One of the problems related to national issues in Indonesia is the improvement of community welfare; this has encouraged the government to maximize the village community empowerment program. This study aims to analyze the determinant factors affecting the community empowerment implementation program in Wajo Regency. This research is a qualitative research that aims to analyze a phenomenon and activity in implementing the empowerment policy implementation in Wajo Regency. Data collection strategies that have been carried out are: observation, interviews, document studies, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). The results showed that policy implementation was determined by the determinant factor, which consisted of the policy environment as a determinant factor, such as the power, interests and strategies of the actors involved the characteristics of the institutions and authorities of Compliance and responsiveness of the implementers.