With the implementation of WIOA, RSA, DOL, and OCTAE issued joint guidance to the field separately, though guidance was the same across Departments. The chart below identifies the separate guidance releases by each agency on WIOA Vision, Performance Accountability, WIOA Implementation and IFA (Infrastructure Funding Agreement) and Cost Sharing.
Regulations, Training, Resources, FAQs
Guidance
Title | DOL (TEGL) | OCTAE | RSA | Date |
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WIOA Vision | 15-3 | 8/13/15 | ||
Performance Accountability Guidance for WIOA | 12/19/16 – updated 6/11/24 | |||
WIOA Implementation | 1/18/17 | |||
IFA and Cost Sharing | 17-3 | 1/18/17 |
In addition, the following guidance and related overview materials are available for reference:
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop Systems Joint Provisions; Final Rule 8/19/16 | The Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) (or, collectively, Departments) issue this Joint Final Rule to implement jointly administered activities authorized by title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) signed into law on July 22, 2014 (hereafter “Joint WIOA Final Rule”). Through these regulations, the Departments implement workforce education and employment system reforms and strengthen the nation's public workforce development system to provide increased economic opportunity and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century evolving labor market. This Joint WIOA Final Rule provides guidance for State and local workforce development systems that increase the skill and credential attainment, employment, retention, and earnings of participants, especially those with significant barriers to employment, thereby improving the quality of the workforce, reducing dependency on public benefits, increasing economic opportunity, and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) | Public Law 113-128
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Unified and Combined State Plans – Local Plans – MOUs
As SVRAs are engaged with the other Core programs in state unified plan developed, and with additional programs in those states establishing ‘combined’ state plans, please note the relevant guidance below:
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RSA TAC 26-01 Modification Requirements for WIOA State Plans for PYs 2026 and 2027 | This Technical Assistance Circular (TAC) outlines the priorities, modification requirements, submission process, and deadline for the required modification of the WIOA Unified and Combined State Plans (State Plans) for PY 2026 and PY 2027, in accordance with Sections 102 and 103 of WIOA. | |
RSA TAC 24-02 Requirements for WIOA State Plans for Program Years 2024-2027
| This Technical Assistance Circular conveys to States1 the Biden-Harris Administration’s priorities, State Plan requirements, submission process, and deadline for the WIOA Unified or Combined State Plans for Program Years (PY) 2024 through 2027, consistent with WIOA Sections 102 and 103.
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WIOA Wednesday: One-Stop Delivery System Overview | The joint guidance provides direction for the implementation of operational requirements under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) pertaining to the one-stop delivery system. Under WIOA, workforce development, education, and human services partners are encouraged to provide streamlined and efficient career services for all customers through the American Job Center Network.
| WorkforceGPS - WIOA Wednesday: One-Stop Delivery System Overview
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WIOA Wednesday - We are WIOA Partners; Now What? | The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) creates new opportunities for partnership across multiple programs to better serve job seekers and employers through American Job Centers. But what makes a partnership great and what should it look like under WIOA? | WorkforceGPS - WIOA Wednesday - We are WIOA Partners; Now What?
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WIOA Wednesday- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Part I: Overview and Development | WIOA Sec. 121 (c)(1) requires the Local Board, with the agreement of the Chief Elected Official (CEO), to develop and enter into a Memorandum of Understanding between the Local Board and the One-Stop Partners, consistent with WIOA Sec. 121 (c)(2), concerning the operation of the One Stop delivery system in a local area. | WorkforceGPS - WIOA Wednesday - Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Part I: Overview & Development |
Cost Sharing
In RSA TAC 15-01 (WIOA Vision), joint guidance states:
Under WIOA, partner programs and entities that are jointly responsible for workforce and economic development, educational, and other human resource programs collaborate to create a seamless customer-focused one stop delivery system that integrates service delivery across all programs and enhances access to the programs’ services.
In order to support a seamless one-stop delivery service to all seekers, RSA TAC 17-03 describes the method in which the programs will share in the cost of system services:
All one-stop partner programs must contribute to the infrastructure costs and certain additional costs of the one-stop delivery system based on their proportionate use, as required by 20 CFR 678.700 and 678.760, 34 CFR 361.700 and 361.760, and 34 CFR 463.700 and 463.760. A partner’s contribution must be an allowable, reasonable, necessary, and allocable cost to the program, consistent with the Federal Cost Principles set forth in the Uniform Guidance.
TAC 17-03 goes on to describe how funding mechanisms will be negotiated and provides examples.
Remember that in these negotiations, VR contributions must be allowable under 34 CFR361.3 and consistent with VR-specific requirements (including administrative cost considerations). Refer to the Fiscal Guidance provided on this VRTAC portal (LINK) for additional detail on VR specific fiscal implications.
Guidance
Title | Description | Link |
Infrastructure Funding of the One-Stop Delivery System | This Technical Assistance Circular (TAC) provides guidance on the operating costs of the one-stop delivery system, which are comprised of infrastructure costs and additional costs (i.e., career services, shared operating costs, and shared services) in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and its implementing regulations. |
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WIOA Wednesday - Infrastructure Part II: Local vs. State Funding Mechanism | In this webinar, Federal partners will walk participants step by step through a hypothetical example of how partner contributions may be determined under the state funding mechanism, followed by an interactive dialogue and Q&A. | WorkforceGPS - WIOA Wednesday - Infrastructure Part II: Local vs. State Funding Mechanism |
System-Focused Customer Service (Job Seekers) -Career Services in the American Job Center
How does a ‘system’ meet the customer (job seeker or business) with an eye toward collective impact?
Guidance
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Vision for the One-Stop Delivery System under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) | The vision for the one-stop delivery system contained in this TAC reflects the long-standing and ongoing work of dedicated workforce professionals around the country to align a wide range of publicly and privately funded education, employment, and training programs while also providing high quality customer service to job seekers, workers, and businesses through the one-stop delivery system. |
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One-Stop Operations Guidance for the American Job Center Network | The vision for the American Job Center network reflects the long-standing and ongoing work of dedicated workforce professionals to align a wide range of publicly- or privately-funded education, employment, and training programs, while also providing high-quality customer service to all job seekers, workers, and businesses.
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WIOA Wednesday: One-Stop Delivery System Overview | The joint guidance provides direction for the implementation of operational requirements under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) pertaining to the one-stop delivery system. Under WIOA, workforce development, education, and human services partners are encouraged to provide streamlined and efficient career services for all customers through the American Job Center Network.
| WorkforceGPS - WIOA Wednesday: One-Stop Delivery System Overview
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WIOA Wednesday - We are WIOA Partners; Now What? | The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) creates new opportunities for partnership across multiple programs to better serve job seekers and employers through American Job Centers. But what makes a partnership great and what should it look like under WIOA? | WorkforceGPS - WIOA Wednesday - We are WIOA Partners; Now What?
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