OWD Policy 13-2025: Federal Income Level Guidelines for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Eligibility Determinations

This Policy addresses the use of the annual 70 Percent Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL” guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA), and the annual Poverty Level guidelines issued by the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of HHS. Employees may alternate using these two sets of income guidelines as circumstances require and in conjunction with the criteria in Section 3(36)1 of WIOA2 to determine low-income eligibility for WIOA Title I programs. In the past, the Office of Workforce Development (OWD) created a new Issuance twice a year to mark the release of these guidelines by the two federal