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Clarifying Allowable Outreach Activities for Federal Formula and Competitive 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.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate DOL-ETA Regional Office or Perkins Coordinator.
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND
DIRECTORS
STATE-LEVEL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICERS
AMERICAN JOB CENTER DIRECTORS
ALL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR COMPETITIVE GRANTEES
STATE ADULT EDUCATION DIRECTORS
STATE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIRECTORS
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Exercise of Enforcement Discretion Regarding Certain Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service Regulations
The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce that the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is using its discretion to temporarily not enforce certain requirements within the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) regulations.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARDS
LABOR COMMISSIONERS
AMERICAN JOB CENTERS
STATE MONITOR ADVOCATES
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Funding to Support Ongoing Administration of Certain Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Programs for the Period of January 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) announces the availability of funding to pay for the ongoing costs of administering the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) programs. While these temporary programs have expired, State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) continue to perform work to combat fraud and activities such as reconciling accounts and reports, establishing and recovering overpayments, retaining all applicable data, and processing any workload backlogs.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 15-24, Foreign Labor Certification Grant Planning Guidance for Fiscal Year 2026
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.
SWA staff should direct all grant-related questions to OFLC at FLC.Grant@dol.gov.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter Number 09-24, Updated National Dislocated Worker Grant Program Guidance and Application Information
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.
Direct questions regarding this guidance to the appropriate ETA regional office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
LABOR COMMISSIONERS
AMERICAN JOB CENTERS
WIOA SECTION 166(c) INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM
GRANTEES
RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS
HENRY MACK ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
