Located in:
- Program-specific Requirements for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities under Title I-B
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include the following with respect to activities carried out under subtitle B--
a. 2. A. Provide State Policies or Guidance for the Statewide Workforce Development System and for Use of State Funds for Workforce Investment Activities.
Current Narrative:
Federal and state program guidance is communicated to local workforce partners through participation in state-level policy development activities, formally promulgated and documented in a series of Guidance Papers developed by DEO. These policy documents are vetted by state and local partners before final issuance. This policy and administrative information can be found at:
http://www.floridajobs.org/workforce-board-resources/policy-and-guidance/guidance-papers.
Programmatic and administrative requirements are set forth in a Grantee-Sub-grantee Agreement executed by DEO and each local workforce board requiring their compliance with all federal and state laws, regulations and any special state requirements.
State Policy Guidance Information:
• Florida Statutes Section 445 (Workforce Innovation Act), Section 1008 FETPIP, and other administrative requirements described in State Guidance, http://www.leg.state.fl.us/STATUTES/
• State Workforce Plan www.careersourceflorida.com
• State Board Strategic Policies http://careersourceflorida.com/initiatives/careersource-florida-policies/
• Local Planning Instructions http://careersourceflorida.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/FINAL-WIOA-Local-Plan-Template.pdf
• Department of Economic Opportunity Regulations, Division of Workforce Services, Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 73B, www.flrules.org
• DEO Guidance Papers organized by workforce program, http://www.floridajobs.org/workforce-board-resources/policy-and-guidance/guidance-papers
• DEO Memoranda, organized by year of issuance, www.floridajobs.org/workforce-board-resources/professional-development-and-training/training-materials
• DEO Training Presentations, board-resources/professional-development and training materials, http://www.floridajobs.org/workforce
• DEO Monitoring Tools, board-resources/program-monitoring and reports, and program-monitoring- review, www.floridajobs.org/workforce-board-resources/program-monitoring-and-reports/program- monitoring-review
The Department forwards federal directives and other resource materials via Communiqués (issued when DEO comments on the federal document) or via e-mail notification and posting on the DEO website.