To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper titled Findings from a Study of One-Stop Self-Services: A Case-Study Approach

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (also jointly referred to as "states") by: 1) identifying the FY 2020 Second Distribution of TaOA funding amounts to states; 2) describing the formula methodology used by the Department of Labor (Department) to calculate these amounts; and 3) providing the process for states to request TAA Program reserve funds for TaOA. TaOA includes training, job search allowances, relocation allowances, employment and case management services, and related state administration.

To inform states of updates to the procedures to implement a program to recover unemployment compensation (UC) debt under the “Treasury Offset Program” (TOP) and to provide responses to frequently asked questions about the implementation process.

To announce the availability of ETA 9177 Report - Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report Version 1, revising the original version provided with Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-18, to assist state UI agencies in preparing to launch modernized UI IT systems that support administration of UI benefits and/or tax systems.

To provide Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grantees definitions of disbursements, expenditures, and obligations as they relate to the Federal reporting requirements specified in ETA grant agreements, the Uniform Administrative Requirements, and Government Accounting Standards to ensure consistent application of definitions in preparation of ETA’s financial reports.

As states have gained experience administering the PUA program under the CARES Act, Public Law (Pub. L. 116-136), they have identified additional questions about program operations. The purpose of this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) is to address those questions concerning the PUA program.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title 1B performance and customer satisfaction goals and performance levels for the Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2011. These performance goals, once they are agreed upon between the state and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), will be incorporated into the state’s Strategic Plan for the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act.

To provide corrected Attachment VI Example Planning Service Breakdown for Housing Grantees to TEGL 19-18.

To provide the five outlying areas with PY 2011 allotments for the WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities programs.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to advise States of the availability of a CARES Act Implementation Checklist, developed by the Department of Labor's (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA), for use by States to ensure they have systems and procedures in place to properly administer the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programs enacted in Title II, CARES Act.