To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2023 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166 programs.

To announce the implementation of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) streamlined award closeout process, including the use of new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved award closure documents. 

To provide updated guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding foreign labor certification activities impacted by implementation of new H-2A regulations published by the Department of Labor (Department) on October 12, 2022, and announce the allotments for FY 2023 foreign labor certification grants.

To announce the availability of $ 9,500,000 to assist SCSEP state, territory, and national grantees with IT implementation and support costs related to the Department of Labor transition and implementation of the new Grantee Performance Management System (GPMS) case management tool. These grants will be funded through SCSEP recaptured funds.

This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 06-22 conveys the remaining balance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 WOTC funding allotments and explains application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) based on appropriated funding.  Additionally, this Change 1 TEGL announces 14 states selected to receive additional FY 2023 backlog award funding and provides instructions to those states on how to proceed.  The rest of TEGL No. 06-22 remains the same.

To provide adjusted funding levels for PY 2022 allotments for the DW program under WIOA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To provide guidance and planning information to states, local workforce areas, and other recipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I youth formula funds on the activities associated with the implementation of WIOA.

To advise eligible entities for the Department of Labor’s (Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending projects that the deadline for submitting an application has been extended to March 31, 2023.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2023 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.

This training and employment guidance letter defines the characteristics of a good job; explains why job quality is important; and outlines how the workforce system should integrate good job strategies into its employer partnerships and workforce training.