To transmit to state unemployment compensation (UC) and workforce agencies joint guidance with the Department of Education on exchanging confidential UC information with educational and training providers to meet the performance accountability requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to:

• Provide options for states to have approved plans in place for Program Years (PY) 2012-2016 for the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Act, and for W-P Agricultural Outreach.
• Communicate changes to state planning requirements under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) data collection No. 1205-0398, Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of Strategic State Plan and Plan Modifications for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner Peyser Act.
• Provide options for states to have approved Senior Community Employment Service Program (SCSEP) Plans in place for PY 2012-PY 2015.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce the implementation schedule for an integrated performance reporting system for ETA and VETS workforce programs. Grantees under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (titles I and III), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), H-1B Job Training Grants, Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO), and Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) will report performance measure outcomes under a new integrated system that will generally become available after July 1, 2016 for testing, and after October 1, 2016 for reporting. This TEN provides, for each program, a timeline for system availability and expected submission of performance data.

To share with the public workforce system opportunities to support the Summer Jobs + Initiative for the summer of 2012.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) Change 2 provides current SCSEP national grantees with the application instructions, allocations, and the process and procedures for the second quarter of Program Year (PY) 2016. We will provide further information at a later date on the transition to grants that will be awarded under the SCSEP Funding Announcement (FOA) to provide SCSEP services for the PY 2016 third and fourth quarters.

To provide instructions to NFJP housing grantees on preparing and submitting PY 2012 grant plans under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).

To announce the 2016 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Symposium, being held on December 7-8, 2016, in Baltimore, Maryland.

To provide instructions to NFJP training grantees on preparing and submitting PY 2012 grant plans under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective July 2016.

To share the interagency support for career pathways systems building to meet the education and training needs of adults. This notice is also intended to encourage States and local areas to improve coordination and collaboration across the public workforce, adult basic education, career and technical education, and human and social service systems, thereby promoting the use of career pathways approaches and helping American workers advance successfully in the labor market.