2026 WIOA Combined State Plan Modification – Public Comment
Washington has refined its Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined State Plan as part of the regular mid‑cycle update required by the U.S. Department of Labor. This update reflects changes in the economy and labor market, new federal requirements, and the work completed by partners over the past two years.
The update is now available for public review and comment.
What’s included in this update
The modification refines the state’s direction for the remainder of the planning cycle, through 2028. It focuses on four statewide objectives:
- Implement Workforce Pell
- Implement No Wrong Door and prepare for HR1 work requirements
- Connect service integration to performance
- Deliver cross-industry, demand-driven recommendations
How to review the plan
The following sections of the plan are available as separate view-only Google Docs:
Sections I – V: Plan for the workforce development system
- Section I: Executive summary
- Section II: Strategic elements
- Appendix 1: Expected levels of performance
- Section III: Operational elements
- Section IV: Coordination
- Section V: Common assurances
Section VI: Plans for core programs
- Title I-B: Adult, dislocated worker and youth activities
- Title II: Adult education and family literacy
- Title III: Wagner-Peyser employment service
- Title IV: Vocational rehabilitation (blind)
Section VII: Plans for additional programs
- Jobs for Veterans State Grants
- Unemployment Insurance
- Senior Community Services Employment Program
- Housing and Urban Development employment and training activities, including community service block grants
If you need this plan translated into another language, please email us at tap.plan@wtb.wa.gov and we’ll provide a translated version.
How to submit a comment
Click the button below to submit feedback on any section of the plan. You may comment on one section or multiple sections.
Workforce Board staff will review responses and route them to the appropriate program leads. State agencies will review all comments on their program sections as part of the final plan revision process.
Comment period: March 3 – April 3, 2026
The public comment period is open for 30 days and closes on April 3, 2026.
Some program plans are going through public comment separately:
- WIOA Title IV: Vocational rehabilitation (general)
- Public comment: Jan. 5 – Feb. 3, 2026
- View Department of Social and Health Services’ Title IV plan
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- Public comment: Feb. 5 – March 31, 2026.
- View Department of Social and Health Services’ 2026 DRAFT TANF State Plan
Some program plans and documentation have already completed public comment or have different requirements:
- Perkins V: Career and Technical Education
- State-Determined levels of performance
- Public comment: Jan. 7 – Feb. 11, 2026
- Four-Year Perkins Plan
- Unchanged since March 2024
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training
- Department of Social and Health Services’ 2026 SNAP E&T Plan
- State-Determined levels of performance
How to send formal letters
If you would like to submit a formal letter as part of the public comment process, please send it as an attachment to tap.plan@wtb.wa.gov.
Questions
If you have questions about the public comment process, email tap.plan@wtb.wa.gov.
