To transmit the updated National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) reporting forms and requirements: the Budget Information Summary (BIS) Report (Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Form 9093), the Program Planning Summary (PPS) Report (ETA Form 9094), the Program Status Summary (PSS) Report (ETA Form 9095), the Housing Assistance Summary (HAS) Report (ETA Form 9164), the Workforce Investment Act Standardized Participant Record (WIASPR), and a grant plan narrative.

To advise states of the amended definition of an “eligible TAA recipient” for purposes of the HCTC administered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

To transmit a revision of the benefits portion of the UI DV Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 361.

TEGL 14-08, Change 1 has five purposes:

• To clarify the period of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Recovery Act) funding availability at the local level for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs;
• To address recapture and reallocation of unobligated local WIA Recovery Act funds;
• To change the funds transfer limit between Recovery Act Adult and Dislocated Worker programs from 20 to 30 percent;
• To encourage local areas to serve migrant and farmworker youth with Recovery Act youth formula funds; and
• To announce the location of frequently asked questions and answers on the Employment and Training Administration Web site.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.

This notice announces the launch of the CareerOneStop Worker ReEmployment Portal. The Web site is designed to assist impacted workers following job loss, and to connect laid off workers to needed resources for training, reemployment, career planning, financial and emotional help during the process of job transition. The new ReEmployment portal was launched in conjunction with the ReEmployment Summit held in Baltimore, Maryland in January, 2009 and can be found at www.careeronestop.org/ReEmployment.

To provide information to states about FY 2013 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

The purposes of this Training and Employment Notice are to:
(1) Introduce the industry competency models and their value as resources that can support partnership development and engagement among business, the workforce investment system, and the continuum of education;
(2) Illustrate a variety of uses for competency models for workforce investment system partners and industry organizations; and,
(3) Share information about two interactive tools that enable workforce system partners to collaboratively develop customized industry competency models and career ladders/lattices.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide program guidance for use of WIA Youth funded activities in PY 2013.

To invite the submission of proposals from State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) to implement or expand UI REA initiatives; to provide guidelines for developing the proposals; and to provide criteria governing the use of these funds.