To advise states that the deadline to apply for SEA grant money under the provisions of the Act has been extended.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to transmit guidelines to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on the preparation and submission of the AOP, and to designate the significant MSFW states for Program Year (PY) 2013.

To provide adjusted funding levels for Program Year (PY) 2012 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To notify state workforce agencies of the availability of funds through the Supplemental Budget Request (SBR) process for costs related to the implementation of sequestration requirements impacting the EUC program.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper - Green Jobs and Health Care Implementation Study Final Report.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.

To advise states that economically disadvantaged Youth and Adult data for use in the WIA Youth and Adult within-state allocation formulas are available on the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Web site and that states should use this data in their PY 2013 and future within-state allocation formulas.

To inform National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) employment and training grantees of the waiver of the biennial grants competition and to convey planning guidance for Program Year (PY) 2013.

To rescind Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 25-11, and inform the states that Program Year (PY) 2011 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Dislocated Worker program funds that were recaptured under WIA Title I Section 132 (c) will not be realloted.

To inform National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) housing grantees of the waiver of the biennial grants competition and to convey planning guidance for Program Year (PY) 2013.

To assist states in their annual budget planning in the absence of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 full year appropriation, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides states and outlying areas with advance notification of the potential impacts of applying current demographic and employment data on the allotment formulas for the WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs; ES; and the Workforce Information Grants to States. The attached planning projections also reflect the reductions to FY 2013 discretionary funds required by the BBEDCA, more commonly referred to as “sequestration.”

To announce the release and availability of the What’s My Next Move? a guide to exploring careers online using electronic tools from the U.S. Department of Labor.  What’s My Next Move? was developed to support high school students in developing their education and career plans.

To inform states of the extended timeline for the collection of data on the provision of intensive services to Post-9/11 Era Veterans through the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service under the Gold Card Initiative.

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on the responsibilities of serving migrant and seasonal farm workers (MSFWs) through the American Job Center (also known as One-Stop Career Center) network and on the responsibilities of the State Monitor Advocates (SMAs).

To advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the manner in which the Department of Labor (Department) plans to apply sequestration to Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs for fiscal year (FY) 2013, so the SWAs can make the necessary operational changes.

To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) and States in providing services to TAA program participants through the American Job Center network. This guidance supersedes TEGL No. 5-00, Attachment B, incorporating the changes to the program since the issuance of that TEGL, including the expanded funding source options.

Through this guidance, the Department of Labor is providing instruction on how states can apply for exemptions to restrictions prohibiting the use of OJT NEG funds on activities related to casinos or other gambling establishments, swimming pools, aquariums, zoos, and golf courses. In addition, this guidance provides updated hourly State Wage Cap data. Updated Unemployment Insurance (UI) Duration figures for OJT NEGs are not included in this TEGL, but are updated quarterly on doleta.gov.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), SWA liaisons, and National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees of the 2013 National Monitor Advocate Training Sessions, which will take place March 17-20, 2013, at the MAFO 2013 National Farmworker Conference in San Antonio, Texas

To transmit the updated Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form 790; Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Memorandum, ETA Form 795; and the instructions for both forms.

To provide an update on the UI Excellence in Action initiative and announce the availability of exciting new tools designed to help states improve business processes in their unemployment insurance (UI) programs