Policy and Guidance

DEED Policies

Service providers rely on DEED policies to ensure that their services comply with federal and state laws and rules and with DEED policy requirements. DEED's policies and guidance are also an important means for implementing department and program priorities and providing assistance on how service providers can meet program requirements.

Policy and Guidance

  • Policy and Guidance: search for a specific policy or use the index of topics and associated policies.

Dislocated Worker and Federal Adult Programs (DWFAP) Advisories

DWFAP publishes two types of advisories:

  • Technical Assistance Response (TAR) Letters: TAR Letters are used to transmit DWFAP policy and operational guidance in response to questions from stakeholders. These documents are intended to provide clarity regarding existing requirements under Federal and/or State law, policy, and/or procedure. TAR Letters are labeled by Calendar Year (January 1 – December 31). TAR Letters can be requested at any time by submitting questions to your appropriate DEED staff (Grant specialist, etc.) or to dwfaprograms.deed@state.mn.us.
    • Note that not all TA requests will result in a TAR Letter being published, for example unique TA requests that only relate to one stakeholder. 
  • Technical Assistance Bulletin (TABs): TABs are used to communicate DWFAP policy and operational guidance, announcements, publications, or information. These are published in addition to other DEED communications, including but not limited to: Partner Express emails, Gov Delivery emails, etc. TABs are labeled by Calendar Year (January 1 – December 31). Examples of topics that may be published in a TAB include but is not limited to:
    • Announcement of annual allocations amounts,
    • Announcement of important program updates, waivers, operational changes, and,
    • Publication of policy or operational guidance that was not requested by stakeholders (as appropriate)

Published TAR Letters:

Published TABs:

Policies Available for Public Comment