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Guidance Number Status Subject Additional Attachments Type Keywords Publication Date
WD 21-19 Rescinded Child Care Quality Funds Report and Implementation and Expenditure Plan WD Letters Child Care 11/04/2019
WD 09-19, Chg 1 Rescinded Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Performance Outcomes: Measurable Skill Gains—Update WD Letters AEL, Performance, TAA, TWIST, VR, WIOA 10/31/2019
TA 292 Active Adding New Assessments in TWIST TA Bulletins TAA, TWIST, VR, WIOA 10/17/2019
TA 291 Rescinded Serving Unemployment Benefits Claimants TA Bulletins ES, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 10/16/2019
WD 24-19 Rescinded Funds for Hiring and Retaining Texas Rising Star Mentors and Assessors WD Letters Child Care 10/16/2019
WD 23-19 Child Care Provider Maximum Reimbursement Rate Increases WD Letters Child Care 10/15/2019
WD 21-16, Chg 2 Rescinded Requirements for Reporting and Fact-Finding for Suspected Fraud, Waste, Theft, Program Abuse Cases, and Recovery of Improper Payments—Update WD Letters Administration, Child Care 10/10/2019
WD 14-19 Rescinded Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Individual Training Accounts and Training Contracts WD Letters Child Care, TWIST 09/14/2019
WD 20-19 Rescinded Board Contract Year 2020 Federal Poverty Guidelines and State Median Income Amounts for Determining Eligibility and Parent Share of Cost for Child Care Services WD Letters Child Care, TWIST 09/05/2019
AEL 03-19 Active Fiscal Year 2020/Program Year 2019—Adult Education and Literacy Allocations
  1. FY’20/PY’19 Adult Education and Literacy (Year Beginning July 1, 2019)
AEL Letters AEL, Fiscal – Allocations, TANF/Choices 08/16/2019
WD 19-19 Active Federal Appeals Process for WIOA Title I Noncriminal Grievances and Complaints WD Letters WIOA 08/15/2019
AEL 06-18, Chg 1 Active Adult Education and Literacy Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Eligibility—Update
  1. Table of Substantive Revisions to AEL Letter 06-18
  2. Revisions to AEL Letter 06-18 Shown in Track Changes
AEL Letters AEL, TANF/Choices 08/13/2019
WD 08-19, Chg 1 Rescinded Registration Requirements Related to the WorkInTexas.com Relaunch— Update WD Letters AEL, ES, NCP Choices, Rapid Response, RESEA, SNAP E&T, TAA, TANF/Choices, TWIST, VR, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 08/12/2019
WD 18-19 Rescinded Workforce Automated Systems Data Entry Deadlines for Board Contract Year 2020 WD Letters Child Care, ES, Performance, SNAP E&T, TAA, TANF/Choices, TWIST, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 08/09/2019
AEL 02-19 Active Collection of Certain Participant Information for Performance Reporting AEL Letters AEL, TANF/Choices, WIOA 08/08/2019
WD 17-19 Rescinded Registered Apprenticeship Training Programs and the Eligible Training Providers List WD Letters Apprenticeship, WIOA 08/01/2019
WD 21-09 Active Mandatory Training on the Impact of Family Violence WD Letters Administration 06/26/2019
WD 11-19, Chg 1 Rescinded Using Child Care Quality Funds to Purchase Shared Services and/or Back-Office Solutions for Providers—Update WD Letters Child Care 06/18/2019
WD 16-19 Active Collection of Limited English Proficiency Status and Preferred Language Data WD Letters Equal Opportunity, TWIST, WIOA 06/18/2019
WD 10-19 Rescinded Fidelity Bonding Services WD Letters TWIST 06/18/2019
WD 13-19 Active Online Security Verification Procedures for the Cash Draw and Expenditure Reporting System WD Letters AEL, Financial Reporting 06/05/2019
WD 22-09, Chg 1 Rescinded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Child Care Quality Improvement Activities—Update WD Letters Child Care, Recovery Act 06/03/2019
WD 08-19 Rescinded Registration Requirements Related to the WorkInTexas.com Relaunch WD Letters All Programs, WorkInTexas.com 05/23/2019
WD 15-19 Active Guidelines for the Provision of Incentives for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth and Choices, including NCP Choices Participants WD Letters NCP Choices, TANF/Choices, TWIST, WIOA 05/21/2019
WD 11-19 Rescinded Using Child Care Quality Funds to Purchase Shared Services and/or Back-Office Solutions for Providers WD Letters Child Care 05/15/2019
WD 18-18, Chg 1 Rescinded Using the Child Care Formula Grant Award for Quality Improvement Activities—Update WD Letters Child Care 05/13/2019
WD 10-18, Chg 1 Rescinded Assigning Direct Care Performance Targets to Child Care and Development Fund Carry-Forward Funds—Update WD Letters Child Care, Financial Reporting 05/02/2019
WD 06-19 Rescinded Incumbent Worker Training WD Letters WIOA 05/01/2019
WD 03-19 Rescinded Texas Workforce Awards WD Letters Administration, AEL, Performance 04/05/2019
WD 08-15, Chg 2 Rescinded Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program: Reforms and Responsibilities of Workforce Solutions Office Staff Serving Veterans—Update WD Letters All Programs, Veterans, WIOA 04/01/2019
WD 09-19 Rescinded Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Performance Accountability and Guidance for Performance Outcomes WD Letters AEL, Performance, TAA, TWIST, VR, WIOA 03/22/2019
AEL 08-18, Chg 1 Active AEL Enrollment and Performance Targets—Update
  1. Targets for Program Year 2018 AEL Participants Served—Updated with Final Targets
  2. TEAMS Funding Sources and Applicable Target Categories
  3. Statewide Q1–Q3 and Q4 Measurable Skill Gains Targets and Subtargets
  4. Revisions to AEL Letter 08-18 Shown in Track Changes
AEL Letters AEL 03/04/2019
WD 05-19 Rescinded Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Eligible Training Provider Program, Eligibility Criteria, and Performance Expectations WD Letters ETP, WIOA 02/28/2019
WD 04-19 Rescinded Implementation of Amendments to Chapter 809 Child Care Services Rules Regarding the Texas Rising Star Guidelines WD Letters Child Care, TWIST 02/28/2019
WD 18-07, Chg 2 Active Discrimination Complaint Procedures—Update
  1. Texas Workforce Solutions Discrimination Complaint Procedures
  2. Texas Workforce Solutions Complaint Information Form (English)
  3. Texas Workforce Solutions Complaint Information Form (Spanish)
  4. Revisions to WD Letter 18-07, Change 1, Shown in Track Changes
  5. Revisions to WD Letter 18-07, Change 1, Attachment 1, Shown in Track Changes
WD Letters Equal Opportunity 01/30/2019
AEL 01-19 Active Periods of Participation for Adult Education and Literacy AEL Letters AEL, WIOA 01/29/2019
WD 02-19 Active Babel Notices
  1. Babel Notice Requirements
WD Letters All Programs, Equal Opportunity 01/29/2019
WD 01-19 Rescinded Revised Fiscal Year 2019/Program Year 208 Allocations for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I Adult Activities WD Letters Fiscal – Allocations, WIOA 01/02/2019
WD 27-18 Rescinded Earned Income Tax Credit for Employed Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Recipients and Other Low-Income Workers WD Letters Child Care, TANF/Choices 12/18/2018
WD 05-17, Chg 1 Rescinded Use of the Texas Rising Star Logo, Certificate, and Promotional Materials by Child Care Providers—Update WD Letters Child Care 11/19/2018
WD 26-18 Active Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Version 11&12 WD Letters AEL, TANF/Choices, WIOA 11/12/2018
WD 13-18 Active Wage Record Requests WD Letters ES 11/02/2018
WD 19-18 Rescinded Local Workforce Development Board Plan: Guidelines for Two-Year Plan Modification of the 2017–2020 Plan WD Letters Board Planning, WIOA 11/02/2018
WD 23-18 Rescinded Updated Fiscal Year 2019/Program Year 2018 Allocations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training, Including Planning Estimates for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Only WD Letters Fiscal – Allocations, SNAP E&T 10/18/2018
AEL 08-18 Rescinded AEL Enrollment and Performance Targets AEL Letters AEL 10/18/2018
AEL 07-18 Active Suitable Tests for Use in AEL AEL Letters AEL 10/09/2018
AEL 05-18 Active Approved Forms of Identity AEL Letters AEL 10/03/2018
WD 24-18 Active Premises Costs for Use of Texas Workforce Commission Buildings WD Letters Fiscal - Administration 10/01/2018
AEL 06-18 Rescinded Adult Education and Literacy Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Eligibility—Update AEL Letters AEL, TANF/Choices 09/20/2018
WD 18-07, Chg 1 Rescinded Discrimination Complaint Procedures—Update WD Letters Equal Opportunity 09/20/2018