FY 2007 reemployment measure for UI beneficiaries

Accessible letter PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2007/TEGL24-05_Ch1_508.pdf

CLASSIFICATION
                                               UI
      EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
                 ADVISORY SYSTEM               CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
              U. S. Department of Labor        OWS/DPM
               Washington, D.C. 20210          DATE
                                               January 19, 2007

ADVISORY:              TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO.
                       24-05, Change 1

TO:                    STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
                       STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS

FROM:                 EMILY STOVER DeROCCO            /s/
                      Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:               Baseline Value and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Target for the
                       Indicator Used for the Government Performance and Results
                       Act (GPRA) Goal to Facilitate the Reemployment of
                       Unemployment Insurance (UI) Beneficiaries

1. Purpose. To explain the measure used to indicate performance in meeting the
   GPRA goal of facilitating the reemployment of UI beneficiaries and to give the
   baseline value and the FY 2007 target for this performance indicator.

2. References. Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 24-05,
   “Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Unemployment Insurance
   (UI) Program Goals: Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Performance and FY 2006 Performance
   Targets;” UIPL No. 1-06, “Collection of Data on the Facilitation of Reemployment
   of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Recipients.”

3. Background. TEGL No. 24-05 provided FY 2005 performance and FY 2006 targets
   for three of the GPRA goals for the UI program: make timely first payments;
   detect benefit overpayments; and establish tax accounts promptly. The TEGL
   noted that the Office of Management and Budget had authorized data collection
   for the indicator for the goal to “Facilitate Reemployment,” and that data
   collection would begin during 2006. Since that TEGL was issued, sufficient data
   have been received to establish a baseline and GPRA target for FY 2007. The
   methodologies for collecting the baseline data and continuing performance are
   described in UIPLs No. 1-06 and No. 1-06, Change 1.

  RECISSIONS                                          EXPIRATION DATE
  None                                                January 19, 2008

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   The performance indicator for this goal is the percentage of UI beneficiaries who
   are reemployed by the end of the quarter subsequent to the quarter in which they
   received their first payment. The percentage is determined by crossmatching the
   social security numbers of persons receiving first payments against UI wage
   records for the subsequent quarter and noting the number of matches or “hits.”
   Although a few states submitted as many as 10 quarters of data, most submitted
   four. The baseline is computed from hits against intrastate wage records for the
   four quarters ending September 30, 2005. Beginning with wage records for the
   quarter ending December 31, 2005, states began also reporting hits against the
   wages reported to other states found through the National Directory of New
   Hires (NDNH) or the Wage Record Interchange System (WRIS).

4. GPRA Baseline Value and Performance Target for FY 2007. The Employment
   and Training Administration’s (ETA) FY 2006 objective for the goal to Facilitate
   Reemployment was to set a baseline from the initial data submitted by the states
   and establish a performance target for the percentage of claimants reemployed in
   FY 2007. The baseline is the U.S. aggregate total intrastate reemployment rate.
   The target reflects expected improvement in the national economy between the
   baseline period and FY 2007 and anticipates improvements in states’ abilities to
   assist beneficiaries to find new jobs. The baseline and FY 2007 target are as
   follows:

      Baseline:            62.4%
      FY 2007 Target:      65%

   The Attachment shows the data used to establish the baseline by state. When all
   states begin using the NDNH wage record database or WRIS, the reemployment
   percentage will rise because it will reflect interstate job accessions.

5. Facilitate Reemployment Core Measure. ETA is in the process of developing a
   Core Measure with a criterion by which to assess individual states’ success in
   facilitating UI beneficiary reemployment. To permit construction of the Core
   Measure, the ETA 9047 report requires that states submit numbers of first
   payments and the percent of beneficiaries who are reemployed in the following
   quarter in three categories. The categories, based on comments received on the
   original data collection proposal, give the beneficiaries’ status with respect to
   whether they are required to search for work or, if the state does not require
   work search, to register for labor exchange services:

      •   Exempt: not required to search for work or register for labor exchange
          services;
      •   Not Exempt: required to search for work or register for labor exchange
          services; and

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      •   Total: the percent of all workers reemployed.

   The data will be analyzed during the development of the Core Measure to ensure
   that the measure is comparable among the states.

6. Actions. State Workforce Agency Administrators and Liaisons are requested to
   distribute this advisory to appropriate staff.

7. Inquiries. Direct questions to the appropriate Regional Office.

8. Attachment. Intrastate Reemployment Rates

                                                              Attachment

            Intrastate Reemployment Rates: Baseline
                                           Reemployment
State            Quarters 1st Payments     Rate
Alabama                  4         110,328           70.68%
Alaska                   4          45,057           59.56%
Arizona                  4          89,927           58.40%
Arkansas                 4          80,545           64.56%
California               4       1,071,085           58.85%
Colorado                 4          80,659           55.68%
Connecticut              4         125,062           61.97%
Delaware                 4          19,679           63.21%
District of
Columbia                 4          17,418           39.43%
Florida                  4         280,807           56.60%
Georgia                  4         196,016           65.33%
Hawaii                   4          22,007           56.31%
Idaho                    4          48,253           71.90%
Illinois                 4         374,355           60.41%
Indiana                  3         132,971           71.56%
Iowa                     4          89,977           72.63%
Kansas                   4          63,588           51.64%
Kentucky                 3          90,501           75.84%
Louisiana                4          84,257           58.24%
Maine                    4          33,475           63.04%
Maryland                 4         105,705           60.26%
Massachusetts            4         226,622           50.38%
Michigan                 4         446,020           69.57%
Minnesota                4         145,733           65.18%
Mississippi              4          54,557           62.22%
Missouri                 4         158,634           64.21%
Montana                  4          22,728           73.86%
Nebraska                 4          36,542           46.11%
Nevada                   4          63,299           64.83%
New
Hampshire                4          25,078           46.40%
New Jersey               4         296,315           57.16%
New Mexico               4          30,889           54.08%
New York                 4         510,142           59.22%
North
Carolina                 4         255,646           64.19%

North Dakota           4     13,239    74.51%
Ohio                   4    306,057    64.94%
Oklahoma               4     51,430    59.20%
Oregon                 4    141,905    63.05%
Pennsylvania           4    468,950    66.57%
Puerto Rico            3     72,517    41.20%
Rhode Island           4     38,522    62.50%
South
Carolina               4     119,118   63.40%
South Dakota           4      10,703   66.56%
Tennessee              4     157,309   64.82%
Texas                  4     369,603   59.79%
Utah                   4      32,131   65.03%
Vermont                4      21,887   68.76%
Virginia               4     120,703   63.96%
Washington             4     199,824   65.84%
West Virginia          4      43,731   67.15%
Wisconsin              4     266,994   76.00%
Wyoming                4      12,411   64.56%
United States              7,880,911   62.39%

Source: 9047 Reports