The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is two-fold: a) to inform states and local workforce systems of the Shared Youth Federal Partnership’s current activities to implement its Shared Youth Vision; and b) provide information on available tools designed to implement the Shared Youth Vision at the state and local level.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice is to provide information to the workforce investment system on the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program and how it impacts the One-Stop system.

To inform the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that SSA is willing to provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) of state systems to facilitate SWA-SSA data exchange.

To transmit instructions for submission of quarterly WOTC/WtWTC reports, ETA Forms 9057, 9058, and 9059, via the Internet-based Enterprise Information Management System, Tax Credits Reporting System.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2007-16: Collaborating with Faith- and Community-Based Organizations: Lessons Learned from Twelve Workforce Investment Boards, Final Report.

To provide additional guidance on the allowable use of administrative funds made available for administering the TEUC Program and to modify the treatment of TEUC administrative funds in the RJM submission.

To announce changes in the format of upcoming BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars.

To solicit state participation in a study to examine the relationship between administrative funding levels and state agencies¿ operational performance.

The purpose of this guidance is to issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) instructions for implementing and operating the extension of the TEUC program.