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Guidance Number Status Subject Keywords Publication Datesort ascending
TA 294 Active Provider and Application IDs Used in TWIST and Eligible Training Provider/Program List ETP, TAA, TWIST, WIOA 01/17/2020
WD 14-19, Chg 1 Active Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Individual Training Accounts and Training Contracts—Update

Attachments:
  1. Revisions to WD Letter 14-19 Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 ETP, WIOA 01/17/2020
TA 293 Active Transportation Services—Update SNAP E&T, TANF/Choices, WIOA 01/14/2020
WD 02-20 Active Prekindergarten Public-Private Partnerships and Wraparound Child Care Child Care 01/08/2020
WD 01-20 Active Managing Individuals in the New WorkInTexas.com System ES, Rapid Response, RESEA, WorkInTexas.com 01/06/2020
TA 289, Chg 2 Active WIOA Youth Program Elements—Update

Attachments:
  1. WIOA Youth Program Elements MatrixPDF
  2. Revisions to TA Bulletin 289, Change 1, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
  3. Revisions to TA Bulletin 289, Change 1, Attachment 1, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 TWIST, WIOA 12/30/2019
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 28-19 Active Local Workforce Development Board Virtual Meetings

Attachments:
  1. Videoconferencing GuidelinesPDF
 Administration 11/19/2019
WD 27-19 Active State Data Validation Requirements

Attachments:
  1. WIOA Data Element ReviewMS Excel
  2. WorkInTexas.com Data Elements that Migrate to TWISTMS Excel
 ES, TAA, TWIST, Veterans, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 11/13/2019
WD 29-19 Active Statewide Eligible Training Provider List Apprenticeship, ETP, WIOA 11/07/2019
WD 21-19 Active Child Care Quality Funds Report and Implementation and Expenditure Plan

Attachments:
  1. Allowable Child Care Quality ActivitiesPDF
  2. Child Care Quality End-of-Year ReportMS Excel
  3. Child Care Quality Implementation and Expenditure PlanPDF
  4. Quality Improvement Non-direct Care Activities Quarterly ReportMS Excel
 Child Care 11/04/2019
WD 09-19, Chg 1 Active Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Performance Outcomes: Measurable Skill Gains—Update

Attachments:
  1. Types and Documentation of Measurable Skill GainsPDF
  2. Revisions to WD Letter 09-19, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 AEL, Performance, TAA, TWIST, VR, WIOA 10/31/2019
TA 292 Active Adding New Assessments in TWIST TAA, TWIST, VR, WIOA 10/17/2019
WD 24-19 Active Funds for Hiring and Retaining Texas Rising Star Mentors and Assessors

Attachments:
  1. Distribution of Board Contract Year 2020 Funds for Texas Rising Star Mentors and AssessorsPDF
 Child Care 10/16/2019
TA 291 Active Serving Unemployment Benefits Claimants ES, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 10/16/2019
WD 23-19 Active Child Care Provider Maximum Reimbursement Rate Increases

Attachments:
  1. Increased Rates for Child Care Provider ReimbursementsPDF
 Child Care 10/15/2019
WD 21-16, Chg 2 Active Requirements for Reporting and Fact-Finding for Suspected Fraud, Waste, Theft, Program Abuse Cases, and Recovery of Improper Payments—Update

Attachments:
  1. Child Care Fact-Finder’s Desk Aid (RID-55)PDF
  2. Revisions to WD Letter 21-16, Change 1, Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
  3. Revisions to WD Letter 21-16, Change 1, Attachment 1, Shown in TrackMS Word
 Administration, Child Care 10/10/2019
WD 20-19 Active Board Contract Year 2020 Federal Poverty Guidelines and State Median Income Amounts for Determining Eligibility and Parent Share of Cost for Child Care Services

Attachments:
  1. Board Contract Year 2020 Income Limit Eligibility Code Card for Child Care ServicesPDF
  2. Income Ranges for Parent Share of Cost AssessmentPDF
 Child Care, TWIST 09/05/2019
AEL 03-19 Active Fiscal Year 2020/Program Year 2019—Adult Education and Literacy Allocations

Attachments:
  1. FY’20/PY’19 Adult Education and Literacy (Year Beginning July 1, 2019)PDF
 AEL, Fiscal - Allocations, TANF/Choices 08/16/2019
WD 19-19 Active Federal Appeals Process for WIOA Title I Noncriminal Grievances and Complaints WIOA 08/15/2019
AEL 06-18, Chg 1 Active Adult Education and Literacy Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Eligibility—Update

Attachments:
  1. Table of Substantive Revisions to AEL Letter 06-18PDF
  2. Revisions to AEL Letter 06-18 Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 AEL, TANF/Choices 08/13/2019
WD 08-19, Chg 1 Active Registration Requirements Related to the WorkInTexas.com Relaunch— Update

Attachments:
  1. Revisions to WD Letter 08-19 Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 AEL, ES, NCP Choices, Rapid Response, RESEA, SNAP E&T, TAA, TANF/Choices, TWIST, VR, WIOA, WorkInTexas.com 08/12/2019
WD 18-19 Active Workforce Automated Systems Data Entry Deadlines for Board Contract Year 2020 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, TANF/Choices, WIOA 08/08/2019
WD 17-19 Active Registered Apprenticeship Training Programs and the Eligible Training Providers List Apprenticeship, WIOA 08/01/2019
WD 16-19 Active Collection of Limited English Proficiency Status and Preferred Language Data Equal Opportunity, TWIST, WIOA 06/18/2019
WD 10-19 Active Fidelity Bonding Services

Attachments:
  1. Fidelity Bond Request FormPDF
  2. Fidelity Bonding BrochurePDF
  3. Fidelity Bonding at a GlancePDF
  4. Fidelity Bonding PosterPDF
 TWIST 06/18/2019
WD 11-19, Chg 1 Active Using Child Care Quality Funds to Purchase Shared Services and/or Back-Office Solutions for Providers—Update

Attachments:
  1. Share Services DistributionPDF
  2. Share Services Solutions Quarterly ReportMS Excel
  3. Revision to WD Letter 11-19 Shown in Track ChangesMS Word
 Child Care 06/18/2019
WD 13-19 Active Online Security Verification Procedures for the Cash Draw and Expenditure Reporting System AEL, Financial Reporting 06/05/2019
WD 15-19 Active Guidelines for the Provision of Incentives for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth and Choices, including NCP Choices Participants NCP Choices, TANF/Choices, TWIST, WIOA 05/21/2019

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