| Policy # | Policy Title | Purpose & Scope | Effective Date | DEO Guidance | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021.12.09.A.1 | Comprehensive Employment Education and Training Strategy | This Policy encourages local workforce development boards to use all allowable resources and to collaborate with all partners and to develop innovative strategies that create simplified access to and provide excellent customer service for Florida’s workforce; focus on continuous improvement, strengthen partnerships to leverage shared resources and eliminate duplication of services; align programs and resources to meet local market demand in occupations that lead to self-sustaining jobs; and, implement data-driven accountability measures and quantifiable outcomes related to training programs, employment and services to Florida businesses. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2021.09.15.A.2 | Availability of Services to Floridians | This policy and attached resources describe statewide expectations for local workforce development boards as they develop local policies to enhance customer service, set and publicly post hours of operation for one-stop career centers and reinforce the importance of comprehensive communication. | 09/15/2021 | ||
| 2021.06.09.A.1 | Statewide Workforce Development Board Policymaking Authority and Delegation Policy | This policy clarifies the policymaking authority of CareerSource Florida, the state workforce development board, and the delegation of various policymaking roles. The state workforce development board establishes the administrative and operational role of the CareerSource Florida professional team and CareerSource Florida’s administrative entity, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), in providing policy direction and guidance to the state’s local workforce development boards (LWDBs) and other impacted parties. | 06/09/2021 | ||
| 2021.06.09.A.2 | Rapid Response and Layoff Aversion System Strategic Policy | This policy requires Rapid Response funds to be used by local workforce development boards to establish Rapid Response and Layoff Aversion systems and provide Rapid Response and Layoff Aversion Systems as described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 19-16 and CareerSource Florida Administrative Policy on Rapid Response and Layoff Aversion. | 06/09/2021 | ||
| 2020.06.04.A.2 | State Workforce Development Board Roles and Responsibilities | This policy delineates the roles and responsibilities for the state board within the state’s workforce development system. The state workforce development board establishes and directs the vision for the state workforce system to align with strategic partners within workforce investment, education and economic development systems. The CareerSource Florida network’s strategic partners are those described within the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Florida Statutes. The CareerSource Florida network comprises the state workforce development board, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Florida’s local workforce development boards, chief local elected officials, and local career centers. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2020.02.20.A.1 | Board Governance and Leadership Policy | The CareerSource Florida Board of Directors requires local workforce development boards to employ sound management practices and controls for the proper expenditure of funds and verification of program outcomes. Both local workforce development board members and staff must maintain integrity, accountability and transparency in decisions and actions that earn and protect the public trust in compliance with CareerSource Florida Ethics and Transparency Policy 2018.09.26.A.1. This includes taking all necessary steps to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2019.02.13.A.1 | Apprenticeship Policy | This Apprenticeship Policy defines CareerSource Florida’s vision for apprenticeships. Apprenticeship expansion presets opportunities for innovation of this time-tested and trusted method of skills development. Through this policy, the CareerSource Florida Board supports and encourages the continued expansion of apprenticeship opportunities in Florida for both businesses and individuals. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2018.09.26.A.1 | CareerSource Florida Ethics and Transparency Policy | This policy communicates expectations about ethics and transparency in Florida’s workforce system to maintain integrity, accountability and transparency in decisions and actions that earn and protect the public trust. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2018.02.14.A.2 | Sector Strategies Policy | This policy lays out the State of Florida’s strategic vision for effective sector strategies. Local Workforce Development Boards are required to include their approach to establishing, implementing and sustaining effective sector strategies in their local workforce development plans. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2017.05.17.C.2 | CareerSource Florida Board of Directors Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy | CareerSource Florida promotes an ethical and transparent structure within the public-private corporation. All board members shall sign an acknowledgment of this policy to be filed with the CSF professional team upon appointment to the CSF Board of Directors. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2013.11.07.A.1 | Local Area Targeted Occupations List Process Policy | A Targeted Occupations List (TOL) process promotes alignment, economic growth and efficiency among local boards within the CareerSource Florida network. This process creates flexibility in occupational targeting and incorporates immediate business and industry feedback to complement labor market information. | 11/07/2013 | ||
| 2013.08.29.A.1 | Performance Incentives Policy | Annually establishes performance incentives aligned with the CareerSource Florida, Inc. Board of Directors’ strategic goals and objectives and recognizes the efforts local boards within the CareerSource Florida network make towards targeted strategies and rewarding increased outcomes. | 08/29/2013 | ||
| 2013.05.22.A.3 | Florida Workforce System Statewide Brand | This policy establishes a statewide brand identity, unified brand charter, nomenclature and logo for Florida’s statewide workforce system; CareerSource Florida, Inc. (CSF), the state workforce board; and the 24 local boards. | 12/09/2021 | ||
| 2012.05.24.A.2 | State and Local Workforce Development Board Contracting Conflict of Interest Policy | Increases transparency for board actions where a conflict of interest may exist between a board, its board members and/or board employees. This policy establishes criteria and procedures used to address potential conflicts of interest and ensure compliance with Public Law 113-128, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (2014), section 445.007(1) and (11), Florida Statutes, and section 112.3143, Florida Statutes. | 05/24/2012 | ||
| 2005.08.25.A.2 | TANF Deobligation Policy Modification | Local workforce development boards (local boards) within the CareerSource Florida network that fail to timely and appropriately deobligate surplus Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds, resulting in TANF funds reverting back to the state, shall face a reduction in their TANF allocation for the next state fiscal year. This reduction is in the exact amount of reverted funds. | 08/25/2005 | ||
| 2002.01.09.A.3 | Deobligation and Reallocation of WIOA Funds | This policy requires an annual review of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding obligations for the 24 local workforce development boards (local boards) within the CareerSource Florida network. The annual review will determine if the local boards’ obligations of WIOA funds are sufficient to meet requirements for the federal WIOA grant to be most effective statewide. | 01/09/2002 | ||
| 2000.08.15.I.8D | Chartering of Local Workforce Development Boards | Pursuant to Public Law 113-128, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the Workforce Innovation Act (WIA) of 2000 (section 445.007, Florida Statutes) CareerSource Florida, Inc. (CSF) is responsible for granting charters to the 24 local boards within the CareerSource Florida network every two years. | 08/15/2000 | ||
| 2000.06.21.A.1 | Incumbent Worker Training Program | This policy ensures the Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) grant program as administered by the state workforce development board and funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) helps established Florida businesses upgrade the skills of their current employees to promote expansion and growth, and to assist and engage with businesses to prevent layoffs through a layoff-aversion strategy as described in the Rapid Response and Layoff Aversion System Strategic Policy. | 12/09/2021 |
CareerSource Florida Policies
Strategic policies to support workforce system strategies
The CareerSource Florida Board of Directors approves strategic policies for the Florida Workforce System. Information about administrative policies and guidance affecting Florida’s workforce system can be obtained from the Department of Economic Opportunity’s website.