To inform states of the guidelines for (a) negotiating PY 2006 performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act-funded activities under the common measures and (b) re-negotiating Average Earnings targets for the WIA Title IB Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. These negotiated performance goals for PY 2006 will be incorporated in the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act Two-Year Strategic Plans. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also clarifies the set of youth measures to which states are accountable for the upcoming program year.

To provide State Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) applicants with grant application instructions and procedures for Program Year (PY) 2006 beginning July 1, 2006.

To provide directions to the States about necessary actions to implement the partnership between the AWN Toll-Free Help Line (1-877-US-2JOBS) and the Internet-based ASL (www.servicelocator.org) and to issue instructions for ASL database entry.

To inform the state workforce agencies (SWAs) of a revised interpretation of the deadline for enrollment in approved training as a condition of Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) eligibility for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) participants and its effect on Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) eligibility.

To transmit policy guidance to State/local workforce investment area on procedures for providing local youth activities under title I, subtitle B of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998.

This guidance letter and its attachments replace and supersede prior operating procedures and policy guidance within the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) for H-2B certifications in the entertainment industry, including attachments I - IV of ETA Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 4-03 (TEGL 4-03). This letter describes the special procedures in ETA governing the H-2B nonimmigrant labor certification process for temporary positions in the entertainment industry. This TEGL, as revised, identifies the Chicago National Processing Center as the Center designated to issue ETA determinations on applications for certification to employ temporary workers in the entertainment industry which are initially filed by employers with designated Offices Specializing in Entertainment (OSEs) within the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). This is the only substantive change from previous procedures, under which ETA’s New York City, Dallas, and San Francisco Regional Certifying Officers were designated to issue determinations on these applications.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide planning guidelines and instructions to Native American grantees for the development of a strategic two-year Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) plan and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) plan. Native American entities must submit a two-year plan for meeting the employment training needs of Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians consistent with the purposes described in Section 166 of the Act.

To provide detailed information on the revisions and new submission procedures for the Trade Act Participant Report (TAPR).

To transmit guidance and instruction promoting the consistent integration and use of the web-based WIA Performance Reporting System

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA title I Adults and Dislocated Workers and Youth Activities allotments for PY 2001; preliminary planning estimates for PY 2001 public employment service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and Reemployment Services allotments for PY 2001