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.

August 14, 2024 

June 11, 2024

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

May 6, 2024

Program Memorandum 24-6: Supporting Investments in Correctional Education through Adult, Career, and Technical Education [PDF 449 KB].

March 22, 2024:

Program Memorandum 24-4: Implementation of Retention with the Same Employer as the Definition of Effectiveness in Serving Employers under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Performance Accountability System — Frequently Asked Questions [PDF 356 KB].

January 31, 2024

Program Memorandum 24-3: Use of Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Funds for Participant Child and Dependent Care and Transportation Costs — Frequently Asked Questions [PDF 430 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 11, 2023

Program Memorandum 23-3: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Program Performance Accountability Assessment for Program Year (PY) 2022 — Frequently Asked Questions [PDF 228 KB].

May 10, 2023

Program Memorandum 20-2: Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Programs [PDF 417 KB].
Attachments [PDF 393 KB]

December 14, 2021

Program Memorandum 22-2: Modification Requirements for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Plans for Program Years (PYs) 2022 and 2023 [PDF 252 KB].

October 26, 2021

Program Memorandum 22-1: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Program Performance Accountability Assessment for Program Years 2020 and 2021 [PDF 237 KB].

May 29, 2020

Program Memorandum 20-5: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and COVID-19 — Frequently Asked Questions, Part 3 [PDF 255 KB].

April 17, 2020

Program Memorandum 20-4: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and COVID-19 — Frequently Asked Questions, Part 2 [PDF 245 KB].

March 27, 2020

Program Memorandum 20-3: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and COVID-19 — Frequently Asked Questions [PDF 207 KB].

February 6, 2020

Program Memorandum 20-2: Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for the WIOA Core Programs [PDF 470 KB].

February 3, 2020

Program Memorandum 20-1: Technical Assistance regarding the Submission Deadline for the Unified and Combined State Plans under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for Program Years (PYs) 2020-2023 and Other Related Requirements [PDF 398 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].

December 19, 2018

OCTAE Program Memorandum on Guidance for Validating Jointly Required Performance Data Submitted under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), #19-1 [PDF 225 KB].

February 23, 2018

OCTAE Program Memorandum on Establishing Expected Levels of Performance and Negotiated Levels of Performance for Program Years (PY) 2018 — 19 and 2019 — 20, #18-2 [PDF 64 KB].

January 19, 2018

OCTAE Program Memorandum on Two-Year Modification Requirements for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified and Combined State Plans, #18-1 [PDF 56 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].

June 1, 2017

OCTAE Program Memorandum on Use of Supplemental Wage Information to Implement the Performance Accountability Requirements under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), #17-6 [PDF 181 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]