To inform the public workforce system about the required process for outreaching to and tracking outcomes of VRAP participants. This includes how the Department of Labor (DOL) will make available VRAP participant information to the public workforce system and procedures for American Job Center (formerly One-Stop Career Center) staff to offer VRAP participants employment assistance upon program completion or termination as required by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. This guidance also provides reporting specifications for reporting public workforce system outreach activities and the employment outcomes of VRAP participants.

To provide further information to the workforce investment system about the importance of providing workforce, training, and referral services to victims of human trafficking and to give updated guidance on how to deliver these services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Acts of 2003, 2005 and 2008 (TVPRA).

To inform the workforce investment system of the updated performance reporting requirements and revised associated timelines for the following Employment and Training Administration (ETA) programs and activities: 

• Quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB programs and National Emergency Grants (NEGs);
• Quarterly reports and data validation results for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service;
• Activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Programs); and,
• The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.

To respond to questions from states about new requirements for the EUC RES/REA for certain recipients of EUC.

To transmit the new EUC08 RES/REA required reports (ETA 9128u, Reemployment Services and Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments for EUC08 Claimants; and ETA 9002, EUC Quarterly Report Services to Participants & Performance Outcomes for Exiters)and reporting instructions to state workforce agencies.

To provide the state workforce agencies (SWAs) final processing guidance on handling all timely filed certification requests received for new hires that began employment for an employer on or before December 31, 2010, and instructions for all paperwork associated with timely filed certification requests for new hires that began employment for an employer, under the expired groups, after December 31, 2010.

This guidance is a reminder that funds authorized under section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act must be used to provide core services (as defined in section 134(d)(2) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (codified at 29 USC § 2864(d)(2)) and 20 CFR 662.240) and may be used to provide intensive services (as defined in section 134(d)(3)(C) of the WIA (codified at 29 USC § 2864(d)(3)(C)) and 20 CFR 663.200.)  This issuance also provides guidance to states to ensure that this flexibility does not compromise the purpose of the Wagner-Peyser Act.

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 base allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search and relocation allowances.

To provide states with a table of weights for use in calculating Program Year (PY) 2011 Workforce Investment Act customer satisfaction results (See Attachment A). This action will enable states to fulfill statutorily required obligations to collect data and measure customer satisfaction.

To provide guidance to states regarding the collection and use of social security numbers for participants accessing Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and other workforce programs’ services.