To provide information about the 2022 UI SIDES Seminar hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on April 26 - 28, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri.

To inform and to remind the workforce investment system of the performance reporting requirements and associated timelines for submitting the reports for the following programs/activities:

• quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs and National Emergency Grants (NEGs);
• quarterly reports and data validation results for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service;
• activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Programs);
• the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program,
• the Indian and Native American Program (INAP); and
• the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).

To announce the 2022 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Benefits and Federal Programs (IBFP) Training scheduled to be held May 10-12, 2022, in Orlando, Florida, and encourage state administrators to send their Interstate/Federal Program Coordinators and Interstate Connection (ICON) programmer(s) to the training.

To provide information on the availability of a UI SIDES Messaging and Communications Toolkit (Toolkit) containing products and tools designed for use by state UI agencies to communicate with employers and third-party administrators (TPAs) about the offerings and benefits of SIDES and SIDES E-Response.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2022, (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022).

To encourage workforce investment system leaders to develop and enhance partnerships and resource-leveraging efforts with Registered Apprenticeship programs in order to increase job seekers’ access to career pathways utilizing Registered Apprenticeship. Although state and local workforce system budgets continue to be constrained and high growth employment opportunities are very scarce in this economy, partnering with Registered Apprenticeship is a proven way to improve placements for job seekers looking for a sustainable career, as well as to engage with employers in communities seeking to improve the skills of their workforce.

To share nonpartisan information and resources with states and local areas to make access to nonpartisan voting information and services more easily available through the public workforce system.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds for activities that support the integrity of the UI program for the prevention, detection, and recovery of improper UI benefit payments; improve state performance; address outdated Information Technology (IT) system infrastructures necessary to improve UI program integrity; and enable states to expand or implement Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) programs.

To advise states that the period of performance for awards that promote equitable access to unemployment compensation (UC) programs is extended to March 31, 2024.

To (a) share with the workforce system a joint memorandum by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Assistant Secretary of the Army, and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality to agency leadership recommending they encourage their respective field staff build on or create new partnerships to employ young Americans this summer, and (b) provide the workforce system with information on partnering with public land management agencies and conservation corps to create or expand summer employment opportunities for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) youth and young adults on public lands.