To transmit instructions for implementing the revised TAPR in accordance with reporting guidelines required by the enactment of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 (TAAEA) (P.L. 112-40) and the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011(P.L. 112-56).  This guidance also updates Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 6-09, Change 1, issued February 7, 2012, by:   

• describing the non-substantive changes that have been approved since its issuance;
• replacing TEGL No. 6-09, Change 1, Attachment A:  2012 Data Preparation and Reporting Handbook, including Appendix:  Trade Activity Participant Report, with TEGL No.6-09, Change 2, Attachment A:  2013 Data Preparation and Reporting Handbook and Attachment B:  Data Preparation and Reporting Handbook Appendix:  Trade Activity Participant Report; and
• making available an updated table of data validation edit checks to correspond with modifications and data element additions to the TAPR, as Attachment C to this TEGL.

To provide guidance to grantees, and particularly State Dislocated Worker Units, on the applicability of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, 29 U.S.C., 2101-2109, to layoffs that may occur among Federal contractors, including in the defense industry, as a result of the sequestration mandated by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA), 2 U.S.C. 901a(7)(A) and (8).

To transmit revised WOTC forms and instructions, which were updated to reflect the amendments and new provisions in the VOW Act and other legislative changes to the WOTC program.

To transmit a revised Welfare-to-Work (WtW) financial reporting format and corresponding revised instructions for formula WtW grants

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance for the use of WIA Youth-funded activities in PY 2012.

To provide State Plan information to states that implement the American Job Center brand.

To respond to questions from State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) that administer the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program, as amended by the TAAEA.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) has two purposes:

1. To provide updates and clarifications on waiver policies including those originally articulated in TEGL 26-09; and
2. To provide information on work-flex quarterly reports, and to announce renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for work-flex plan submission and quarterly reports.

To request that states designate ASUs in order for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to allot funds under WIA for the period beginning on July 1, 2013.

To advise States of the changes to LERS necessary to implement Sections 211, 238, and 239 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (VOW Act) and Section 2149 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, as well as for collecting performance data related to the Veterans’ Gold Card Initiative