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.

To provide a checklist of all currently active ETA Training and Employment Guidance Letters (TEGLs) and all currently active Unemployment Compensation Program Letters (UCPLs)/Unemployment Insurance Program Letters (UIPLs) as well as a checklist of all ETA TEGLS and all ETA UCPLs/UIPLs rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.

To help state workforce agencies (SWA) and their partners develop a comprehensive, adaptable and strategic disaster preparedness and response planning process that can be quickly implemented by staff and partners who are well-trained, well-aligned, and fully supported, ETA is publishing The Disaster Lifecycle from Preparedness through Resiliency: A Guide for State Workforce Agencies (the Guide).

To update Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 27-23, Change 1 regarding states’ implementation of the Final Rule, Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States, 89 FR 33898 (Apr. 29, 2024) (Farmworker Protection Rule), in light of recent Federal District Court Orders.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) the customer experience (CX) checklist (which describes principles to improve CX, as well as operational, experience, and outcome metrics) and related resources, with the goal of helping states to develop a baseline of current practices and identify areas needing improvement in their unemployment insurance (UI) programs.