To provide states with operating, financial, and reporting instructions for the PEUC program authorized by Section 2107 of the CARES Act of 2020, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136.

To initiate the SQSP process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2016 SQSP.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper: The Implementation Evaluation of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts Demonstration.

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding FY 2020 annual grant allocations for foreign labor certification activities.

To notify State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") that beginning June 30, 2011, the Department of Labor (Department) will no longer accept ETA Form 9042 (Rev. 4/09) and its Spanish translation, ETA Form 9042A (Rev. 4/09). Effective July 1, 2011, these forms will not be accepted as valid forms for use in filing for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA).

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) announces the availability of $73 million in Program Year (PY) 2019 funds to States through tiered funding. The goal of these funds is to expand the national Registered Apprenticeship system by funding baseline activities that improve States’ ability to serve, improve, and strategically scale the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) model described in 29 C.F.R. parts 29, Subpart A, and 29 C.F.R.30; and to fund innovations aimed at using RAPs as a tool for developing the economy and building infrastructure.

To assist states in their annual budget planning in the absence of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides states and outlying areas with advanced notification of the potential impacts that changes in demographic and employment data factors may have on allotment formulas for the WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs; Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) Program; and the Workforce Information Grants to States. The notice provides prior Program Year (PY) 2009 allotment levels, current year levels (PY 2010), and an illustrative PY 2011 scenario based on PY 2010 funding (see tables in attachment).

To provide information to states and outlying areas on WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2020; PY 2020 allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to states for PY 2020.

To announce the release of updates made to the CareerOneStop suite of tools, including the mySkills myFuture transferability of skills job seeker assistance tool and the Worker ReEmployment portal.

As States have gained experience administering the PUA program under the CARES Act, they have identified questions about aspects of the program's operation. The purpose of this UIPL is to address those questions and provide further guidance about the PUA program authorized by section 2102 of the CARES Act of 2020, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136 and to provide instructions for completing Form ETA 9178-P, Quarterly Narrative Progress Report - Employment and Training Supplemental Budget Request Activities.