To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware that employers seeking to hire foreign workers for temporary employment under a supplemental H-2B visa cap for work certified to commence in the first half of FY 2022 must contact an American Job Center (AJC) for assistance in recruiting U.S. workers for their job opportunities.

To transmit to states and outlying areas the impact of updated data on WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker program allotments for PY 2022.

To announce the release and availability of three ETA reports: Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Initiative; Department of Labor Report to Congress on FY 2009 Appropriation for Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments; and Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Initiative in Nevada.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2022.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper – Green Jobs and Health Care Implementation Study: Interim Report.

To provide the public workforce system with an overview of VRAP, the role of the system in implementing the program, and inform the system that additional information will be made available as procedures and protocols for implementing the program are finalized.

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 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 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 (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.