To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-01: Evaluation of the Limited English Proficiency and Hispanic Worker Initiative (LEPHWI) prepared by Coffey Consulting, LLC and its sub-contractor Excelencia in Education.

To provide instructions for the preparation and submission of Program Year (PY) 2010 NFJP Housing Assistance grant plans under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act.

To provide information regarding the provisions of the HEART Act as they affect Federal employment taxes.

This training and employment notice provides information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and describes opportunities for One-Stop Career Centers to inform customers of the resources available through SNAP. The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service are working to ensure that the nation’s unemployed and under-employed workers are aware of the full range of income assistance available to them and their families during this difficult economic period.

To provide a general overview of the aggregate characteristics, services, and outcomes for the population of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Workers who have exited the program and received training services between Program Years (PY) 2004 and PY 2008.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-03: Reinvesting in America’s Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) wishes to inform the workforce investment system of the closeout of two U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Web sites, and the actions DOL is taking to minimize the disruption of services to users.

To encourage coordination between the State Workforce Agency, State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Agency (if different), Local Workforce Investment Boards, and One-Stop Career Centers when implementing REA programs.

To provide guidance to states on the upcoming quarterly WIASRD submission required by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in its Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 24-08. Four key areas are addressed in this document: (1) the change in the WIASRD reporting frequency from annual to quarterly; (2) the change in the WIASRD submission to include participant files; (3) the process for submitting the quarterly data beginning with the 3rd quarter of Program Year (PY) 2009; and (4) updates on the WIASRD edit checks to account for participant data.

To transmit a revision of the Benefits portion of the UI DV Handbook, ET Handbook No. 361.

To advise states of the extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) and the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) programs, and the extension of the temporary provisions for the Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) program.

To provide state workforce agencies (SWAs) responsible for management of the WOTC Program with funding allotments for the period October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.

The purpose of this advisory is to inform the SWAs about a change in guidance jointly reached by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). ETA and IRS have jointly agreed to a number of processing changes that will allow the states to accept and process all ARRA certification requests submitted between January 1, 2009 and October 17, 2009, and beyond October 17, provided certain conditions are met.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2009 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2009 BAM data.

To announce the 2010 UI Integrity Professional Development Conference scheduled for April 19-21, in Arlington, Virginia, and to request agenda items and encourage staff participation at the conference.

To provide information for FY 2010 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To provide clarification on allowable costs associated with Mental Toughness/Orientation activities under the YouthBuild Program

To provide guidance to the states in determining and allocating the costs of assessing and collecting penalties and interest (P&I) that are collected under a state’s unemployment compensation (UC) law and used for non-UC purposes.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To provide a revision and clarification to policy guidance previously issued to states and national YouthBuild program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) definition of “school dropout” as it pertains to YouthBuild program participants under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).