Program Memoranda

Disclaimer: Other than statutory and regulatory requirements included in these documents, the contents of these guidance documents do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. These documents are intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

September 29, 2025

Dear Colleague Letter: Reminder Regarding Prohibited Use of Federal Grants Funds for Lobbying and Allowable Membership Costs. [PDF 196 KB].

September 8, 2025

OCTAE Program Memorandum 25-5: Transition from G5 to GrantSolutions and Payment Management System for Formula Grants under the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act  [PDF 175 KB].

August 13, 2025

OCTAE Program Memorandum 25-4: Rescission of Certain Program Memoranda [PDF 256 KB].

July 17, 2025

OCTAE Program Memorandum 25-3: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Program Performance Accountability Assessment for Program Year (PY) 2024 [PDF 345 KB].

July 10, 2025

OCTAE Program Memorandum 17-6: Guidance on the use of Supplemental Wage Information to implement the Performance Accountability Requirements under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [PDF 481 KB].

July 10, 2025

OCTAE Program Memorandum 19-1: Guidance for Validating Jointly Required Performance Data Submitted under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) [PDF 590 KB].

January 6, 2025

OCTAE Program Memorandum 20-2: Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Programs [PDF 697 KB].

June 11, 2024

Program Memorandum 17-2: Performance Accountability Guidance for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Programs, #17-2 [PDF 961 KB].

October 31, 2023

Program Memorandum 24-2: Requirements for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plans for Program Years (PY) 2024 - 2027 [PDF 298 KB].

August 15, 2019

OCTAE Program Memorandum on Allowable Use of Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Funds for Integrated Education and Training Programs — Frequently Asked Questions, #19-2 [PDF 267 KB].

September 12, 2017

OCTAE Program Memorandum on WIOA Annual Performance Report Submission, #17-7 [PDF 30 KB].

June 16, 2017

OCTAE Program Memorandum on One-Stop Operations Guidance for the American Job Center Network, #17-4 [PDF 594 KB].

March 23, 2017

OCTAE Program Memorandum on Use of Funds Reserved for Activities under Section 243 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AELFA), Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), #17-5 [PDF 291 KB].

January 18, 2017

OCTAE Program Memorandum on Infrastructure Funding of the One-Stop Delivery, #17-3 [PDF 594 KB].

August 24, 2016

Joint Guidance on Data Matching to Facilitate WIOA Performance Reporting and Evaluation.

January 11, 2016

Program Memorandum on Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (OCTAE/DAEL 15-7) [PDF 75KB].

August 17, 2015

Vision for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act in the Workforce System and Initial Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (OCTAE/DAEL 15-4) PDF [118KB]

August 13, 2015

Vision for the One-Stop Delivery System under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (OCTAE/DAEL 15-3) PDF [110KB]

April 16, 2015

Announcing the Release of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) on Federal Register Public Inspection (OCTAE/DAEL 15-2) PDF [58KB]