To provide ETA grant award recipients and stakeholders with information about how a temporary suspension of Federal Government services impacts the execution of ETA-funded programs and services.

Consistent with Joint WIOA Final Rule requirements, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable in PY 2024 for the:

• U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to assess performance for five performance indicators under WIOA title I core programs and three performance indicators under the Employment Service (referred to as “WIOA title III”) core program;

• U.S. Department of Education (ED) to assess performance for five performance indicators under the Vocational Rehabilitation (“WIOA title IV”) core program; 

• U.S. Department of Education (ED) to assess performance for two performance indicators under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (“WIOA title II”) core program; and

• Departments to delay assessing performance for the purpose of imposing sanctions for the remaining performance indicators in the WIOA title II core program to provide for the orderly transition from the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to those of WIOA, as permitted under section 503(a) of WIOA.

The Departments’ determinations, as will be described more fully herein, are consistent with the phased-in approach to performance assessments described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 11-19, Change 2 issued on January 6, 2025.

This notice reminds States and grantees of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) deadlines for submission of the performance reporting requirements set forth in section 116 of WIOA.

To announce the availability of new DNP data sources and services that are now accessible to state UI agencies through the IDH, and to provide information on a webinar, scheduled to occur on June 11, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), for states to learn more about accessing and using these important new DNP data sources and services.

To encourage state and local Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) title I grantees to leverage waivers that may increase labor force participation and enhance worker productivity in response to the Presidential Memorandum of January 20, 2025, titled, “Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis.”

To provide information regarding the 2025 UI SIDES Seminar to be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on April 22-24, 2025, in Salt Lake City, UT.

To announce RESEA outcome payments for FY 2024, as required by Section306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (SSA).

To change the status of TEN No. 21-24 from active to cancelled.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2025.

To notify all Employment and Training Administration (ETA) recipients about changes ETA is making to federal financial assistance awards to prohibit activities described in President Trump’s Executive Orders (EOs) titled, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” issued on January 20, 2025, and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” issued on January 21, 2025.