Project Management Guidance

The EDD offers workforce partners a variety of policy and guidance information, programs, services, and resources to address the skill development needs of California’s workforce.

Provides guidance and establishes the procedures regarding drawing down cash to pay for expenditures incurred against a subgrant.

Provides guidance regarding Workforce Investment Act, Wagner-Peyser Act, and Trade Adjustment Act reporting requirements.

Provides guidance on changing or updating participant data to correct data entry errors and other errors beyond the control of staff.

Information about California’s statewide list of qualified training providers offering a wide range of educational programs, including classroom, correspondence, online, and apprenticeship programs.

Provides an overview of activity codes and their definitions available for use in the CalJOBS system.

Summarizes the Workforce Investment Act and State of California requirements regarding the Governor’s WIA 15 Percent Reserve for statewide Employment and Training Activities.

Provides guidance on Selective Service registration requirements for participation in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funded services.

Provides guidance for determining an individual’s eligibility to participate in Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title I programs.

Provides definition of services in details of priority of services for eligible adults.

Provides guidance for youth program and eligibility requirements.

Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding general cost principles, allowable costs, and prior written approval related to WIOA funds with the table by circumstance and reflected sections.

Provides guidance and establishes procedures on indirect cost rate and its approval.

Provides guidance on the use of professional and consultant services and applies to all subrecipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Provides guidance on the use of professional and consultant services and applies to all subrecipients of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Provides guidance and establishes the procedures for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program income.

Explains state and federal requirements applying to all subrecipients and their lower-tier subrecipients who plan to purchase property (totaling $5,000 or more) or purchase, rent, license, maintain, or subscribe to information-technology applications/software/services (totaling $5,000 or more) within a twelve-month period.

Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding monthly and quarterly financial reporting requirements including state-imposed requirements

Establishes the procedures regarding the distinction between subrecipients and contractors as well as the roles and responsibilities for all parties of an agreement.

Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding the de-obligation or cancellation of funds when a project is lagging in relation to Governor’s Discretionary and 25 percent Additional Assistance, Rapid Response, and Layoff Aversion funds.

Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding the closeout of all Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act program activities.

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A listing of active Directives and Draft Directives open for comment and closed for comment.

A listing of information notices issued by the EDD’s Workforce Services Branch to disseminate announcements, general information, and procedural guidance on departmental programs for EDD staff, workforce partners, stakeholders, and other individuals in the workforce development system.

Information regarding the implementation plan of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the state and federal level along with other resources.

Guidance and procedures for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act six primary indicators of performance for all Title I subrecipients.

Provides guidance to all recipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding and America’s Job Center of California operators on how to submit organization or office information to the EDD.

Provides guidance and establishes the procedures regarding grievances and complaints alleging noncriminal violations of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I requirements. This policy applies to all WIOA Title I recipients and subrecipients.

Provides procedures for reporting criminal activity and noncriminal complaints to the Compliance Review Office of the EDD and the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General.

Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding priority of service for recipients of public assistance, low-income individuals, and individuals who are basic skills deficient served with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act adult funds.

Provides standards for the Local Workforce Investment Board’s oversight responsibilities regarding the Workforce Investment Act.

Information about California’s statewide list of qualified training providers offering a wide range of educational programs, including classroom, correspondence, online, and apprenticeship programs.

Provides guidance regarding WIOA training expenditures requirements including definition of match and in-kind funds, types of training and examples of calculations.

Search and view for Training & Employment Guidance Letters or Notices issued by U.S. Department of Labor.

Information and updates regarding the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act by U.S. DOL.

Directory of circulars issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Provides guidance to Employment and Training Administration grantees on the implementation of the Department of Labor’s "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards" regulation.

An outline of Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations, Grants and Agreements, Part 2900 regarding Uniform Administrative Requirements, Costs Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.