Policies & Guidance

To issue revised guidance regarding any local workforce development area {LWDA) that falls below the 70 percent fund utilization rate, as outlined in State Instruction 19-04, Change 1, WIOA Title I Sanctions Policy. No other changes have been made to the policy. 

To issue State policy regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA} annual expenditure rates to promote maximum investment of funds, increased levels of service to customers, and increased WIOA fund utilization statewide. This policy guidance replaces State Instruction 12-16.

To provide guidance regarding participant cost rate (PCR) performance requirements for local workforce development area (LWDA) Adult and Dislocated Worker programs.

To issue revised guidance regarding any workforce area that falls below the 30 percent participant cost rate, as outlined in State Instruction 19-04, Change 1, WIOA Title I Sanctions Policy. No other changes have been made to the policy.

This guidance further clarifies state policy issued on December 5, 2017, regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) participant cost rates for local area Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. The minimum participant cost rate of 30 percent includes Adult and Dislocated Worker funds and any Rapid Response for additional assistance funding.

To issue state policy regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) participant cost rates for local area Adult and Dislocated Worker programs.

This guidance adds to the list of Wagner-Peyser (WP) activity codes that trigger participation for federal reporting purposes. 

This guidance updates the list of Wagner-Peyser (WP) activity codes that trigger participation for federal reporting purposes. 

The purpose of this guidance is to clarify the difference between a reportable individual and a participant in Wagner-Peyser (WP) for federal reporting purposes.

The purpose of this instruction is to update guidance regarding requests to waive the employer registration requirement in SCWOS for job fairs and hiring events in response to mass layoffs and closure activities or worker shortages.