT implementation and support costs related to the Department of Labor transition and implementation of the new Grantee Performance Management System (GPMS) case management tool. These grants will be funded through SCSEP recaptured funds.

This set of FAQs addresses the preventive services requirements for contraceptive coverage.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 20-20, Change 1, provides states with instructions for reconciling funding under Section 2105 of the CARES Act, as amended: Temporary Full Federal Funding of the First Week of Compensable Regular Unemployment for States with No Waiting Week.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 16-22, Change 1, provides clarification/updates to the ETA-9130 financial reporting guidance contained in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 16-22.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 16-23, Change 1, rescinds revised Appendix E of ET Handbook No. 407 and Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 16-23, Issuance of Revised Appendix E of the Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 407.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 06-23, Change 1, conveys additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 WOTC funding allotments and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through February 2, 2024. The rest of TEGL No. 06-23 remains the same.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 07-23 advises and provides clarity to State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs or “States”) on the ongoing required activities under the TAA Program pending reauthorization.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 06-24 ensures states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 05-24 announces the Department of Labor’s (Department’s) interpretation concerning the application of state finality laws to temporary UC programs created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as amended.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 04-24 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from January 1 – March 31, 2024 (second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024).

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 03-24 ensures that states are aware that the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increased for calendar year (CY) 2024, and provides the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) COLA information.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 02-24 ensures State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.

This set of FAQs addresses Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) County Data, and the No Surprises Act.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 16-20, Change 1 provides updated procedural guidance to state workforce agencies (SWA) on the WOTC certification process. This Change 1 and the materials and forms it discusses supersede the guidance outlined in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No.16-20, Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Procedural Guidance (March 31, 2021).

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 06-23 conveys the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 initial funding allotments for WOTC application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA), based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution through November 17, 2023.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 01-24 provides clarity around the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) use of the terms “access” and “equitable access,” and further describes how program integrity is impacted by efforts to ensure equitable access to the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. This UIPL informs states of ways that equitable access can be evaluated and enhanced, including through technical assistance and tools from various Department initiatives and state-based partnerships.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 05-23 provides information to the public workforce system and other entities that receive federal financial assistance under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), as well as education and training programs or activities receiving Department of Labor (DOL) financial assistance, regarding the prohibition on discrimination based on actual or perceived religion, shared ancestry, or ethnic characteristics.
 

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 04-23 conveys to states the Administration’s priorities, State Plan requirements, submission process, and deadline for WIOA Unified and Combined State Plans (State Plans) for PY 2024 through 2027, consistent with WIOA Sections 102 and 103.

This set of FAQs addresses implementation of the No Surprises Act.

This advisory opinion concerns the application of ERISA’s fiduciary responsibility provisions to a Citigroup program that involves a commitment by Citigroup and its affiliates to pay all or some portion of the investment management fees for diverse managers retained by Citi-sponsored employee benefit plans.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 16-23 notifies states that Appendix E of ET Handbook No. 407, 4th Edition, Tax Performance System (TPS), regarding state employer Unemployment Insurance (UI) audit functions (formerly “field audit functions”) and procedures, has been revised.  

This set of FAQs addresses the Transparency in Coverage rules.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) NO. 15-23 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 – December 31, 2023, (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024).

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) NO. 14-23 provides State Workforce Agencies (states) with the new FIC (810-destination 0001) for the USSF to be used for all Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) claims and billing activities related to this military branch.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 13-23 provides states information about preliminary FY 2024 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 03-23 issued guidance 1) clarifies the allowable uses of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), its successors, and other competitive grant funds for outreach activities; and 2) provides examples of how grantees can use grant funds to effectively and equitably conduct outreach to meet the needs of and better engage businesses and jobseekers.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 02-23 advises State Workforce Agencies, or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) of the state distribution amounts of FY 2023 TAA Program TaOA funds. 

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 01-23 1) advises states of the availability of disadvantaged Youth and Adult data for use in the WIOA Youth and Adult within-state allocation formulas and, 2) requests that states use this data in their PY 2023 and future within-state allocation formulas.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 20-22, Change 1 announces the end of the application period for STC grants under Section 2110(g) of the CARES Act effective June 3, 2023.  

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-23 announces a comprehensive and strategic approach to deploying remaining Unemployment Insurance (UI) modernization funds to strengthen the integrity of the UI system. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) announces three new funding
opportunities to strengthen program integrity and resiliency, as well as an opportunity for states to participate in a National ID Verification Offering for both online and in-person ID verification services.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 10-23 cancels UIPL No. 22-21, Change 2; UIPL No. 23-21, Change 5; UIPL No. 02-22, Change 3; and UIPL No. 07-23.

This set of FAQs addresses the No Surprises Act, limitations on cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act and transparency in coverage with regard to facility fees under the No Surprises Act.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 09-23 initiates the FY 2024 SQSP process and defines additional requirements relevant to the Fiscal Year.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 22-22 informs State Workforce Agencies (SWA), partnering agencies, employers, and other stakeholders of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the extension, with revisions, of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) information collection under OMB Control number 1205-0371. Additionally, this TEGL provides clarification on the use of ETA Form 9198, Employer Representative Declaration Form, for employers to authorize a third-party representative to act on their behalf to manage WOTC certification requests.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 08-23 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 – September 30, 2023, (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023).

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 21-22 clarifies and compares the variety of training and other services available to states and local workforce areas under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) with the goal of improving training outcomes across all populations served, particularly those with barriers to employment and underserved populations. The guidance also addresses operational questions related to implementing certain types of training.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 15-22, Change 1 provides information to outlying areas (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Republic of Palau, and U.S. Virgin Islands) on submitting a single application for WIOA title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2023.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 20-22 provides program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the Workforce and Labor Market Information Grants to States (WIGS).

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 07-23 notifies states of the availability of funding for UI modernization, with a focus on improving the flexibility of IT systems through modular and evidence-driven approaches. This funding includes up to $600 million for states to support UI IT modernization activities and up to $53 million for states to participate in ARPA program activities offered by the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) related to IT modernization, under a single grant award.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 23-21, Change 5 temporarily re-opens the application period for states, which did not submit prior applications, to apply for UI equity grants described in UIPL No. 23-21 for activities eliminating administrative barriers to benefit application, reducing state workload backlogs, improving the timeliness of unemployment compensation (UC) payments to eligible individuals, and ensuring equity in fraud prevention, detection, and recovery activities. This UIPL also announces the opportunity for all states to receive amounts in addition to their original allocation described in Attachment I to UIPL No. 23-21.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 06-23 informs states regarding the availability of additional funding to support states’ participation and correspondence with the U.S. Department of Labor (Department), Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA’s) outreach efforts regarding ongoing CARES Act program activity, commonly referred to as ETA’s “well-defined ask”.  

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 19-22 provides guidance for the Department of Labor’s (Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending recipients specified in Appendix I.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 02-22, Change 3 notifies states that participated in the Tiger Team consultative assessment under UIPL No. 02-22 or that expressed interest to participate in the Tiger Teams consultative assessment by the required March 31, 2023, deadline, of the availability of additional grant funds to further support implementation of negotiated recommendations and to announce a modification to the grant application and award process in an effort to streamline the states’ receipt of the funds.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 18-22 provides SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the PY 2023 SCSEP allotments and the application instructions for PY 2023 grant submissions. This TEGL also provides guidance regarding Minority Report submissions in the Program Narrative for this year.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 17-22 conveys National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grant allotments for Program Year (PY) 2023 and provides instructions for submission of required documents for grant application and performance negotiations for NFJP Career Services and Training grants and Housing grants. Additionally, this guidance includes application instructions for grantees that wish to apply for additional PY 2023 NFJP Youth Grant Funding.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 16-22 informs the workforce system of clarifications made to the instructions for the Training Expenditures line item on some of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) financial reports (ETA-9130) and shares information regarding the transition of ETA’s quarterly financial reporting to the U.S. Health and Human Services Payment Management System (PMS).

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 23-19, Change 2, provides clarification of program instructions, Attachment I and revised PDF and Excel versions of Attachment II to TEGL No. 23-19, Change 1, Guidance for Validating Required Performance Data Submitted by Grant Recipients of U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Workforce Programs, issued on October 25, 2022.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 11-19, Change 1 supersedes TEGL No. 11-19, published February 6, 2020, and developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education. Through this updated guidance, the Departments:  

• Revise their approach to using the statistical adjustment model for the purpose of assessing state performance; 
• Clarify the implementation of potential financial sanctions for consecutive performance failures occurring across multiple State Plan periods; and 
• Clarify that states can be sanctioned up to 10 percent of the Governor’s Reserve Allotment if there is consecutive performance failure and a failure to report for the same program year.

This guidance also continues to delineate the process for negotiating levels of performance, as required by section 116(b)(3)(A)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and explains the two instances in which a state may be sanctioned, namely for performance failure or for failure to report (section 116(f) of WIOA).

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 22-21, Change 2 provides states with information on both required and strongly recommended strategies, tools, and services for UI fraud risk mitigation, improper payment reduction, and overpayment recovery; and to announce the availability of up to $200 million in additional ARPA funding and support for states to strengthen UI program integrity, including ID verification, fraud prevention and detection, and overpayment recovery efforts in all UC programs.

Guidance on section 101(f) of ERISA annual funding notice requirements relating to multiemployer plans that receive special financial assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act, including model language.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 15-22 provides information to states and outlying areas on Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2023; final PY 2023 allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2023.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No.14-22 provides clarifying information to State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs or “States”) about Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program phase-out termination, continuing program operations, and prior guidance that remains applicable after June 30, 2022, under the Termination provision established by Section 406 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015).

This set of FAQs addresses coverage of preventive services.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 10-22, Change 1 notifies all current state, national, and territory grantees that the deadline for submitting grant applications under TEGL No. 10-22 is extended to May 1, 2023.

This set of FAQs addresses the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and National Emergency.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 13-22 provides INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2023 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166 programs.  

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 05-23 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 through June 30, 2023, (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023).

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 04-23 advises states of sequestration rules for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to ensure State Workforce Agencies apply these rules to mandatory Unemployment Insurance programs. These rules include the application of sequestration on delayed benefit payments for prior FYs and the resulting administrative costs.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 12-22 announces the implementation of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) streamlined award closeout process, including the use of new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved award closure documents.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 12-21, Change 1 provides updated guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding foreign labor certification activities impacted by implementation of new H-2A regulations published by the Department of Labor (Department) on October 12, 2022, and announce the allotments for FY2023 foreign labor certification grants.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 11-22 provides adjusted funding levels for Program Year 2022 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 06-22, Change 1 conveys the remaining balance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 WOTC funding allotments and explains application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) based on appropriated funding.  Additionally, this Change 1 TEGL announces 14 states selected to receive additional FY 2023 backlog award funding and provides instructions to those states on how to proceed.  The rest of TEGL No. 06-22 remains the same.  

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 10-22 announces the availability of $ 9,500,000 to assist SCSEP state, territory, and national grantees with IT implementation and support costs related to the Department of Labor transition and implementation of the new Grantee Performance Management System (GPMS) case management tool. These grants will be funded through SCSEP recaptured funds.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 03-23 announces the availability of Department-funded operational and technical resources and services to state ARPA grantees and provides guidance for modifying grants that have been previously awarded to grantees that want to avail themselves of these services.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 09-22 provides guidance and planning information to states, local workforce areas, and other recipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I youth formula funds on the activities associated with the implementation of WIOA.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 03-22, Change 1 advises eligible entities for the Department of Labor’s (Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending projects that the deadline for submitting an application has been extended to March 31, 2023.

This set of FAQs addresses the gag clause prohibition provisions, including the attestation requirement.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 08-22 provides guidelines for the FY 2023 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 02-23 provides guidelines for the FY 2023 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 16-20, Change 8 advises states that the deadline for submitting a grant application for additional administrative costs under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program is extended to February 24, 2023, and that the Department has extended the deadline to expend PUA administrative funds from June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 01-23 ensures states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 21-22 ensures State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 16-20 ensures that states are aware about the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increased for calendar year (CY) 2023, and to provide the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) COLA information.