This guidance provides states and outlying areas with revised allotment levels for WIOA Title I Adult, DW, Youth, and Wagner-Peyser Act ES PY 2019 funds. This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 16-18 revises the PY 2019 appropriated funding set aside for program integrity and evaluation purposes.

To provide guidance to states impacted by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulting from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling platform regarding: 1) documentation and reimbursement for oil spill related activities; 2) identification of workers unemployed as a result of the oil spill; 3) reporting requirements related to oil spill activities; 4) confidentiality provisions that apply to information sharing between the state and the "responsible party" (RP) and/or the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF); and 5) information on the disposition of the reimbursed funds.

This guidance does not supplant current or future guidance from the Department of Justice (DOJ), agency, or state counsels’ office pertaining to documentation for cost recovery under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA).

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2015.

To announce the release and availability of two evaluation reports and two briefs on the Self-Employment Training (SET) Demonstration.

To notify states that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will conduct an assessment of state quarterly financial reports – ETA Form 9130 (OMB Control No. 1205-0461). The assessment will focus on whether each state’s reported data on obligations meets ETA requirements provided in the 9130 instructions and other ETA provided financial reporting guidance and training.

To announce the availability of up to $150 million for Sector Partnership National Emergency Grants (SP NEGs).

To provide sequestration rules for FY 2020 to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that apply to mandatory Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs. These rules include the application of sequestration on delayed benefit payments for prior FYs and the resulting administrative costs.

The purpose of this notice is to inform state and local workforce system leaders and other stakeholders comprising the nation's employment and training system and One Stop Centers of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) plans to issue operating guidance on the implementation of WIOA and to continue to provide technical assistance.

To reemphasize the federal requirements pertaining to monetary eligibility determinations and to establish minimum procedures to protect applicant benefit rights for ABP determinations.

To rescind TEGL 29-14 and replace it with TEGL 29-14, Change 1. Change 1 corrects the due date for each of the SF-424 from April 18 to May 12, 2015 for the WIOA funding streams for the Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs listed in section 9, Submission. The remainder of the TEGL remains unchanged.