To provide preparation and submission instructions and convey grant allotments for Program Year (PY) 2019.

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).

To address and modify the below items within the Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 17-18 for purposes of clarity and management. All other information in TEGL 17-18 remains the same.

The intent of this guidance is to further clarify and consolidate changes to the performance reporting requirements for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. As such, this document replaces Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 24-08, issued May 21, 2009.

This guidance provides states and outlying areas with revised allotment levels for WIOA Title I Adult, DW, Youth, and Wagner-Peyser Act ES PY 2018 funds. This Change 2 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 16-17 restores PY 2018 appropriated funding set aside for program integrity purposes.

To announce the release and availability of the ETA Occasional Paper 2010-08: Growing America Through Entrepreneurship: Final Evaluation of Project GATE

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2019.

To provide an updated directory of Federal civilian and military agencies that have requested detailed benefit payment data, which supports the Department of Labor’s quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2019 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166 programs, and to notify grantees of the required submission of Standard Form (SF) 424 – Application for Federal Assistance, SF 424A – Budget Information (Non-Construction Programs), and Budget Narrative. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also provides guidance on high carry-in of funding at the end of PY 2018.

This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides a framework for standardizing the collection and reporting of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) self-service only participant information. A more standardized approach will help ensure more consistent and comparable data on the numbers and characteristics of individuals who self-access workforce investment system information, and the activities primarily accessed through the use of electronic technologies and financially supported by both WIA and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service resources.

In general, this TEN clarifies self-service performance reporting policy by reiterating the existing definition and reporting instructions for WIA self-service only participants, examining how those instructions impact WIA performance data, and offering a “roadmap” for consistent reporting across the states and territories.