To strongly encourage states to both promote volunteerism in their communities, and interpret state law to not disqualify individuals from receipt of Unemployment Compensation (UC) as a result of volunteer activities.

This notice is to inform the public workforce investment system about available health insurance coverage options during the Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment period beginning on November 1, 2016 and ending on January 31, 2017, and to offer potential opportunities to refer job seekers and workers to information about how and where to sign up for coverage.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware that employers seeking to hire foreign workers for temporary employment under a supplemental H-2B visa cap for work certified to commence in the first half of FY 2022 must contact an American Job Center (AJC) for assistance in recruiting U.S. workers for their job opportunities.

To provide adjusted funding levels for Program Year (PY) 2011 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To transmit to states and outlying areas the impact of updated data on WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker program allotments for PY 2022.

To provide SCSEP state and territorial grant applicants with application instructions, procedures, and allotments for Program Year (PY) 2012 funds, with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2012.

To provide additional instructions for circumstances under which a state may waive recovery of overpayments under the CARES Act Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs, including elaborating on the criteria for waiving recovery of overpayments where an individual is without fault on an individual, case-by-case basis and expanding the existing limited scenarios for permissible use of "blanket waivers," and to remind states that recovery activities for fraudulent overpayments may never be waived. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) also describes the required collection activities for overpayments under the CARES Act UC programs which are not eligible for a waiver of recovery.

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of Labor Market Information and Workforce Information (LMI-WI) core and special information services to state and local workforce investment boards (WIBs), One-Stop Career Centers, businesses, other employers, and the job-seeking public.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) states, territories, and outlying areas with guidance for submission of two-year modifications to SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plans, including the process and deadline for submission. Note that this guidance pertains only to states that submitted a SCSEP Stand-Alone State Plan for Program Year (PY) 2020-2023. States that included SCSEP as part of a Unified or Combined State Plan for PY 2020-2023 must refer to TEGL 4-21 "Modification Requirements for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plans for Program Years (PYs) 2022 and 2023" for instructions.

To announce the release and availability of three ETA reports: Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Initiative; Department of Labor Report to Congress on FY 2009 Appropriation for Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments; and Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Initiative in Nevada.