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Policy Letters

Guidance Number Status Subject Additional Attachments Keywords Publication Date
FDCM 06-22 Active State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 Subrecipient Monitoring Policies and Procedures Related to Local Workforce Development Boards FDCM 10/31/2022
WD 13-22, Change 2 Active Online Learning Management Systems and Performance Expectations—Update Revisions to WD Letter 13-22, Change 1, Shown in Track Changes TANF/Choices 03/18/2024
WD 24-11, Chg 1 Active Reporting Negative Incidents Involving Texas Workforce System Customers—Update Revisions to WD Letter 24-11 Shown in Track Changes All Programs, Equal Opportunity 01/17/2018
WD 11-16 Active Access and Data Security for Workforce Applications TWIST, WorkInTexas.com 06/15/2016
AEL 04-16, Chg 2 Active Implementing Integrated Education and Training English Literacy and Civics Education—Update WD 04-16, Change 2, with Revisions Shown in Track Changes AEL, Fiscal - Administration, WIOA 07/21/2021
TA 58 Active Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 Veterans 03/31/2004
WD 27-19, Change 6 Active State Data Validation Requirements—Update Revisions to WD Letter 27-19, Change 5, Shown in Track Changes ES, TAA, Veterans, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 03/18/2024
WD 12-23 Active Provision of SNAP E&T Workfare Agreements for FFY'24 Federal Fiscal Year/Program Year 2024 Workfare Agreement Template , Workfare Agreement Checklist , Minimum Annual Number of Workfare Slots for Federal Fiscal Year 2024 by Board Area SNAP E&T 07/25/2023
AEL 04-20, Chg 1 Active Workforce Integration and Follow-Up Activities—Update Proportionate Distribution for Workforce Integration Initiatives , Revisions to AEL Letter 04-20 Shown in Track Changes AEL 08/31/2020
AEL 01-18, Chg 1 Active Educational Outcomes for Adult Education and Literacy—Update Revisions to AEL Letter 01-18 Shown in Track Changes AEL, WIOA 09/07/2018
WD 25-23 Active Local Participation in the Texas Infant-Toddler Specialist Network Child Care 12/04/2023
AEL 02-17 Active Assessing English Language Learners in the Adult Education and Literacy Program AEL, Fiscal - Administration, WIOA 04/03/2017
TA 293 Active Transportation Services—Update SNAP E&T, TANF/Choices, WIOA 01/14/2020
WD 18-18, Chg 2 Active Using the Child Care Formula Grant Award for Quality Improvement Activities—Update Revisions to WD 18-18, Change 1, Shown in Track Changes Child Care 10/26/2022
WD 18-21, Change 1 Active Coenrollment in the Trade Adjustment Assistance and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Dislocated Worker Programs―Update Trade Adjustment Assistance Coenrollment Declination Form , Revisions to WD Letter 18-21 Shown in Track Changes TAA, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 03/18/2024
WD 29-15, Chg 1 Active Board Oversight Capacity Evaluation Criteria—Update Sample Board Oversight Capacity Ratings Score Card , Board Attestation and Community Impact Statement Form , Revisions to WD Letter 29-15 Shown in Track Changes Administration 11/30/2017
WD 09-16 Active Plumbing Profession—Update General 05/09/2016
AEL 04-18 Active Program Year 2018–2019 Performance-Based Funding and Performance Allocation Holdback AEL 09/07/2018
WD 27-23 Active Board Contract Year 2024 Child Care Allocations and Targets BCY’24 Child Care Allocations and Adjusted Targets Child Care 12/07/2023
WD 14-17 Active Operational Guidance for Receivables Established for Child Care Services Improperly Paid before October 1, 2016 Administration, Child Care 03/29/2017
WD 02-20 Active Prekindergarten Public-Private Partnerships and Wraparound Child Care Child Care 01/08/2020
WD 21-21, Chg 2 Active COVID-19 Federal Funds for Texas Rising Star Supports—Update Texas Rising Star Incentives Distribution , COVID-19 Federally Funding Texas Rising Star Supports Board Template , Revisions to WD Letter 21-21, Change 1, Shown in Track Changes Child Care 02/17/2022
WD 31-04 Active Serving Foster Care Youth Administration 08/25/2004
17-12, Change 1 Active Capturing Training-Related Employment Data in WorkInTexas.com―Update Revisions to WD Letter 17-12 Shown in Track Changes General, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 03/18/2024
WD 13-20, Chg 1 Active COVID-19 and Stabilization Grants for Closed Child Care Providers—Update Revisions to WD Letter 13-20 Shown in Track Changes Child Care, Natural Disaster 08/28/2020
WD 21-18 Active Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training County Expansion County Expansion Phase II Table SNAP E&T 08/31/2018
08-23, Change 2 Active Texas Child Care Connection and Child Care Automated Attendance—Update Attachment 1 , Attachment 2 , Attachment 3 Child Care 12/07/2023
AEL 01-17, Chg 1 Active Implementing Programs, Activities, and Services for English Language Learners—Update Revisions to AEL 01-17 Shown in Track Changes AEL, Fiscal - Administration, WIOA 07/21/2021
WD 25-19 Active Earned Income Tax Credit for Employed Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Recipients and Other Low-Income Workers Child Care, TANF/Choices 12/16/2019
WD 44-05 Active Texas Workforce Commission Online Contract Closeout Process Vendor User Security Matrix , Procedures for Creating a Cash Draw Refund Financial Reporting 08/05/2005
WD 09-19, Change 3 Active Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Performance Outcomes: Measurable Skill Gains—Update Types and Documentation of Measurable Skill Gains , Revision to WD Letter 09-19, Change 2 Shown in Track Changes AEL, Performance, TAA, VR, WIOA 03/18/2024
WD 20-21, Chg 1 Active Digital Skills Building—Update Navigating the Rider 47 Targeted Skill Building Tool , Revisions to WD Letter 20-21 Shown in Track Changes AEL, ES, SNAP E&T, TAA, TANF/Choices, WIOA 06/26/2023
WD 07-16 Active Youth Career Fairs Program WIOA 05/05/2016
WD 12-17, Chg 1 Active Contract Action Requests - Update Contract Action Request Form , Revisions to WD Letter 12-17 Shown in Track Changes Administration 08/22/2018
WD 21-09 Active Mandatory Training on the Impact of Family Violence Administration 06/26/2009
WD 29-23 Active Texas Rising Star Child Care Rule Waivers Child Care 12/14/2023
WD 14-19, Chg 2 Active Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Individual Training Accounts and Training Contracts—Update Revisions to WD Letter 14-19, Change 2, Shown in Track Changes ETP, WIOA 06/28/2021
WD 28-19 Active Local Workforce Development Board Virtual Meetings Videoconferencing Guidelines Administration 11/19/2019
WD 38-11, Chg 1 Active Local Memoranda of Understanding with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to Serve Foster Youth--Update Sample Memorandum of Understanding Template , Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Regional Offices and Local Workforce Development Boards Contact Information Administration, General 12/20/2011
WD 57-07 Active Interpreter Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals All Programs, Equal Opportunity 10/09/2007
WD 06-13, Change 2 Active Documenting Services and Participant Contact in WorkInTexas.com Case Notes—Update Attachment 1: Revisions to WD Letter 06-13 Shown in Track Changes , Sample Comprehensive Narrative Entries for WorkInTexas.com Case Notes General, NCP Choices, SNAP E&T, TAA, TANF/Choices, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 03/18/2024
WD 11-23 Active Board Strategic Planning for Quality Improvement Event Travel Funds Distributed by Local Workforce Development Board Child Care 06/26/2023
WD 16-20 Active TEA Student ID Reconciliation Process Texas Education Agency Unique Student ID Resolution Desk Aid Child Care, TWIST 08/25/2020
WD 05-18 Active Recovery, Use, and Remittance of Child Care Recoupments from Parents Administration, Child Care, Fiscal - Administration 08/06/2018
WD 06-07, Chg 3 Active The Workforce Information System of Texas: New Data Integrity Process—Update TWIST, WIA 06/01/2009
WD 28-20, Change 1 Active Deobligation and Reallocation of Commission-Allocated Funds—Update Revisions to WD Letter 28-20 Shown in Track Changes Child Care, SNAP E&T, TANF/Choices, WIOA 12/14/2023
TA 277 Active Determining Net Self-Employment Income Using a Standard Deduction Sample Self-Employment Income and Expense Statement Child Care 03/21/2017
WD 06-05 Active Restrictions on Lobbying Activities and Expenditures General 02/02/2005
WD 28-23, Change 1 Active Guidance on the Use of Metrix Learning™ Services―Update Revisions to WD Letter 28-23 Shown in Track Changes , Metrix General Online Coursework Enrollment Goals—Count by Board , Metrix Industry Certification Track Training and Assistance Participant Estimates—Count by Board , Texas Administrator Guide , Metrix Certification Tracks—Comprehensive Assistance Costs WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 03/18/2024
TA 272 Active Community Resource Coordination Groups All Programs 03/04/2016