To provide the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with final funding allotments for the administration of the WOTC program through September 30, 2014, and reporting instructions during the current authorization lapse.

To announce the 2018 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity and State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) Symposium, being held on April 11-12, 2018, in Houston, Texas.

To provide SCSEP grantees with application instructions, procedures, and allotments for PY 2014 funds with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2014.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective January 2018.

To announce the availability of up to $150 million for Job-Driven (JD) National Emergency Grants (NEGs). These funds will provide grants to states to drive strategies identified in the January 30, 2014 Presidential Memorandum on Job-Driven Training for Workers at the local level. States will use JD NEGs to implement new or expanded local and regional job-driven partnerships that will serve more dislocated workers and achieve better employment-related outcomes for this group of workers. If more than the currently anticipated level of funds becomes available and the number of acceptable proposals exceeds $150 million, the Department reserves the right to make awards in excess of $150 million.

To bring attention to the revised Federal poverty guidelines for administrators of the SCSEP.

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of labor market information and workforce information (LMI-WI) funded through WIGS.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) states, territories, and outlying areas with guidance for submission of two-year modifications to SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plans, including the submission process and deadline for submission. Note that this guidance pertains only to states that submitted a SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plan for Program Years (PY) 2016-2019. States that included SCSEP as part of a Unified or Combined State Plan for PY 2016-2019 must refer to TEGL 06-17, "Modification Requirements for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified and Combined State Plans" for instructions.

To rescind TEGL 20-13 and replace it with TEGL 20-13, Change 1. TEGL 20-13, Change 1 deletes the words "upon request" where occurring in the TEGL to clarify the policy for serving veterans ages 18 to 24. The remainder of the TEGL remains unchanged.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) identifies for the public workforce system an additional population the Secretary has identified to receive intensive services provided by Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists using a case management approach.

To announce the availability of up to $21 million for National Health Emergency (NHE) demonstration grant projects for Program Year 2017. These grants will enable eligible applicants to serve or retrain workers in communities impacted by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction, and overdose.