WISPR: The Vision for Integrated Performance Reporting

1. WISPR: The Vision for Integrated Performance Reporting

2. Session Overview • Part I: WISPR Background • What is the WISPR System? • Why WISPR? • Next Steps for WISPR • Part II: Examples of Integration • Shared Youth Vision • TAA Performance Reporting • WIRED Outcomes • Part III: Quarterly Reports • Overview of New Forms • Reporting Highlights

3. Session Overview (Continued) • Part IV: Workforce Investment Standardized Record Data (WISRD) • Types of new data elements • Section Highlights • Appendix: Details on New WISRD Elements

4. Part I • WISPR Background • What is the WISPR System? • Why WISPR? • Next Steps for WISPR

5. Current Reporting Systems State Workforce Agency WIA Title IB Programs/NEGs Wagner-Peyser Employment Service/ Jobs for Veterans Programs Trade Act Program Job Seeker Services Report (ES 9002A) DVOP Veteran Report (VETS 200A) Veterans Services Report (ES 9002B) WIA Quarterly Report (ETA 9090) TAPR Records Job Seeker Outcomes Report (ES 9002C) LVER Veteran Report (VETS 200B) Veteran Outcomes Report (ES 9002D) WIASRD Records DVOP/LVER Veteran Report (VETS 200C) Job Openings Report (ES 9002E)

6. What is the WISPR System? • The ETA Management Information and Longitudinal Evaluation (EMILE) performance reporting system was published in July 2004 for a 60-day comment period • 161 unique comment letters • EMILE feasibility study with 4 states • DOL collaborative process to revise proposal • Informal feedback from some states on technical details of the proposed system

7. What is the WISPR System? • We listened to you: • Performance reporting for state programs only • Individual records for exiters only • Aggregate information on employer services

8. What is the WISPR System? Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting System (WISPR) State Workforce Agency Workforce Investment System Performance Report Employer Services Report Additional Veteran Services Reports WISRD Records

9. What is the WISPR System? • A proposed streamlined performance reporting system for the following DOL programs: • Wagner-Peyser Employment Service • Jobs for Veterans State Grants (DVOP/LVER Programs) • WIA Adults and Dislocated Workers • WIA Youth • Trade Adjustment Assistance • National Emergency Grants

10. What is the WISPR System? • Request for comments to OMB published in November 2006 • Areas of concern: • Clarification on veterans programs • Self-services and social security numbers • Implementation date • Specific changes

11. Why WISPR? • Fewer barriers to service integration because of different definitions and reports for each workforce program • Consistent measurement of performance results through the use of a single, streamlined reporting structure • Results on the core purposes of the workforce system – employment for adults and skills for youth • Results based on customizable geographic areas (e.g., regional labor markets)

12. Why WISPR? • Common performance measure outcomes, reported across programs • Information management and oversight of programs • Reflects shared youth vision • Emphasis on co-enrollment strategies

13. Next Steps for WISPR • During Program Year 2007/Fiscal Year 2008: • Resolve comments with the Office of Management and Budget • Issue guidance with approved reporting formats • Develop necessary infrastructure for receiving reports • Provide training to system

14. Questions/Comments on WISPR Background?

15. Part II A • Shared Youth Vision • Goals • Resource Alignment • Partnerships

16. Shared Youth Vision • White House Task Force Report on Disadvantaged Youth • Issued in October 2003 under direction of Domestic Policy Council • Focused on 4 Goals: Better Management, Accountability, Connections, Priority To Serve the Neediest Youth • Recommendations • Focus funding on target populations • Interagency Collaboration to coordinate evaluation, accountability, and policy • Unified research agenda identifying best practices using random assignment evaluations

17. Federal Interagency Workgroup • Federal Interagency Work Group created in 2004 to ensure communication, coordination, and collaboration • Partnership now includes: • U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration and Office of Disability Employment Policy • U.S. Department of Education, Offices of Vocational and Adult Education, Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Indian Education • U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration • Social Security Administration • Corporation for National & Community Service • U.S. Department of Transportation

18. Shared Youth Vision Moves Forward

19. Linking Integration with Outcomes • Partnerships can lead to more effective use of resources and better outcomes for the neediest youth • Example: WIA and Adult Education • Out-of-school youth, ages 16 and older, qualify for the Adult Education program through the U.S. Department of Education • Leveraging Adult Education resources could allow local workforce development agencies to provide more comprehensive services to youth • Adult Education and WIA youth program share good outcomes of participants

20. For More Information • Visit the Regional Youth Forum Web site: • http://www.doleta.gov/ryf/ • E-mail us: youthfed.team@dol.gov

21. Part II B • TAA Performance Reporting

22. How will WISPR Affect TAA Performance Reporting? • WISPR will completely replace the Trade Act Participant Report (TAPR) • Most fields that are currently in TAPR will be tracked through WISRD • Additional fields are added: • Tracking more specific types of co-enrollments • Tracking Veterans information • Tracking Agent/Liable State identifier • States will report quarterly TAA performance outcomes

23. Why is Integrated Reporting Important to TAA? • Co-enrollment important to successfully serve participants • Trade does not allow for initial assessments or follow up services (“wrap around services”) • Although the provision of core and intensive services is not required by the TAA Reform Act of 2002, the law requires the provision of these services through the WIA programs • Supported by the Governor-Secretary Agreement in each state • Integrated reporting encourages common exit date that is essential for tracking accurate performance outcomes

24. Part II C • WIRED Outcomes

25. Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) • The WIRED initiative has a slightly different approach; the grants have a broader scope • One goal is transformation of the workforce investment system • WIRED Performance Accountability Framework developed to capture accomplishments and successes

26. Common Performance Measure Outcomes • The ultimate success of the regional talent development strategies: • Appropriately educated and skilled individuals available to fill and attract additional high-growth and high-wage jobs to the region

27. Workforce Investment System Role in WIRED Reporting • Reporting on the common performance measures calls for a partnership between the WIRED regions and the appropriate state and local workforce investment system components • WIRED participants to be reported now using the WIA Standardized Record Data (WIASRD) NEG 3rd project data element • Once WISPR is approved, will use the Economic/Labor Market Area data element in the WISRD • Two methods for capturing WIRED participant outcomes: • Co-enroll in the WIA program • WIRED-only

28. Calculating the WIRED Common Performance Measure Outcomes • States will compile the co-enrolled WIRED participant and “WIRED-only” participant individual records • States include these records as part of their regular WIASRD/WISRD submission • Using the WIRED codes, ETA will analyze the data in the records to determine the common performance measure outcomes for WIRED participants/regions

29. Questions/Comments onExamples of Integration

30. Part III • Quarterly Reports • Overview of New Forms • Reporting Highlights

31. New Quarterly Reports • Three quarterly reports: • Employer Services Report (Form 9131) • Workforce Investment Performance Report (Form 9132) • Eligible Veterans and Transitioning Service Members Services Report (Form 9133)

32. New Quarterly Reports • Employer Services Report (Form 9131) • For Previous Quarter, Current Quarter, and Cumulative 4-Quarter Period • Grantee Information - Workforce Program I.D. • Employer Customers - Number, Size, and Job Openings by Industry • Customer Services and Activities • State Performance Results (Optional)

33. New Quarterly Reports • Workforce Investment Performance Report • (Form 9132) • For Previous Quarter, Current Quarter, and Cumulative • 4-Quarter Period • Customer Summary • Demographics • Program of Participation • Customer Services and Activities • Performance Outcomes

34. New Quarterly Reports • Eligible Veterans and Transitioning Service Members Services Report (Form 9133) • For Previous Quarter, Current Quarter, and Cumulative 4-Quarter Period • Veteran Demographics • Veteran Status Indicators • Types of Services Received • Types of Referrals Received

35. Questions/Comments onWISPR Quarterly Reports?

36. Part IV • Workforce Investment Standardized Record Data (WISRD) • Types of New Data Elements • Section Highlights

37. Workforce Investment Standardized Record Data (WISRD) • WISRD contains four (4) major sections of information: • Individual Information • One-Stop Program Information • One-Stop Services and Activities • Program Outcomes Information

38. Overview of Record Layout Element Name Definitions/Reporting Instructions Coding Values Data Type/ Field Size Sequence Number

39. New Elements in the WISRD • Types of New Items: • Entirely new item • (i.e.,: Category of Disability) • New item for one program but previously required for others • (i.e.,: Limited English Proficiency) • Previously optional item • (i.e.,: Co-enrollment for all DOL programs)

40. New Element Highlights • Section A: Individual Information • Category of Disability • Information on Farmworkers • Economic/Labor Market Area and Physical Location • Section B: One-Stop Program Information • Rapid Response • Co-enrollments • Section C: One-Stop Services and Activities • Additional Occupational Skills Training Information • Additional Information on Training Completed • Section D: Program Outcomes Information • Federal Contractor Job • Wages 1st Quarter Prior to Participation Quarter

41. Questions/Comments on WISRD?

42. Contacts • Email: etaperforms@dol.gov • Website: www.doleta.gov/performance

43. Appendix: • New Elements in WISRD

44. WISRD Element Distinctions • Element is Required to Be Completed • New • New, Required for Veterans Programs • Already Required • Previously Optional • Element May Be Completed • New, Optional • Already Optional • Element Does Not Need to Be Completed • Not Required • If the Individual is a Participant in More Than One Program, the Highest Order Applies (i.e., Element 120 - Required if Both a WIA and TAA Participant)

45. WISRD Section A: Individual Information

46. WISRD Section A: Individual Information

47. WISRD Section A: Individual Information

48. WISRD Section A: Individual Information

49. WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information

50. WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information