To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2014.

The purpose of this directive is to remind all State administrators of Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs of their responsibility: (1) to collect and analyze claimant demographic data for possible indications of systemic discrimination, and (2) to investigate any such indications of potential discrimination that the analyses disclose. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) rescinds and replaces UIPL No. 46-89.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating WIA Title 1B program performance and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2014. Once performance goals are agreed upon by the state and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), they will be incorporated into the state's Strategic Plan. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also announces that ETA will require that all states negotiate performance goals for credential outcomes beginning in PY 2015. Prior to 2015, ETA will work with states to modify the terms of approved common measure waivers. Currently, states are required to report on credentials in their quarterly Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data (WIASRD) submissions regardless of whether or not they have a common measure waiver.

This guidance letter provides the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants and reminds states of the authorized use of these grant funds.

To provide guidance to National Farmworker Job Program (NFJP) grantees on the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes used to define farmwork.

To provide adjusted funding levels for PY 2013 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To rescind TEGL 20-13 and replace it with TEGL 20-13, Change 1. TEGL 20-13, Change 1 deletes the words "upon request" where occurring in the TEGL to clarify the policy for serving veterans ages 18 to 24. The remainder of the TEGL remains unchanged.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) identifies for the public workforce system an additional population the Secretary has identified to receive intensive services provided by Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists using a case management approach.

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of labor market information and workforce information (LMI-WI) funded through WIGS.

To announce the availability of up to $150 million for Job-Driven (JD) National Emergency Grants (NEGs). These funds will provide grants to states to drive strategies identified in the January 30, 2014 Presidential Memorandum on Job-Driven Training for Workers at the local level. States will use JD NEGs to implement new or expanded local and regional job-driven partnerships that will serve more dislocated workers and achieve better employment-related outcomes for this group of workers. If more than the currently anticipated level of funds becomes available and the number of acceptable proposals exceeds $150 million, the Department reserves the right to make awards in excess of $150 million.

To provide SCSEP grantees with application instructions, procedures, and allotments for PY 2014 funds with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2014.

To provide the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with final funding allotments for the administration of the WOTC program through September 30, 2014, and reporting instructions during the current authorization lapse.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) identifies for the public workforce system the refocused roles and responsibilities expected to be carried out by JVSG staff; conveys the duties they are to perform; and discusses the relationship of services provided by staff within the larger workforce system.

To remind states to provide to the Department of Labor (Department), in their submissions under Form MA 8-7, information pertaining to state work search requirements in effect as of January 1, 2014, for conformity purposes.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) identifies for the public workforce system an additional population the Secretary has identified to receive, upon request, intensive services provided by Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists using a case management approach.

To announce the release and availability of a report, "Mentoring Youth and Young Parents: A Guidebook for Programs Helping Youth and Young Parents Navigate a Pathway to Self-Sufficiency."

To advise state workforce agencies of the completion of the MSDES project, which improves, streamlines, and automates UCX claims processing and billing for states and Federal military branches and to announce a webinar to provide an overview of the MSDES.

To invite state workforce agencies to submit proposals for a grant to continue or to implement a UI REA program, and to provide guidelines for FY 2014 UI REA grants.

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2014; final allotments for PY 2014 for the Wagner-Peyser ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the Workforce Information Grants to States allotments for PY 2014.

To provide SCSEP grantees with information about the statutory exemption of SCSEP wages for purposes of determining income eligibility for Federal housing programs and/or SNAP.

To respond to questions from state workforce agencies and state workforce liaisons related to the October 2013 Federal government lapse in appropriations, or “shutdown,” and administrative funding for relevant programs pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Act).