Corrected FY 2018 WOTC grant spending deadline

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION                WOTC
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                           CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                       OWI-DNPTTA
             Washington, D.C. 20210                      DATE
                                                         October 10, 2018


ADVISORY:       TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 21-17,
               Change 1

TO:             STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
                STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
                WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT COORDINATORS

FROM:           MOLLY E. CONWAY /s/
                Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:        Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 21-17, Work
                Opportunity Tax Credit Funding Allotments for Fiscal Year 2018

1. Purpose. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) corrects the expenditure
   timeframe to allow state workforce agencies (SWA) to use the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 funding
   allocations for Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) activities through December 31, 2019.

2. Action Requested. State Administrators should provide this guidance to appropriate staff.

3. Summary and Background.

        a. Summary – This Change 1 corrects the expenditure timeframe to use the FY 2018
           funding allocations from September 30, 2018 to December 31, 2019 for WOTC
           referenced in TEGL 21-17.

        b. Background – TEGL No. 21-17 incorrectly indicated that SWAs are responsible for
           using the remaining FY 2018 funding allotments to conduct WOTC activities by
           September 30, 2018.

4. Change 1. TEGL No. 21-17 issued on June 27, 2018, announced WOTC FY 2018 funding
   allotments and application requirements for the remainder of FY 2018 state balances that
   total $14,997,377.

   As stated above, section 6 in TEGL No. 21-17 incorrectly indicated that SWAs are
   responsible for using the remaining FY 2018 funding allotments to conduct WOTC activities
   by September 30, 2018. The expenditure date is now corrected to allow SWAs to use the FY
   2018 funding allocations for WOTC activities through December 31, 2019. The paragraph
   under section 6 in TEGL No. 21-17 is revised to read as follows:


 RESCISSIONS                                            EXPIRATION DATE
 None                                                   Continuing

     “SWAs are responsible for using the remaining FY 2018 funding allotments to conduct the
     following WOTC activities through December 31, 2019: 1) implementing the certification
     process and issuing final determination to employers or their authorized representatives, 2)
     promoting WOTC to employers, 3) reducing and eliminating existing backlogs, and 4)
     reporting performance data on a quarterly basis.”

5. Inquiries. Please direct all questions to the appropriate Regional WOTC Coordinator, listed
   on the WOTC website at:
   https://doleta.gov/business/incentives/opptax/contact/regional-offices.cfm.

6. References.
    TEGL No. 21-17, Work Opportunity Tax Credit Funding Allotments for Fiscal Year 2018

7.   Attachments. Not Applicable