TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 16-21
Updated National Dislocated Worker Grant Program Guidance
To inform the state and local workforce development system of the policies and priorities that govern the award and use of National Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) funds, pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title I, Section 170.
Direct questions regarding this guidance to the appropriate ETA regional office.
Updated National Dislocated Worker Grant Program Guidance and Application Information
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
LABOR COMMISSIONERS
AMERICAN JOB CENTERS
WIOA SECTION 166(c) INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM GRANTEES
RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE LEADS
BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 15-21
Initial Allocation of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Funds and Process for Requesting TAA Reserve Funds
To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") by: 1) identifying the FY 2022 Initial Allocation of TaOA funding amounts to states; 2) describing the formula methodology used by the Department of Labor (Department) to calculate these amounts; and 3) providing the process for states to request TAA Program reserve funds for TaOA. TaOA includes training, job search allowances, relocation allowances, employment and case management services, and related state administration.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
AFFILIATE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
COMPREHENSIVE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE LEADS
LENITA JACOBS-SIMMONS for BRENT PARTON Acting Assistant Secretary
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 14-21
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Training and Other Activities (TaOA) Grant Management Guidance
To assist State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "States," "Recipients," "Grantees," "Applicant," or "You") in gaining access to FY 2022 TAA Program TaOA funds by completing and submitting Standard Form (SF) 424, Application for Federal Assistance, through www.grants.gov.
For further information about this announcement, please contact Rahel Bizuayene, Grants Management Specialist, OGM, at (202) 693-3438. Applicants should e-mail all technical questions to bizuayene.rahel@dol.gov and must specifically reference ETA-TEGL-NO-14-21 and their question(s), and include a contact name, fax, and phone number with the inquiry. This TEGL is available at https://www.grants.gov.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCY ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
AFFILIATE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
COMPREHENSIVE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE LEADS
LENITA JACOBS-SIMMONS for BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER No. 14-22
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount: July 1 - September 30, 2022
To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 - September 30, 2022, (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022).
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE No. 25-21
American Job Center Role in Connecting U.S. Job Seekers to Job Opportunities Available with Employers Seeking to Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Foreign Workers Certified for Work Starting in the Second Half of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware that employers seeking to hire foreign workers for temporary employment under a supplemental H-2B visa cap for work certified to commence in the second half of FY 2022 must contact an American Job Center (AJC) for assistance in recruiting U.S. workers for their job opportunities. This information is similar to that shared in January 2022 regarding the first half of FY 2022.
Please direct questions to the appropriate ETA regional office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
AMERICAN JOB CENTER DIRECTORS
ANGELA HANKS
Acting Assistant Secretary
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE No. 26-21
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Advisory Checklists Update
To provide a checklist of all currently active ETA advisories as well as a checklist of all ETA advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.
Please direct inquiries to Tom Comer at Comer.Thomas@dol.gov.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
ANGELA HANKS
Acting Assistant Secretary
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 13-21
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) and Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) Program Operations after June 30, 2022
To advise State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs or "States") that the authorization of appropriations for the TAA Program expires 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on June 30, 2022, and absent congressional action to reauthorize or continue the program, termination provisions will take effect beginning on July 1, 2022.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
ALL STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
ALL STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
AFFILIATE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
COMPREHENSIVE AMERICAN JOB CENTER MANAGERS
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
STATE UI DIRECTORS
RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE LEADS
BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 12-21
Foreign Labor Certification Grant Planning Guidance for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022 through FY 2024
To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding FY 2022 - FY 2024 annual grants for foreign labor certification activities.
SWA staff should direct all questions to the OFLC National Office at FLC.Grant@dol.gov.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCY ADMINISTRATORS
BRENT PARTON
Acting Assistant Secretary
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER No. 25-21, Change 1
Revised and Final Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 State Workforce Agency Unemployment Insurance (UI) Resource Planning Targets and Guidelines
To provide states with the revised and final FY 2022 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.
Please direct questions to the appropriate ETA regional office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
ANGELA HANKS
Acting Assistant Secretary