This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) state, territorial, and national grantees with Program Year (PY) 2026 SCSEP allotments and the application instructions for PY 2026 grant submissions.

To provide instructions to National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Career Services and Training grantees and Housing Services grantees for the submission of required documents for Program Year (PY) 2026 allotments and performance negotiations.  Additionally, Attachment V of this guidance includes application instructions for grantees that wish to apply for additional PY 2026 NFJP Youth Services Grants.  

This guidance: 1) clarifies the allowable uses of formula and competitive grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), including the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), and the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) for outreach activities; 2) provides examples of how grantees can use grant funds to effectively conduct outreach; and 3) directs the workforce system to expand its reach to more workers who can benefit from employment and training services and to better meet the needs of businesses. 
 

To communicate allotment amounts for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 foreign labor certification grants and explain updated application requirements to State Workforce Agencies (SWA). The rest of Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 15-24 remains the same.

To inform the state and local workforce development system of changes to the policies and priorities that govern the award and use of Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) funds, pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title I, Section 170.

To provide information to states and outlying areas on Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities program allotments for Program Year (PY) 2026; PY 2026 allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (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 2026.

To convey the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding allotments for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies(SWAs) for fiscal year 2026.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $85 million in formula funding to states and territories for a fourth round of State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (herein referred to as “SAEF4”) grants.
 

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) and its attachments contain information about the formula award, application requirements and procedures, program goals and objectives; expected performance outcomes; eligibility; funding restrictions, policies, and limitations; period of performance (POP); and post-award policies related to this grant program.

To rescind Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 10-23, Change 2.
 

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) outlines the priorities, modification requirements, submission process, and deadline for the required modification of the WIOA Unified and Combined State Plans (State Plans) for PY 2026 and PY 2027, in accordance with Sections 102 and 103 of WIOA.