TEN 02-25 (Accessible PDF).pdf

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 02-25 DATE October 1 2025 TO STATE GOVERNORS STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DIRECTORS STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS STATE LABOR MARKET INFORMATION DIRECTORS STATE RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL APPRENTICESHIP DIRECTORS AMERICAN JOB CENTER OFFICE MANAGERS ALL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION GRANTEES FROM LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN Acting Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Impact of a Temporary Suspension of Federal Government Services on Department of Labor s Employment and Training Administration ETA Funded Programs and Activities 1. Purpose. To provide ETA grant award recipients and stakeholders with information about how a temporary suspension of Federal Government services impacts the execution of ETAfunded programs and services. 2. Action Requested. Please review the attached Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ETA General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations and share with appropriate staff. 3. Summary and Background. a. Summary This Training Employment Notice TEN informs the workforce system of the availability of the attached Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ETA General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations. b. Background H.R. 1968 the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Public Law 119-4 was enacted on March 15 2025 and provided funding to ETA through September 30 2025. Prior to that H.R. 10545 the Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2025 Public Law 118-58 was enacted on December 21 2024 and continued funding to ETA at the same level under the same authority and conditions and EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON D.C. 20210 for the same projects and activities as were provided for in the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025. The latest continuing resolution expired on September 30 2025 at 12 00 AM. Federal departments and agencies will engage in orderly lapse- inappropriations activities and then be shut down until appropriations are enacted. Agencies will be permitted to perform only activities that have already been funded and do not require significant Federal oversight or excepted activities which may include those activities related to the orderly suspension of operations and otherwise fall into a narrow definition of allowable activities. Most ETA staff will be furloughed and unable to work during the government lapse in appropriations. 4. Questions and Answers. The attachment titled Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ETA General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations describes the impact of a lapse in appropriations on the execution of ETA-funded programs and services including the a. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs b. Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service c. American Job Center operations d. Job Corps e. Competitively funded grants f. Trade Adjustment Assistance g. Foreign Labor Certification Programs h. Dislocated Worker Grants i. Registered Apprenticeship including Registered Apprenticeship grants j. DOL-sponsored online career tools and k. Unemployment Compensation programs including Disaster Unemployment Assistance. You may find common questions for the above programs and services in the attachment. 5. References. H.R. 10545 Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2025 Public Law 118-158 H.R.10545 - 118th Congress 2023-2024 American Relief Act 2025 Congress.gov Library of Congress H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Public Law 119-4 H.R.1968 - 119th Congress 2025-2026 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Congress.gov Library of Congress H.R. 2882 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 Public Law 118-47 H.R.2882 - 118th Congress 2023-2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 Congress.gov Library of Congress H.R. 9747 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Public Law 118-83 H.R.9747 - 118th Congress 2023-2024 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Congress.gov Library of Congress and Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 03-22 Impacts of Lapses in Federal Appropriations on State Administration of Unemployment Insurance UI Programs and 2 Federal Agencies issued November 22 2021 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER No. 03-22 U.S. Department of Labor dol.gov . 6. Attachment. I. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ETA General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations. 3