To convey the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 initial funding allotments for WOTC application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWA), based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution through December 20, 2024.  
 

To announce the availability of up to $925,200 for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Youth Grants.
 

To provide guidance to Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant recipients and subrecipients on the implementation of OMB’s Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, which goes into effect on October 1, 2024.  The final guidance revises several parts of 2 CFR subtitle A, “OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance” (formerly “OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements”).  This includes revisions to 2 CFR part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards “Uniform Guidance.”

To advise states about their responsibilities related to the HCTC program.
 

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) transmits Veterans Program Letter (VPL) 05-24, Jobs for Veterans State Grants Staff Roles and Responsibilities, and Coordination with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Services to Veterans, jointly developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). VPL 05-24 clarifies JVSG statutory duties, roles, and responsibilities such staff are expected to perform and discusses relationship between JVSG and other programs within the workforce system. Additionally, the guidance is designed to update state workforce professionals about AJC staff roles with JVSG. It emphasizes statutory duties and describes staffing flexibilities available to states to meet their JVSG responsibilities while maximizing the integration of services and collaboration of partners in the AJCs.

To provide guidance to recipients of the Department of Labor’s (Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending, specified in Appendix I: Eligible Applicants.

To advise State Workforce Agencies, or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) of the state distribution amounts of FY 2024 TAA Program TaOA funds.

To provide WIOA Section 166 INA Program grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2024.
 

To provide procedures to be used by all Employment and Training Administration (ETA) federal assistance recipients and subrecipients for reporting suspected fraud, program abuse, or criminal conduct involving recipients or other entities receiving Federal awards directly from ETA and/or involving subrecipients receiving Federal funds indirectly from ETA.

This guidance updates Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 10-16, Change 2, published September 15, 2022, and developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED) (the Departments). Within ED, the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) will update Program Memorandum (PM) 17-2 and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) will update Technical Assistance Circular (TAC) 17-01 to be consistent with the changes reflected herein.