The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a report titled Evaluation of the STEM Initiative.

To inform states and local areas about how Workforce Investment Act (WIA) formula-funded youth programs can assist youth who are currently or were formerly in foster care to complete post-secondary education and training by coordinating with state and local Independent Living coordinators to ensure youth have knowledge and access to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (Chafee program) Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs), and State Tuition Waivers.

To announce the availability of funding for States to send state UI appellate staff to the 2018 UI Appellate Professionals Training Conference scheduled to be held June 17-21, 2018, in Annapolis, Maryland.

To share the interagency support for ensuring students and parents have relevant and timely information to make informed career decisions. This notice is meant to encourage continued coordination and collaboration across the public workforce, adult basic education, career and technical education, and human and social service systems to prepare students for education and career paths.

To inform workforce system stakeholders of additional technical assistance options related to the Section 1512 Reporting Requirements in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To transmit the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) communication plan for designation and notification of:

• Significant MSFW States;
• Significant MSFW One-Stop Centers; and
• Significant Multilingual MSFW One-Stop Centers.

To remind the workforce investment system of the performance reporting requirements and associated timelines for submitting quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs and title ID National Emergency Grants; the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service; activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program); the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program; the Indian and Native American Program (INAP); and the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).

To announce and solicit nominees for a UI Benefit Financing Seminar scheduled to be held October 23- 26, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

To advise states of a change in the recipient of UC Modernization incentive payment applications.

To announce the timeline for data collection and reporting using the 2018 amended version of the PIRL for performance data collection and submission through WIPS.