Background: During the months of May and June, U.S. Department of Labor staff conducted training on Rapid Response policies and strategies. A section of each session briefly focused on the formation and guidance of LMCs, and discussed some of the advantages of these committees. A representative from the Bureau of Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs (BLMRCP) was the key presenter during this section of the workshops. In the weeks following the Rapid Response training, numerous session participants have expressed an interest in receiving in depth instruction on techniques for creating LMCs in response to closings and layoffs and assisting in and facilitating their effective operation. In response to these requests, the Employment and Training Administration has made arrangements to underwrite the costs of multi-Regional LMC "train the trainer" workshops to be conducted by BLMRCP. This TEIN announces the opportunity for States to submit TAT Requests to their Regional Offices in order to attend these workshops. Discussion: A. Training Content The training program has been developed by BLMRCP to equip employment and training professionals with the skills and capabilities required to promote employee involvement in worker dislocation events and empower the workers to help themselves obtain alternative employment and/or training. Specifically, the first part of the program introduces the basics of LMCs and provides participants with the information and skills needed to promote, market, and establish these committees. The second portion imparts the abilities and knowledge required to train workers and other committee members in the basic skills and techniques they need to operate an effective and efficient LMC. Attendees will also come away from the sessions with the ability to instruct others in the content of the workshop. The training is designed for individuals who assist in the formation of LMCs, work directly with these committees, and can instruct other current and potential practitioners in the workshop's content. B. Workshop Logistics The following are the scheduled dates and the locations of the workshops: Regions Workshop Covered Location Dates I II & IV Atlanta 8/25 - 8/26 II V & VI Chicago Noon, 9/1-Noon, 9/3 III VII, VIII, Denver 9/9 - 9/10 IX & X IV I & III Boston 9/16 - 9/17 Attendees are expected to arrange their schedules so participation in the entire workshop is possible. Workshops I, III, and IV will entail 2 full days of training. Hotel accommodations for State and local staff attending the training will be provided without charge. Details regarding the training will be provided when the State's TAT Request has been approved. Workshop participants will be responsible for their own travel and other per diem expenses. C. The TAT Request To attend the training, a State must submit a TAT Request to its respective ETA Regional Office which contains the following information: (1) State Participant Information. Due to the "hands on" nature of the workshop, the number of participants at each session will be limited. As a result, each State will initially be limited to 6 representatives at their scheduled workshop. With this restriction in mind, please provide the number of individuals from your State that will attend . States desiring the participation of extra representatives should provide the number of additional individuals they would like to attend. These additional requests will be reviewed and approved on a case-by-case basis. The training is for individuals who assist in the formation of LMCs, work directly with these committees, and can instruct other current and potential practitioners in the content of the workshop. (2) State Contact. Provide the name of an individual from the State whom the Regional Office may contact for or with additional information. D. Regional Contacts Any questions concerning a State's workshop and/or TAT Request should be addressed to: REGION CONTACT PHONE NUMBER I Holly O'Brian-Rachlin (617) 565-2268 II Maria Remboulis (212) 337-2176 III Kathy Riordan (215) 596-6410 IV Jackie Roberts (404) 347-3495 V Michael Batts (312) 353-5062 VI Robert Larrea (214) 767-6917 VII Fred Ho man (816) 426-3796 VIII Niall Rogers (303) 844-4143 IX Jeff Salzman (415) 744-7648 X Gary DeRosa (206) 553-4543 Action: Each interested State must submit its TAT Request (as outlined above) to its Regional Office by c.o.b. August 14. After evaluating the Requests, the Regional Offices will contact their States to provide additional information concerning the workshop arrangements.

Background: In 1991, ETA contracted with Appropriate Solutions, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio to develop and implement a two-part technical assistance effort. Part One of this effort consisted of selecting one site in each of the ten regions which was interested in receiving technical assistance on any aspect of follow-up or use of followup data in performance management. Part two consisted of preparing a supplement to the 1990 Technical Assistance Guide for JTPA Follow-up and Validation, incorporating what was learned from the technical assistance efforts at the sites. The intention of this two part project was to produce a supplement which focused on practical problem solving and provided additional assistance to States and SDAs in understanding and using their follow-up data in planning, program design, and other management areas. In order to make the document more useful, a different format is being offered. Instead of providing the document as a total unit, twelve individual modules will be disseminated on a periodic basis. Each module will contain information roughly corresponding to State and local planning cycles and will be delivered at times most appropriate to the application of the content. A list of future modules is included as Attachment 3 to this document. The visual design was also chosen to be more readable. Because this effort is a different conceptual design approach, comments and reactions from the field as to its value are welcome and solicited. For purposes of differentiating the 1990 TAG from this supplement, the supplement will be referred to as TAG +. Action Required: States should ensure dissemination of these modules to all staff with responsibilities for follow-up and/or ties with planning, evaluation and other performance management responsibilities.

Reference: TEIN 7-88 Information: The attached checklists are issued to notify the JTPA and ES systems of those TEINs and TEGLs that have been rescinded or canceled during the last program year. There are also checklists of all TEINs and TEGLs remaining active.

Background: The JTPA Title II program, in PY 1994, will use five reporting forms: the JASPR, the JQSR, the JSSR, the JASDA and the SPIR. The JTPA Title III program uses four reporting forms: the WFFR, the WASAR, the DWSPR and the SPIR. These required reports and instructions have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Required Reports, Due Date and Reporting Periods: a. The JTPA Annual Summary Program Report (JASPR) (ETA 9047) is due in the ETA National Office and Regional Offices as indicated below: (i) For the Title I, Section 123 (8%), program -- the initial submittal due date of the JASPR has been extended to September 30, 1994, for the year ended June 30, 1994 ONLY. (Thereafter, the JASPR for the 8% program will be due by August 15 for the prior Program Year); and (ii) for the Title II-B, Summer Youth E & T program -- by November 15, 1994, for the the period October 1, 1993 through September 30, 1994. NOTE: The JASPR will continue to be used for these programs in 1994-95. Refer to TEIN 48-93 + Change 1 for the JASPR format and instructions. b. The JTPA Quarterly Status Report (JQSR) (ETA 9040) is due in the ETA National Office and Regional Offices no later than 45 days after the end of each program year quarter (i.e., submitted by 11/15; 2/15; 5/15 and 8/15). NOTE: A separate quarterly report is to be submitted for EACH year for which funds have been granted. Refer to TEIN 6-93 + Changes 1, 2 and 3 for the JQSR format and instructions. c. The JTPA Semiannual Status Report (JSSR) (ETA 9009) is due in the ETA National Office and Regional Offices by February 15, 1995 for the six months ending December 31, 1994; and by August 15, 1995 for the year ending June 30, 1995. NOTE: Per GAL 7-92, any PY 1992 funds which were unexpended on June 30, 1993 may be expended after June 30, 1993 under the "old" regulations (20 CFR 626 et al., published 9/22/89) or these funds may be expended under the "new" regulations. Whatever amount is used under the "old" rules is to be reported on the JSSR only. When used, the JSSR, Section III, Participation and Termination Summary, is to be left blank. ALL 1994 Title II participants and terminations will be recorded on the JQSR (current year report) and the SPIR, regardless of the year of funds expended and whether under the "old" or "new" rules. Refer to TEIN 18-88 for the original JSSR format and instructions. d. The JTPA Annual Service Delivery Area report (JASDA) (ETA 9045) for Titles II-A/C is due in the ETA National and Regional Offices by August 15, 1995 for the year ending June 30, 1995. Refer to TEIN 42-93 + Change 1 for the JASDA report format and instructions. e. The Standardized Program Information Report (SPIR)(OMB 1205-0321) is used to capture non-financial information for Title II-A; Sec. 204(d); Title II-C; and Title III (Governor's Reserve and Substate Area v programs and Secretary's National Reserve funded projects). Submittal of a SPIR record (complete, except for some follow-up information) for each participant who has terminated from each of these programs will be transmitted to the Meridian Corp., the contract database manager for the SPIR, no later than August 15, 1995 for the year ending June 30, 1995. Complete records for all terminations during the year ending June 30, 1995, including all appropriate follow-up information, are to be submitted to Meridian no later than November 15, 1995. Refer to TEIN 5-93 + Change 1 for the SPIR format and instructions. f. The Worker Adjustment Formula Financial Report (WFFR) (ETA 9041) for all Title III formula funded programs in the State, is due in the ETA National Office and Regional Offices no later than 45 days after the end of each program year quarter (i.e., submitted by 11/15; 2/15; 5/15 and 8/15). Refer to TEIN 14-93 for the WFFR format and instructions. g. The Worker Adjustment Annual Substate Area Report (WASAR) (ETA 9046) for Title III is due in the ETA National Office and Regional Offices by August 15, 1995 for the year ending June 30, 1995. Refer to TEIN 41-93 + Change 1 for the WASAR format and instructions. h. The Dislocated Worker Special Project Report (DWSPR) (ETA 9038) is required for EACH Title III Secretary's National Reserve funded project and is due in the National Office and Regional Offices 45 days after the end of each program year quarter (i.e., 11/15; 2/15; 5/15 and 8/15). NOTE: Only Sections I (quarterly) and III (end-of-project) of this grant inception-to-date report will be used for this program. Refer to TEIN 12-93 + Change 1 for the DWSPR format and instructions. i. These programs also will use the DWSPR, Sections I (quarterly), II (each June 30 and end-of-project) and III (end-of-project) to report information for EACH grant award project funded under the following: Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (DCAP) Clean Air Employment and Training Assistance (CAETA) Defense Diversification Program (DDP) NOTE: There are certain special instructions for the DWSPR that apply to DDP projects. These will be provided in each project approval letter for that program. Reporting Instructions/Information a. States are reminded of the recent issuances of the JASDA and WASAR for capture of PY 1993 annual information. (Refer to Items 3. d and 3.g, above, where use of these for PY 1994 is discussed.) b. Updated language for the SPIR reporting instructions was issued via TEIN 5-93, Change 1. c. Updated SPIR coding specifications/data elements edits were provided to the States by the Meridian Corp. on 6/1/94; errata pages followed on 6/7/94. The SPIR Edit Software Package disk and a Users Manual also were shipped to the States on 6/7/94. d. A minor change in the instructions for the DWSPR was transmitted via TEIN 12-93, Change 1. e. The annual request from the ETA National Office for Regional Offices to canvass their States rechanges in the configurations and/or names of JTPA/SDAs/SSAs was transmitted to RAs 6/16/94. f. From time to time it is practical for a State to submit JTPA reports via FAX to the ETA National Office. The correct number to be used for such submittals is (202) 219-4308, ATTN: John Marshall. (Voice number is (202) 219-9147, Ext. 136.) g. Use of the complete address for report submittal to the ETA National Office by mail or other carrier, as provided in the instructions for each required report, will ensure that such submittals are directed to TSVR--Rm. S-5306. Annual JTPA Fall MIS Conferences: Discussions regarding these conferences have been held with the host Regional Office staff and these dates and locations were determined: 1994 LOCATION REGIONS Sept. 21-23 Park City, UT V & VIII (Salt Lake City) Nov. 2-4 Atlantic City, NJ I, II & III Nov. 16-18 Kansas City, MO IV, VI & VII Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 & 2 Scottsdale, AZ IX & X (Phoenix) As in the past, Federal, State and local MIS staff are invited to attend these meetings. (The Regions V & VIII conference is, by tradition, limited to Federal and State MIS staffmembers. SDAs in these Regions may arrange to attend at another location.) Additional conference information and agendas will be forthcoming from host Regional Offices. Action: State liaisons are requested to distribute these reporting requirements to all officials within the State who need such information.

Background: The attached report presents data obtained from the ongoing JTQS. Beginning this quarter the report uses a new format that only briefly presents the current quarter's data. The bulk of the paper uses data from previous complete program years as the basis for articles on topics of interest. The change was motivated by the desire to focus attention on and more thoroughly report findings from complete, full-year survey data. This quarter the report looks at PY 1990 participants who are public assistance recipients, seven year trends in participation among Hispanics and school dropouts, and participants in school-to-work programs funded under Title II-A. Action Required: Distribute the report as appropriate.

In April 1994, the proposed JASPR format and instructions for completion of this report were provided to the States pending OMB approval. This trans-mittal is to confirm that the attached updated JASPR format and final reporting requirements have OMB approval and that States should implement this report. OMB Approval and Reporting Burden: The JASPR require-ments have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) according to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended. The JASPR has been approved under OMB Approval Number 1205-0200 and the expiration date is July 31, 1997. Reporting Requirements: The initial required submittalof the JASPR for the Title I, Section 123, (8%) program will be for the program year ended June 30, 1994. For PY 1993 ONLY, the JASPR for the 8% program is due in the ETA National Office and Regional Offices by September 30, 1994. (Henceforth, this report for the 8% program will be due in these offices by August 15 for the prior program year.) The initial required submittal of the JASPR for the Title II-B, Summer Youth E & T Program (SYETP), will be for the reporting period October 1, 1993 through September 30,1994. This JASPR will be due in the ETA National Office and Regional Offices by November 15, 1994. The approved format and instructions for completion of the JASPR are attached.

Background: From 1982 to 1988, the Rockefeller Foundation provided funding for selected community-based organizations to operate employment-training programs for minority female single parents. The subsequent findings of this project showed that the CET design overwhelmingly provided the most positive impacts. In pursuing the Department of Labor's desire to promote quality programs in the JTPA system, a cooperative agreement has been signed between the Department and CET, to provide training and technical assistance to replicate this model. This agreement provides funding for CET to train up to ten sites to use the CET job training model. Action Required: Governors that have sites in their States will be notified after site selection has been completed. Those States are encouraged to be actively involved in the local replication project, thus enabling States to increase their technical assistance ability with this model.

Background: The unemployment insurance system, designed in a different time for a fundamentally different economy, is premised on the expectation that laid-off workers would return to their former jobs following a periodic downturn in the economy. Today, workers are finding their jobs are directly affected by global competition and changes in technology. Many of these workers do not possess the skills necessary for reemployment in jobs which replace the ones they lost. Dislocated workers looking for reemployment assistance are faced with a complex network of programs and services. Students, workers and the unemployed have a difficult time getting information on the benefits and services that are available, where they can obtain quality training and what they need to know to find good jobs. Hopefully, the attached report, Reemployment Services: A Review of Their Effectiveness will be helpful as we transform current programs and services for the unemployed into an effective reemployment system. Report: The report summarizes the best available evidence on the impact of reemployment services on the reemployment prospects of dislocated workers. Reemployment Services: A Review of Their Effectiveness analyzes dozens of studies, which represent the best and most current research on reemployment strategies for dislocated workers. Such strategies include job search assistance, reemployment bonuses, self-employment assistance programs, and both short-term and long-term training programs. This research indicates that most of these services improve the earnings of workers and save the government money. For example, dislocated workers who receive job search assistance early in their spell of unemployment find new jobs -- and move off the unemployment rolls -- more quickly. In the area of training, the evidence suggests that displaced workers who need new skills would benefit from improved access to long-term training. The report also addresses what does not work in our current approaches to helping the unemployed. For example, reemployment services -- though cost-effective -- have not been the focus of the unemployment insurance system, which was designed to provide income support to the jobless. Furthermore, because current services for dislocated workers are often provided through a fragmented and confusing array of categorically-based programs, many dislocated workers do not qualify for assistance. Finally, the report discusses how conclusions from this research formed the basis of the proposed Reemployment Act of 1994. The legislative proposal incorporated the successful reemployment strategies identified in the research; also addressed the major problems identified in the research, by consolidating reemployment programs, increasing access to services, and providing better labor market information to jobseekers. The report also provides important lessons States and localities can use to improve strategies to help dislocated workers. Action: State Liaisons and SESA Administrators are requested to make the report available to appropriate State staff, Service Delivery Areas, Substate Areas, and Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance local offices. Sufficient copies are being mailed to you under separate cover.

Background: The report is the first to provide a literacy profile of clients served by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Employment Service (ES)/Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs. Findings were obtained from a survey of nearly 6,000 adult participants in DOL-administered programs. Among the major findings: -- Some 40 to 50 percent of people applying for JTPA services and roughly 40 percent of people seeking assistance from ES or UI programs demonstrate very low literacy skills. These percentages include a substantial number of persons who reported having earned a high school degree. -- Persons who demonstrate higher levels of literacy skills tend to avoid long periods of unemployment, earn higher wages, and work in higher level occupations than those who demonstrate lower literacy skills. -- Some 60 to 65 percent of those surveyed believe they could get a better job if their reading or writing skills were improved through additional education or training, and roughly 70 to 80 percent report that their job opportunities would improve with increased skills in mathematics. -- As with other data bases, Black and Hispanic DOL clients are disproportionately represented at the low and high levels on the literacy scales when compared with White DOL clients. Use of the Publication: This timely and significant report adds to our understanding of the literacy problems facing the Nation's job seekers. Findings also support the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992, which provide for more intensive and individualized service strategies. Action Required: Ensure that copies are distributed promptly to SDAs and EDWAA sub-State areas, and to local ES and UI offices. Distribution: Initial shipment of copies is being sent under separate cover for appropriate distribution. Additional copies may be obtained by calling Aida Hilliard, (202) 535-0664.

Background: In 1990, Congress authorized two programs to assist specific groups of dislocated workers. The Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (DCAP) provides assistance to workers dislocated by defense cutbacks. The Clean Air Employment Transition Assistance (CAETA) Program provides assistance to workers dislocated as a result of compliance with the provisions of the Clean Air Act. Both programs are discretionary programs. Eligible grantees include States, Title III sub state grantees, employers, employer associations, and representatives of employees. A new reporting form was needed for these programs because discrete projects needed to be tracked. The Dislocated Worker Special Project Report (DWSPR) consists of two sections. Section I is submitted quarterly, and provides financial and some participant data. Section II is submitted at the end of each program year and at project completion. It contains items on participant characteristics, program outcomes, and program activity. Most of the data items are similar to those used in the Worker Adjustment Annual Program Report (WAPR) and the Worker Adjustment Quarterly Financial Report (WQFR) used for Title III programs under JTPA. OMB Approval and Combined Reporting Burden: The reporting requirements are approved by the Office of Management and Budget according to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 under OMB approval no. 1205-0318 to expire February 28, 1993. Action Required: State JTPA or Worker Adjustment Liaisons are requested to distribute the attached instruction to all officials within the State who need such information to implement the new reporting requirements. The Liaisons are also requested to assist DCAP and CAETA grantees within their States that are not familiar with Title III reporting (such as employers, employer associations) with any questions they may have.