To update operating instructions, previously issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 24-20 to State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs or “states”) regarding the allowability for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program funds for employment and case management services under the reversion provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015) and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (TAARA 2002).  This Change 1 revises the operating instructions that apply to the use of funds and on the provision of employment and case management services  to adversely affected workers covered by petitions filed on and after July 1, 2021.  This version of the TAA Program is described herein as “Reversion 2021.”  

To convey the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 initial funding allotments for WOTC and the application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA) based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through December 16, 2022.

To announce the availability of up to $325,200 in additional funding for National Farmworker Jobs Program youth funding.  

This guidance provides information to grant recipients of the U.S. Department of Labor workforce programs, including states, and provides guidelines for grant recipients to use in developing procedures for ensuring the data submitted for performance reporting are valid and reliable.

To announce the opportunity for states to receive up to $61 million for PUA administrative costs in addition to those described in Section 4.b.i. of UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4.

To promote a framework for all workforce stakeholders, including infrastructure project leads, to engage the public workforce system in implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with strong workforce commitments and proven strategies that produce high-quality education, training, and employment opportunities for all workers.

To announce a joint communication from Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), along with seven other federal agencies, to state and local governments titled “Resource Leveraging & Service Coordination to Increase Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities.”

To advise states that the deadline for submitting a grant application to assist states with reporting and the detection and recovery of overpayments of certain Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act unemployment compensation (UC) benefits is extended to October 30, 2022.

To announce the 2022 SIDES administrative website webinar series, “Moving the Integrity Needle Using SIDES Data” that will be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) from October 6, 2022, through November 17, 2022.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 – December 31, 2022, (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023).