To announce the release and availability of an interim report, "Veterans' Licensing and Certification Demonstration;" and to provide an overview of a framework to help states accelerate licensing and certification into civilian occupations by veterans and transitioning military service members.

In 2005, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) began a joint initiative with the Department of Justice to aid primarily urban communities heavily affected by the challenges associated with high numbers of prisoners seeking to re-enter their communities following completion of their sentences. This Training and Employment Notice announces the release and availability of the first impact report from this evaluation, entitled: Evaluation of the Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program: Two-Year Impact Report.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) lays out the vision for the one-stop delivery system under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and links to key technical assistance resources to support states and local areas as they integrate this vision into their one-stop delivery system (http://www.doleta.gov/wioa). This guidance is also being issued by the Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services. It was developed in collaboration with these agencies, as well as the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will soon issue additional guidance to other programs administered by DOL that covers governance, operational, and service delivery topics related to the one-stop delivery system.

To provide guidance to state workforce agencies (state UI agencies) responsible for administration of the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs on implementation of the provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) related to UI programs, beginning July 1, 2015, and to: 1) recommend that state UI agencies begin (if they have not already) working with other workforce partners to develop strategies to implement WIOA; and 2) encourage states, as they develop strategies for WIOA implementation, to consider how to most effectively leverage Federal-State UI programs. As referenced in this guidance, "UI programs" include: the state's Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) program, Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, the state's Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program (replacing the UI Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (UI REA) program), the state's Self Employment Assistance (SEA) program, and the state's Short-Time Compensation (STC) program, if the state operates an STC program.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective July 2015.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the new Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Form 9165 for required reporting of quarterly progress and implementation updates for UI SBR grants.

To disseminate a white paper and provide information and resources on promising strategies to promote the inclusion of youth and adults with disabilities in registered apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships.

To notify states of the availability of FY 2015 UI funds to address worker misclassification within the federal-state UI program and provide guidance to states on how to apply for these funds.

To respond to questions asked by state workforce agencies during a webinar held on April 6, 2015, about the RESEA program.

To update state workforce agencies on the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) efforts to reengineer UI benefits program accountability processes to improve program performance and integrity and to provide more information on state impacts and timelines for implementation.

To respond to questions regarding the changes to the ETA 227 Report, "Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities," and to add to the instructions provided in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 08-12.

To rescind TEGL 39-14 and replace it with TEGL 39-14, Change 1. Change 1 clarifies in Section 6c and in Attachment 2, Other Requirements-Data Collection (attachment page 4) that when a grantee conducts ETA data collection activities in an alternative manner from BLS technical standards and methodologies, they are requested to document and submit a defensible rationale to the appropriate ETA regional office, but they are not required to obtain advance approval from that office. The remainder of the TEGL remains unchanged.

To announce the 2015 UI Integrity Technology Symposium, being held on September 1-2, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

To initiate the SQSP process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2016 SQSP.

To provide updated information and technical assistance to the public workforce investment system in meeting their nondiscrimination and universal access obligations for individuals with disabilities. (This is a WIOA related advisory.)

The purpose of this guidance is to communicate the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) waiver policy for PY 2015 for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) waivers currently approved for many states. This guidance addresses the status of such waivers during Program Year (PY) 2015, when most provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) go into effect. This guidance also communicates ETA's position on waivers under WIOA.

To provide guidance to the workforce system on providing services under the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs under WIOA Title I, and individuals served by Wagner Peyser, as amended by WIOA Title III, beginning July 1, 2015. This guidance also includes clarifications and flexibilities on using these funds and guidance to States for making sub-state allocations with Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker formula funds.

To provide guidance to the workforce investment system on the policies and priorities that govern the award and use of the Secretary's discretionary National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWG), under the WIOA, Title I, Section 170, which becomes effective July 1, 2015. The new program is preceded by National Emergency Grants (NEG) under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), and National Reserve Account grants under the Job Training Partnership Act Title III.

To announce the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) intention to publish state level detail of advance claims in the weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims News Release.

In accordance with WIOA sec. 122, this guidance explains the requirements and timelines for determining training provider eligibility in order to utilize WIOA title I-B training funds and for publicly disseminating the eligible training provider list.