Workforce Policy and Guidance

Workforce Policy and Guidance



TWC’s Workforce Policy and Guidance page provides searchable access to Workforce Development Letters, Adult Education and Literacy Letters, and Technical Assistance Bulletins. If you have questions about policy guidance, please email:



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WD Letters, AEL Letters, and TA Bulletins

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Guidance Numbersort descending Status Subject Keywords Publication Date
WD 18-20 Active Local Workforce Development Board Planning Guidelines for Program Years 2021–2024

Attachments:
  1. Plan TemplatePDF
  2. Guidance and ChecklistPDF
  3. Statutory References PDF
 Board Planning, WIOA 10/15/2020
WD 18-21 Active Coenrollment in the Trade Adjustment Assistance and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Dislocated Worker Programs

Attachments:
  1. Trade Adjustment Assistance Coenrollment Declination FormMS Word
 TAA, TWIST, WIOA 09/27/2021
TA 181 Active Severance Pay Withholding Information General, Rapid Response 06/24/2008
TA 186 Active Ticket to Work Program All Programs 06/25/2008
WD 19-11 Active Travel Costs

Attachments:
  1. Travel DefinitionsPDF
  2. Content Changes from Prior WD Letter IssuancesPDF
 Fiscal - Administration 05/23/2011
WD 19-16 Active Texas Rising Star Revisions: Measures and Guidelines Child Care 09/13/2016
WD 19-17 Active Fiscal Year 2018/Program Year 2017 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I Formula Allocations and Rapid Response Funding Fiscal - Allocations, Rapid Response, WIOA 06/20/2017
WD 19-18 Active Local Workforce Development Board Plan: Guidelines for Two-Year Plan Modification of the 2017–2020 Plan

Attachments:
  1. WIOA LWDB Two-Year Plan Modification Form PDF
  2. Texas Workforce Investment Council RequirementsPDF
  3. WIOA Target Occupations and In-Demand Industries TemplateMS Excel
  4. Instructions for the Target Occupations and In-Demand Industries TemplatePDF
 Board Planning, WIOA 11/02/2018
WD 19-19 Active Federal Appeals Process for WIOA Title I Noncriminal Grievances and Complaints WIOA 08/15/2019
WD 19-21 Active Child Care Provider Contract Agreements

Attachments:
  1. Attachment 1: Board Contracted Slots ReportMS Excel
 Child Care 09/15/2021
TA 192, Chg 1 Active Job Fairs – Update ES, WorkInTexas.com 12/12/2011
TA 194 Active Improving WorkInTexas.com Job Match Quality

Attachments:
  1. Increasing the Quality of Job Seeker Matches - Desk AidPDF
  2. Increasing the Quality of Employer Matches - Desk AidPDF
 ES, WorkInTexas.com 12/17/2008
TA 198 Active Data Integrity Requests and Reports Child Care, TWIST 12/19/2008
TA 199 Active Clarification on Public Subsidies and Goods and Services All Programs 12/02/2008
WD 20-16 Active Implementation of the Amendments to Chapter 809 Child Care Services Rules Regarding Eligibility for Child Care Services Child Care, SNAP E&T, TANF/Choices 09/30/2016
WD 20-17, Chg 1 Active Adult Education and Literacy Grant Proposal Reviews—Update

Attachments:
  1. Nondisclosure and Conflict of Interest StatementPDF
  2. 0BAEL Local Service Provider Grant Review and Comment FormPDF
  3. 1BWD 20-17 Revisions Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 AEL, WIA 10/12/2017
WD 20-18 Active Allowable Expenses for Additional Child Care Quality Funds in Fiscal Year 2019

Attachments:
  1. FY 2019 Additional CCQ DistributionsPDF
 Child Care, Fiscal - Allocations 09/06/2018
WD 20-20, Chg 2 Active COVID-19 and Additional Enhanced Reimbursement Rate Funding Distributions—Update

Attachments:
  1. CCDBG CARES Act Funding TableMS Word
  2. Revisions to WD 20-20, Change 2, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 Child Care, Natural Disaster 02/12/2021
WD 20-21 Active Digital Skill Building AEL, ES, SNAP E&T, TAA, TANF/Choices, WIOA 09/28/2021
TA 209 Active Rapid Response Service Tracking Recovery Act, TWIST, WIA 08/14/2009
WD 21-09 Active Mandatory Training on the Impact of Family Violence Administration 06/26/2009
WD 21-15 Active Extension of the Texas Rising Star (TRS) Implementation Guidelines and Modifications to the TRS Scoring Methodology and TRS Assessment Process Child Care, TWIST 09/02/2015
WD 21-16, Chg 3 Active Requirements for Reporting and Fact-Finding for Suspected Fraud, Waste, Theft, Program Abuse Cases, and Recovery of Improper Payments—Update

Attachments:
  1. Revisions to WD Letter 21-16, Change 2, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 Administration, Child Care 07/29/2021
WD 21-17 Active WIOA Guide to Texas Workforce System Operations AEL, WIOA 07/18/2017
WD 21-18 Active Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training County Expansion

Attachments:
  1. County Expansion Phase II TablePDF
 SNAP E&T 08/31/2018
WD 21-19, Chg 4 Active Child Care Quality Funds Report and Implementation and Expenditure Plan—Update

Attachments:
  1. Board Child Care Quality Expenditure & Activity ReportMS Excel
  2. Revisions to WD Letter 21-19, Change 4, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
  3. Child Care Quality Expenditure & Activity Report Desk Aid PDF
 Child Care 02/08/2022
WD 21-20 Active COVID-19 and Board Contract Year 2020 Supplemental Child Care Funding Distributions

Attachments:
  1. BCY’20 Supplemental Funding Distributions for Child Care CCDBG CARES Act FundingPDF
 Child Care, Natural Disaster 09/15/2020
WD 21-21, Chg 2 Active COVID-19 Federal Funds for Texas Rising Star Supports—Update

Attachments:
  1. Texas Rising Star Incentives DistributionPDF
  2. COVID-19 Federally Funding Texas Rising Star Supports Board TemplateMS Excel
  3. Revisions to WD Letter 21-21, Change 1, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 Child Care 02/17/2022
TA 210 Active Recording Hires in WorkInTexas.com WorkInTexas.com 08/19/2009
TA 211, Chg 2 Active Determining Employing Entities’ Access to WorkInTexas.com—Update

Attachments:
  1. Employer Definitions for Use with WorkInTexas.comPDF
  2. Entity Questionnaire FlowchartPDF
  3. Entity Authentication ResourcesPDF
 ES, WIA 02/28/2012

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