DOL Guidance on Work Authorization Verification in ETA-Administered Grant Programs

The Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Assistant Secretary Lori Frazier Bearden issued Training and Employment Guidance Letter 10-23, directing the public workforce development system to update policies and procedures to ensure all participants served by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs are legally authorized to work in the United States.

Entities receiving grants under the following programs must review and revise policies, documentation requirements, and procedures to align with this guidance: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, Youth programs (including statewide employment and training services funded by the Governor reserve); WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs); Wagner-Peyser Act (W-P) Employment Service; Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) and other programs authorized under Section 169 of WIOA; YouthBuild; Section 167 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program, also commonly referred to as the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP); and the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).