To announce the release and availability of issue briefs from the current evaluation of the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) Specialized American Job Centers. These briefs provide lessons learned and implementation issues faced by grantees working to provide employment and training services for incarcerated individuals.

To announce the availability of a technical assistance resource, the Career Pathways Toolkit: An Enhanced Guide and Workbook for System Development, for States, locals, tribal entities, and competitive grantees developing career pathways systems.

To ensure states are aware of the Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program that reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2017.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of two papers under the subject project: Strategies for Connecting Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants to the Workforce System: Findings from the Implementation Study of the UI Workforce Connectivity Grant Program, and Experiences of Three States in Developing Social Media Strategies for Employment Assistance Programs.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide the workforce system examples, best practices, partnership models, and information on how to align resources available under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to increase services to English Language Learners (ELL) with substantial cultural and language barriers to employment. It further provides information to the workforce system, including partner programs and entities that are jointly responsible for workforce and economic development, educational, and other human resource programs, about how to align their efforts to provide basic career services, individualized career services, and training services.

To revise the status of Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 11-02 Operating Instructions for Implementing the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 Enacted by the Trade Act of 2002 and TEGL 11-02, Change 1 Change 1 to the Operating Instructions for Implementing the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 Enacted by the Trade Act of 2002.

To announce the release and availability of a final report, Implementation of the H-1B Technical Skills Training Grant: Grantee Characteristics and Experiences Providing Employer-Based Training, that describes the experiences of the H-1B Technical Skills Training (TST) grantees, highlights two types of program interventions used to address long-term unemployment, On-the-Job-Training (OJT) and incumbent worker training, as well as employer-based strategies. This report describes the TST program findings based on data and other information collected between the autumn 2013 and spring 2014. In addition to the data analysis, the report provides an overview of the TST grant programs, structure, size and services; and includes examples of five TST grant programs identified through site visits for the study.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a final report - Wage Insurance and Wage Supplements: Final Evaluation Design Report; which provides design options for possible future demonstration and evaluation of these approaches.

This Change 1 replaces and makes corrections to the previously issued Training and Employment Notice (TEN) 28-16 to inform the workforce system with examples, best practices, partnership models, and information on how to align resources available under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to increase services to English Language Learners (ELL) with substantial cultural and language barriers to employment. It further provides information to the workforce system, including partner programs and entities that are jointly responsible for workforce and economic development, educational, and other human resource programs, about how to align their efforts to provide basic career services, individualized career services, and training services.

The Framework on Registered Apprenticeship (RA) for High School Students provides guidance from the U.S. Departments of Labor (USDOL) and Education (ED) to the public workforce and education systems on the components of a high-quality RA program for high school students. The purpose of this framework is to provide recommendations on key elements of RA programs for high school students and to encourage greater use of RA and pre-apprenticeship programs for in-school youth at least 16 years old, enrolled in secondary schools. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets the minimum ages and occupations in which youth can be employed in agricultural and nonagricultural employment. In nonagricultural employment, 16- and 17-year-old apprentices are specifically permitted to do some hazardous work otherwise prohibited for that age group provided certain requirements are met (see footnote three in Attachment 1). Apart from these exceptions, all other work deemed to be hazardous by the Secretary of Labor is prohibited for 16- and 17-year-old apprentices working in nonagricultural employment. This framework provides an important opportunity for youth to finish high school and continue on a pathway toward multiple career and educational opportunities, such as entering an RA program, earning an associate's and/or a bachelor's degree, and obtaining sustainable employment. The framework seeks to enhance the competitiveness of businesses by connecting youth to work-based learning and developing in-demand skills and competencies.