To provide information to states and outlying areas on Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities program allotments for Program Year (PY) 2026; PY 2026 allotments for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES) Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to states for PY 2026.

To convey the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding allotments for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies(SWAs) for fiscal year 2026.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $85 million in formula funding to states and territories for a fourth round of State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (herein referred to as “SAEF4”) grants.
 

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) and its attachments contain information about the formula award, application requirements and procedures, program goals and objectives; expected performance outcomes; eligibility; funding restrictions, policies, and limitations; period of performance (POP); and post-award policies related to this grant program.

To disseminate the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Career Technical and Adult Education’s (OCTAE’s) Program Memorandum 26-3 to the public workforce system. Memorandum 26-3 outlines practical strategies for states to support a unified talent development system that seamlessly connects secondary education, postsecondary education, workforce training, and employment, by aligning activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, reauthorized as the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V).

To advise states that the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is enhancing its identity (ID) verification services offering via the U.S. General Services Administration’s(GSA) Login.gov and to announce a new funding opportunity to support state-incurred expenses related to participation in these ID verification services.