To clarify how states may use Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) statewide funding (commonly referred to as “Governor’s Reserve” funding) and encourage states to expend available funding to advance critical workforce development priorities.

To provide program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the Workforce and Labor Market Information Grants to States (WIGS).

To provide guidance to recipients of the Department of Labor’s (Department or DOL) Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending, specified in Appendix I: Eligible Applicants.
 

To provide guidelines for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit RESEA State Plans.

To announce the availability of approximately $40 million for a second round of the Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund (“Training Fund”) grants, with at least $5 million of the total available funding to be awarded to support training in the shipbuilding industry. This second round of Training Fund grants is largely the same as the first round from the original Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 02-25, but this TEGL 02-25 Change 1 contains several revisions that apply to the second round of applications. All the information applicable to the second round of Training Fund grants is contained in the Attachments to this TEGL 02-25 Change 1.
 

To announce the availability of approximately $50 million for Reskill DWGs, with award amounts ranging from $2,000,000 to $8,000,000. This grant opportunity emphasizes dual objectives: 1) support innovative models for the rapid reskilling and reemployment of dislocated workers and 2) fill critical talent gaps in domestic manufacturing, aerospace, energy production, construction, and other occupations necessary for the reindustrialization agenda of the Trump Administration. These grants support Executive Order 14278, Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future, and America’s AI Action Plan. 

This Change 1 updates TEGL No. 01-25 to provide instructions for states to request Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program funds. Except for the revisions described in this Change 1, all processes, requirements, and criteria outlined in TEGL No. 01-25 remain unchanged and apply to FY 2026 funding. This guidance does not rescind or cancel TEGL No. 01-25. 

To provide states, territories, and outlying areas with guidance for submission of modification of the four-year Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Stand-Alone State Plans, including the submission process and deadline for submission. Note that, while this guidance generally aligns with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) guidance, this TEGL pertains only to states that are submitting a SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plan modification for Program Years (PYs) 2026–2027. States that are including SCSEP as part of a modification of the Combined State Plan for 2026–2027 must refer to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 07-25 that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued on January 26, 2026, for instructions on submission of Combined State Plans modifications.

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.