To provide State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperative State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") with the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department, or We) used to develop the FY 2013 initial allocation, and to describe the process by which states may request TAA program reserve funds. The term "Program Funds," used below, refers to the funds appropriated for states to provide Training, Employment and Case Management Services, Job Search Allowances, and Relocation Allowances, including the State Administration of these benefits and services to trade-affected workers.

To announce the release and availability of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) report:  Evaluation of the National Farmworker Jobs Program

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Papers:  Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative:  Interim Report and Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative:  Final Report.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2013.

To provide the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with final funding allotments for the administration of the WOTC program through September 30, 2013.

To respond to questions from State Workforce Agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (also jointly referred to as “states”) that administer the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program, as amended by the TAAEA.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to articulate flexibility available for WIA Title I and W-P Act programs that may be helpful for managing Program Year (PY) 2013 sequestration and rescission-related formula funding reductions.

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of Labor Market Information and Workforce Information (LMI-WI) funded through WIGS for services to job seekers, employers, educators, economic developers, and others.

To provide SCSEP Grantees with application instructions, procedures, and allotments for PY 2013 funds with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2013.

To announce the release and availability of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Occasional Paper:  Implementation Evaluation of the Community-Based Job Training Grant (CBJTG) Program.

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 2013 UI REA grants.

To inform States of the guidelines for negotiating WIA Title 1B program performance and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2013. Once agreed upon between the State and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), these performance goals will be incorporated into the State’s Strategic Plan.

To inform the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the retroactive legislative reauthorization of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for non-veteran target groups and the Empowerment Zones that expired on December 31, 2011, and continuation of the WOTC for veteran groups, including the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (VOW Act) expanded veteran groups. To provide guidance to SWAs, participating agencies and other Federal and State partners for processing WOTC certification applications.

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2013; final allotments for PY 2013 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 2013.

To alert State Workforce Agencies and Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB) Executive Directors about a study being conducted on services to youth with disabilities in the public workforce system, and to encourage voluntary responses to the Survey of Workforce Investment Act Services Provided to Youth with Disabilities (Youth with Disabilities Survey). A combined effort of the Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and Office of Disability Employment Policy, the primary purpose of the Youth with Disabilities Survey is to get an analytical overview of services provided by local workforce agencies to this population. The responses to the survey will be analyzed and used to gain a better understanding of how young people with disabilities are being served within the workforce system and to identify mechanisms for enhancing these efforts.

To reissue the State UI BAM Operations Guide (ET Operations Guide 400).

To announce the release and availability of ETA’s First Step:  A Youth Practitioner’s Resource Guide to Supportive Services.

To respond to questions from states about the impact of sequestration on Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) for fiscal year (FY) 2013.

This notice is intended to alert the workforce investment system of a national partnership among the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Treasury and Labor (DOL) to expand awareness of mortgage relief for UI claimants and unemployed workers, and to lay out the actions required to implement the partnership.

This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) announces the release and availability of new features and enhancement to the Employment and Training Administration’s online electronic tools.