To provide guidance to state workforce agencies related to administration of the UCX program regarding continuous active duty in a reserve status when military reservists have consecutive deployments.

This guidance contains instructions regarding changes in the BAM Paid Claims Accuracy (PCA) and Denied Claims Accuracy (DCA) programs and updates for the State Operations Handbook, ET Handbook No. 395.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and DW FY 2019 funds, which became available to states in October 2018. This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 16-17 restores the set-aside for evaluations to the funding available to states in October 2018.

To announce the release of the ETA-approved Job Service Complaint System poster.

To provide guidance to WIOA state grantees regarding the content of the WIOA Annual Statewide Performance Report Narrative for titles I and III and the procedures for submission to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The report is due annually on December 1, or the first business day thereafter should that date fall on a weekend. The PY 2017 report is due December 3, 2018.

To provide a correction to the formula for calculating Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA) payments and to respond to questions from State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) about administration of Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) and RTAA under the new Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, as amended in 2009.

To announce the availability of DUA training for DUA Coordinators and other staff responsible for accepting and adjudicating DUA claims and hearing DUA appeals.

To respond to states’ questions about the further expansion of the EUC08 program.

To remind state workforce agencies of the revised requirements in Regulation E for government programs that issue prepaid debit cards as a mechanism for paying non-needs tested benefits and for the financial institutions that provide the prepaid debit cards; and to announce that the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) has extended the deadline for implementation of these requirements.

To request Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 166 grantees to submit nominations for consideration by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, for appointment to fill expiring terms of membership on the Native American Employment and Training Council (Council).