WashingtonUpdate

Second Stimulus Package Delayed Until September

On Tuesday, July 22, the Senate Appropriations Committee canceled plans to consider a second stimulus package. Despite previous discussion of quick movement on a second stimulus, it now appears that negotiations will be moved until after the summer recess. Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd (WV) said he canceled consideration of the stimulus package because of the Senate's busy schedule.

Despite announcement of the delay, House and Senate Democratic leaders met Tuesday night and confirmed their commitment to drafting a stimulus bill. The proposal is expected to include funding for infrastructure, heating assistance for low-income households and proposals to stimulate the Gulf Coast economy, with some suggestions of funding for transportation infrastructure and housing, but Democratic leaders on the panel have not provided any details of the legislation.

ETA Guidance Letters

Below please find the Training and Employment Guidance letters prepared by the Employment and Training Administration to accompany the yearly publication of WIA and Wagner-Peyser allotments in the Federal Register. We have listed the 2004 – 2008 TEGLs.

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 23-07

Subject: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2008; Additional PY 2008 Funding from WIA Section 173(e) for Adult/Dislocated Worker Activities for Eligible States; Final Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments for PY 2008; Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2008; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Allotments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
Source Date: March 25, 2008
http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/whatsnew/eta_default.cfm?id=1833

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 22-06

Subject: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Program Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2007; Additional PY 2007 Funding from WIA Section 173(e) for Adult/Dislocated Worker Activities for Eligible States; Final Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments for PY 2007; and Consolidated Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Source Date: April 06, 2007
http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/whatsnew/eta_default.cfm?id=1642

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 25-05

Subject: Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Congressional Rescissions for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Program; WIA Adult and Youth Programs Planning Estimates for Program Year (PY) 2006; WIA Allotments for the Dislocated Worker Program for PY 2006; Wagner-Peyser Act Final Allotments for PY 2006; Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2006; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Tax Credit Allotments for FY 2006
Source Date: April 11, 2006
http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/whatsnew/eta_default.cfm?id=1409

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 34-04

Subject: Revision to program Year 2004 Funds for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs and Final Planning Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2005 Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Act Basic Labor Exchange Activities
Source Date: May 19, 2005
http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/whatsnew/eta_default.cfm?id=1197

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 23-04

Subject: FY 2005 Congressional Rescissions for the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs; Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2005; Additional Funding from WIA Section 173(e) for Adult/Dislocated Worker Activities for Eligible States; Wagner-Peyser Act Preliminary Allotments for PY 2005; Reemployment Services, Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2005; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work (W-t-W) Tax Credit Allotments for FY 2005
Source Date: March 25, 2005
http://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/whatsnew/eta_default.cfm?id=1154

Reports, Announcements, and Articles

New From PPV

Going to Work with a Criminal Record
by Dee Wallace and Laura Wyckoff

Going to Work with a Criminal Record report is based on lessons from the Fathers at Work initiative, a three-year, six site demonstration funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to help young, noncustodial fathers achieve increased employment and earnings, involvement in their children’s lives, and more consistent financial support of their children. While only two of the sites exclusively targeted formerly incarcerated people for their programs, a full three quarters of the young fathers across all the sites reported that they had criminal record. As detailed in a forthcoming publications, P/PV’s evaluation of Fathers at Work found highly promising outcomes related to employment, earnings and payment of child support.
http://www.ppv.org/ppv/labor_market/labor_market_publications.asp?section_id=5#pub238

ETA Releases

• ETA Publishes Workforce System Results (January 1 - March 31, 2008)
  July 23, 2008

• ETA Proposes the Extension of the Evaluation of the Individual Training Account Experiment; Objective is Determination of Relative Long-Term Impacts and Cost Effectiveness of Various Approaches of Administering
  July 22, 2008

• 6ETA Announces Funding of Additional YouthBuild Projects
  July 22, 2008

• ETA Provides Updated Information and Guidance on Workforce Investment System Assistance to Trafficking Victims
  July 18, 2008

Upcoming Meetings

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!!

WDC 20TH ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL FORUM
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

WDC Board Meeting/Peer-to-Peer Best Practices Session
Monday, September 22, 2008

Please register to attend the 20th Annual Congressional Forum of The U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council (WDC) on Tuesday, September 23, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the St. Gregory Hotel & Suites, 2033 M Street, NW in Washington, DC 20036. We will be holding the first portion of the Forum with members of Congress and Congressional Staff.

Click here for a preliminary draft agenda.

Prior to the Congressional Forum, the WDC Board meeting, as well as a peer-to-peer best practices exchange on a variety of topics, will be held on Monday, September 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Please share this invitation with colleagues you think would be interested in participating in a national networking opportunity in Washington, DC. Click here for a description of the Congressional Forum for you to disseminate.

You may now register online at http://usmayors.org/2008CongressionalForum.

If you prefer, you may complete the registration form manually. To access the registration and hotel reservation form click here and fax it to our meeting department at (202) 467-4276.

Room reservations must be made by calling the hotel directly. Please identify yourself as an attendee of The U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting to ensure the group rate. The deadline for hotel discount rate is August 20, 2008.

USCM/NWA Pre-Conference Session for 2008

The WDC is planning on conducting another session at the NWA Conference in Tampa, FL in November 2008. We have made arrangements to provide rooms at the main hotel, The Waterside Marriott hotel in Tampa from November 29 to Dec 2, 2008. Please register as soon as possible as rooms are going fast and we may not be able to guarantee you the conference rate of $149.00. You can visit the NWA website at http://www.nwaonline.org/Events.asp or call the hotel at 813-221-4900.

Please be advised that as a Workforce Development Council member, you are eligible for a special conference rate. Please enter the Special Code: "NWA" when registering.