TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 21-20

2020
2021
Subject

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Foreign Labor Certification Grant Planning Guidance

Purpose

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding FY 2021 annual grant allocations for foreign labor certification activities.

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SWA staff should direct all questions to the OFLC National Office at FLC.Grant@dol.gov.

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 08-19, Change 1

2020
2021
Subject

Guidance on Registered Apprenticeship Provisions and Opportunities in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Purpose

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL), Change 1, provides clarification on Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) as WIOA Title I Eligible Training Providers (ETP).

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 13-16, Change 1

2020
2021
Subject

Guidance on Registered Apprenticeship Provisions and Opportunities in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Purpose

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL), Change 1, provides clarification on Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) as WIOA Title I Eligible Training Providers (ETP).

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LOCAL VETERANS EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVES

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 22-20

2020
2021
Subject

Program Year (PY) 2021 Funding Allotments and Instructions for the Indian and Native American (INA) Programs

Purpose

To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2021 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 166 programs, and to notify grantees of the required submission of Standard Form (SF) 424 - Application for Federal Assistance, SF 424A - Budget Information (Non-Construction Programs), and Budget Narrative.

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Duane Hall (972) 850-4637
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      Maria Mendoza (202) 693-3695
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Guy Suetopka (415) 625-7988
Suetopka.Guy@dol.gov
      Jennifer Whitmore (415) 625-7970
Whitmore.Jennifer@dol.gov
   
Carl Duncan (202) 693-3384
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      Chelsea Fish (202) 693-3736
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ALL SECTION 166 INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN GRANTEES

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 12-15

2015
2016
Subject

2016 Federal Poverty Guidelines for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) Grants

Purpose

To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the SCSEP.

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Please direct questions to your regional Federal Project Officer.

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ALL SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM GRANTEES

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 23-20

2020
2021
Subject

Program Year 2021 Planning Guidance for National Farmworker Jobs Program Career Services and Training Grantees and Housing Grantees

Purpose

To provide preparation and submission instructions and convey grant allotments for Program Year (PY) 2021.

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 13-15

2015
2016
Subject

On-the-Job Training (OJT) Wage Caps and Reimbursement Rate Waivers for Job Driven, Dislocated Worker Training, and Sector Partnership National Emergency Grants (NEGs)

Purpose

Through this guidance, the Department of Labor is providing updated hourly State Wage Cap data for OJT under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Department is also providing guidance on the transition of funds from the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to WIOA as it relates to the OJT wage cap reimbursement rate.

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STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
LABOR COMMISSIONERS
AMERICAN JOB CENTERS

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 24-20

2020
2021
Subject

Operating Instructions for Implementing the Reversion Provisions of the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 Enacted by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015

Purpose

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs or "states") to implement the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program reversion provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015) by providing operating instructions that apply to the program benefits applicable to adversely affected workers covered by petitions filed on or after July 1, 2021, and by identifying prior guidance that remains applicable to CSAs. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) refers to this version of the TAA Program, described in these operating instructions set out in Attachment A, as "Reversion 2021."

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STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
STATE UI DIRECTORS
RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE LEADS

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 25-20

2020
2021
Subject

CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery) National Dislocated Worker Grants

Purpose

To announce the availability of up to $43 million for the CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery) National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs), with award amounts of up to $3 million. These funds will support the public workforce system in connecting job seekers to employment as the economy recovers from the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER No. 01-21

2021
2021
Subject

Program Year (PY) 2021 Workforce and Labor Market Information Grants to States (WIGS): Program Guidance and Deliverables

Purpose

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

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For questions on grant requirements, contact the applicable ETA regional office. For financial management questions, contact the applicable ETA regional office, Grants Management Specialist Rahel Bizuayene at Bizuayene.Rahel@dol.gov or National Grant Officer Serena Boyd at Boyd.Serena@dol.gov.

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