To announce the release and availability of a report, "Services for Youth with Disabilities Provided under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act: Results from a Survey of Local Workforce Investment Boards;" and to provide information on recommended strategies and resources for increasing effective service delivery for youth with disabilities.

To provide information and expand awareness of the expiration of the HCTC Program on December 31, 2019 and to advise States in assisting job seekers and workers.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.

This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) is to inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that they: (1) must exclude Tax Identification Numbers (TINs), which include Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and Employer Identification Numbers (EINs), from the Debt Account Identification (ID) field of the record layout for UC debts referred to TOP for offset recovery; (2) must follow the provisions of the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (Public Law (P.L.) 115-59) that restricts the inclusion of TINs on documents Federal departments and agencies send by mail; and (3) must discontinue aggregating UC debts referred to TOP for offset recovery.

To provide guidance and instructions on the transition of participants, funds, performance reports, grants, and subrecipient contracts under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and under the Wagner-Peyser Act to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA or the Act).

To ensure states are aware of the Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program that reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2020.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 funds for activities that support the prevention and detection of UI improper benefit payments, improve state performance, and address outdated Information Technology (IT) system infrastructures.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through WIGS.

To ensure that states are aware that: 1) the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase for calendar year 2020 and 2) COLA information is located on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website.