Local Guidance

The Catawba Workforce Development Board has established a series of local policies and procedures to ensure its mission and goals are attained.

Listed below are guidelines determined by the WDB as necessary to fulfill its role in workforce development within the Catawba region for each program year:

Program Year 2026

• State Instruction 25-14 Updated Federal Income Guidelines
• Local Instruction 26-04 Use of Metrix as Non-ETPL Training
• Local Instruction 26-03 Delivery of WIOA Title I Adult Services
• Local Instruction 26-02 Alternative Placement Through TABE Locator
• Local Instruction 26-01 Removal of Soft Skills Activity Requirements

Program Year 2025

• Local Instruction 25-04 Delivery of DW Services
• Local Instruction 23-19 Follow Up Services
• Local Instruction 24-03 Change 1 Adult & DW Suitability
• Local Instruction 25-02 Case Notes
• Local Instruction 25-03 Entering WIOA Activity Codes
• Local Instruction 23-14 ETPL Program Guidelines Change 5
• Local Instruction 25-01 Electronic and Physical Redaction of PII
• Local Instruction 23-09 Updated 6-17-25 
• Local Instruction 23-10 change 3 Youth Program Guidance
• Local Instruction 25-05 Performance Data Validation for DOL Workforce Programs

Program Year 2024

• Local instruction 24-01 SC Works Customer Satisfaction Surveys
• Local Instruction 24-02 Basic Skills Youth
• Local Instruction 24-03 Change 1 Adult & DW Suitability Requirements
• Local Instruction 24-04 OJT Wage Reimbursement
• Local Instruction 24-05 Guidance on Determining Basic Skills Deficiency
• Local Instruction 24-06 Sanctions and Violations of Nondiscrimination and EO Provisions
• Local Instruction 24-07 Nondiscrimination and EO Requirements of WIOA
• Local Instruction 24-08 Physical and Programmatic Accessibility Under WIOA
• Local Instruction 24-09 EO is the Law Notice
• Local Instruction 24-10 - SC Works Training Center Policy
• Local Instruction 24-11 SC Works Certification Standards
• State Instruction 24-11 - Updated Federal Income Guidelines
• Local Instruction 24-14 Language Access Services for LEP Individuals
• Local Instruction 24-15 Programmatic and Discrimination Complaint Procedures Under WIOA
• Local Instruction 24-16 WIOA Local Guidance Memorandum-IET- 6.3.25

Program Year 2023

• Local Instruction 23-01 Youth Incentive Policy 8-17-23
• Local Instruction 23.02 SCWOS Referrals
• Local instruction 23-03 Updated Federal income guidelines 5.2023
• Local instruction 23-04 Participant Cost Rate Policy
• Local instruction 23-05 change 1-Participant eligibility
• Local instruction 23-06 IEP change 2 (Replaced Local instruction 18-01)
• Local Instruction 23-07 Amendment to Individual Training accounts
• Local Instruction 23-08 Setting Staff Alerts
• Local instruction 23-09 Updated Supportive Services Policy.pdf
• Local Instruction 23-10 Change 2 - WIOA Youth Program Guidance.pdf
• Local instruction 23-11 Record Retention
• Local instruction 23-12 Legal Aid Services
• Local Instruction 23-13 Student Loan Default
• Local instruction 23-14 Training Program guideline for ETPL Revised 7.9.24
• Local instruction 23-15 WEX Wage increase
• Local Instruction 23-16 Soft Skills Instruction (expired 10.20.25)
• Local Instruction 23-17 IWT 10.3.23
• Local Instruction 23-18 Equipment Inventory
• Local instruction 23-19 Follow-up Services for WIOA services
• Local Instruction 23-20 Confidentiality of EO Records and PII Data
• Local Instruction 23-21 - Priority of Service for Veterans and Spouses
• Local instruction 23-22 WIOA Title I Sanction Policy
• Local Instruction 23-23 - Updated Federal Income Guidelines

Program Year 2022

• WIOA Instruction 22-01 Stevens Amendment Requirements

Program Year 2021

• Catawba Local SC Works Certification Policy 2021
• Local Instruction - 21-02 Requesting a Waiver
• Local Instruction 21-03 WIOA Obligation and Expenditure Requirements
• Local Instruction 21-04 Rapid Response Incumbent Worker Training Policy

Program Year 2020

• WIOA Instruction 20-01 Local Monitoring Policy
• WIOA Instruction 20-02 Soft Skills Instruction & Activity Costs (expired 10.20.25)
• Local Instruction 20-03 Updated Federal Income Guidelines
• Local Instruction 20-04 Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants
• WIOA Instruction 20-08 Required Use of SCWOS for Referrals