To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the WIGS.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) in administering the TAA program by identifying the FY 2014 Initial Allocation amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department or We) used to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request TAA program reserve funds for training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker FY 2018 funds, which became available to states on October 1, 2017. This Change 1 to TEGL 27-16 revises the funding available to states in October 2017 to reflect the 0.6791 percent reduction enacted in the short-term Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2018 and corrects the amounts for Youth and Adult small state minimum allotments.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to transmit guidelines to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on the preparation and submission of the AOP, and to designate the significant MSFW states, the significant MSFW local offices, and the bilingual local offices for PY 2014

To revise the due dates specified for the Statewide long-term projections, the Workforce Information Database (WIDb), and the WIGS 2017 Statewide Economic and Annual Report in both the TEGL and Attachment 1. The references to the due dates for these deliverables are corrected as follows:

1. The Statewide long-term projections due date is corrected by replacing "No 10-year Projections are due in 2018" with "10-year Projections are due one week following June 29, 2018" (TEGL, pg. 4);
2. The Workforce Information Database (WIDb) due date is corrected by replacing "January 8, 2018" with "June 30, 2018" (TEGL, pg. 4);
3. The (WIGS) 2017 Statewide Economic and Annual Report due date is corrected by replacing "September 30, 2018" with "October 1, 2018" (TEGL, pg. 5);
4. The Workforce Information Database (WIDb) due date is corrected by replacing "Within 180 days from the release of a new database version" with "June 30, 2018" (Attachment 1, pg. 3);
5. The Statewide long-term industry and occupational projections (10-year projections) due date is corrected by replacing "One week following June 30, 2017" with "One week following June 29, 2018" (Attachment 1, pg. 3); and
6. The Annual and Economic Analysis Report due date is corrected by replacing "September 30, 2018" with "October 1, 2018" (Attachment 1, pg. 4).

To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) employment and training grantees for preparing and submitting grant plans for Program Year (PY) 2014, and to convey the grant allocations for the program year.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) requires the reporting of performance data, in accordance with Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) performance accountability provisions, for individuals served and exited prior to July 1, 2016, who were not previously reported for Program Year (PY) 2015.

To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) housing grantees for preparing and submitting grant plans for Program Year (PY) 2014, and to convey the grant allocations for the program year.

To respond to questions from state workforce agencies and state workforce liaisons related to the October 2013 Federal government lapse in appropriations, or “shutdown,” and administrative funding for relevant programs pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Act).