To transmit the attached Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) on individual assessment, which has been reprinted. Although it was previously distributed to SCSEP sponsors, the information in the guide is so essential that it has been included in the series of

To share with all SCSEP sponsors the results of our unsubsidized placement efforts for PY 1996. Also attached is the SCSEP Summary Report for PY 1996.

To highlight information contained in Myths And Realities: Older Workers, an article by Susan Imel (Attached). As sponsors of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), this article presents information that may be helpful to you in the adm

To transmit copies of "Lessons Learned -- 32 Effective Youth Employment Initiatives -- PEPNet '97 -- Promising and Effective Practices Network," by the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), a grantee of the Employment and Training Administration.

To transmit separate instructions for completing and submitting the PY 1998 CAP and the 1998 SYP.

To notify the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the February 1998 distribution of the model code for the automated Statement of Benefits Paid to Combined Wage Claimants (Form IB-6) and issue implementation instructions.

The purpose of this bulletin is to provide additional written information on questions about medical exams, disabilities and related topics. It is also intended to emphasize the importance of encouraging annual medical examinations for program participan

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1998.

To provide information on the recent announcement the Welfare-To-Work competitive grants.

(1) To announce the National One-Stop Career Center System Conference to be held July 28-30, 1998, at the Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and (2) to solicit suggestions for conference topics.

To transmit the Experience Rating Index (ERI) for States for Rate Year 1996.

To remind the States of the effective date of the termination of the self-employment assistance (SEA) program.

To transmit the revised Federal Schedule of Remuneration (UCX) based on the January 1, 1998, military pay increase.

To transmit a list of military addresses for SESAs' use in sending notices of claim filing, and subsequent notices of monetary and nonmonetary determinations to the appropriate branch of the military.

To announce the publication and availability of a set of case studies dealing with promising approaches utilized by Job Training Partnership Act or Wagner-Peyser grantees.

To inform Section 401 Indian and Native American grantees of the appointment of a new Division Chief for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers.

To advise States of the Department's position concerning the application of State-wide personnel actions such as hiring freezes, shutdowns and furloughs to the UI program.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has extended approval of the recordkeeping requirement to retain work application and job order information under 20 CFR 652.8 (d) (5).

To distribute three SCSEP resource manuals that evolved from a series of workshops at the National Senior Citizens Education and Research Center's 1997 Annual Directors Training Conference.

To remind States that Federal law limits the payment of UC to periods when an individual has experienced unemployment.