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Program Year 2015 WIA performance goal negotiations
Summary ETA expected states to carry their Program Year 2014 WIA and Wagner-Peyser performance goals into 2015, but explained how a state could negotiate revised goals. Three attachments give a timeline, performance goals, and reporting periods. ETA now labels the letter Canceled.
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Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 30-14
Date issued
April 28, 2015
Status
Withdrawn
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Letter
Official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_30-14_Acc.pdf
CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION WIA/Performance Reporting
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OPDR-OWI
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
April 28, 2015
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 30-14
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
FROM: PORTIA WU /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Negotiating or Extending Performance Goals for the Workforce Investment Act
(WIA) Title IB Programs and Wagner-Peyser Act Funded Activities for
Program Year (PY) 2015
1. Purpose. To inform states of the guidelines for the negotiations process of WIA Title IB
program performance and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY
2015. Once performance goals are agreed upon by the state and the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA), they will be incorporated into the state’s Strategic Plan.
ETA intends to extend current PY 2014 goals into PY 2015; this guidance is provided for any
state that decides to negotiate revised goals for PY 2015.
2. References.
• WIA Sec. 136;
• Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) Sec. 503;
• WIA regulations at 20 CFR Part 666 and Part 661;
• Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 25-13, Negotiating Performance
Goals for the WIA Title IB Programs and Wagner-Peyser Act Funded Activities for PY
2014;
• TEGL No. 21-11, Requirements for 2012 State Workforce Plans;
• TEGL No. 09-07, Revised Incentive and Sanction Policy for WIA Title IB Programs;
• TEGL No. 17-05 and 17-05 Change 2, Common Measures Policy for the Employment
and Training Administration’s (ETA) Performance Accountability System and Related
Performance Issues;
• TEGL No. 11-01 Change 1, Guidance on Revising WIA State Negotiated Levels of
Performance;
• TEGL No. 12-14, Allowable Uses and Funding Limits of Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Program Year (PY) 2014 funds for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Transitional Activities;
• TEGL No. 15-14, Implementation of the New Uniform Guidance Regulations;
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
• TEGL No. 19-14, Vision for the Workforce System and Initial Implementation of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014;
• State Integrated Workforce Plan Requirements for WIA Title I/Wagner-Peyser Act and
Department of Labor Workforce Programs (OMB No. 1205-0398); and
• Planning Guidance for State Unified Plans and Unified Plan Modifications Submitted
under Sec. 501 of the WIA (OMB No. 1205-0398)).
3. Background. This guidance document: specifies the performance measures for which states
will be held accountable for in PY 2015; provides an outline of the negotiation process
options; and provides a description of the factors that should be considered during the
negotiation of state and local performance goals. Additional information is available on
ETA’s performance Web site at
http://www.doleta.gov/performance/guidance/negotiating.cfm. This TEGL also provides the
most currently available national performance targets required for the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) and the more recent GPRA Modernization Act
of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-352), also referred to as the GPRA goals. The GPRA goals are used by
Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to manage Federal programs,
including those operated by states and local areas.
On July 22, 2014, President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA) of 2014 into law. WIOA makes changes to the performance accountability system
and creates a requirement that the Secretaries of Labor and Education create a statistical
adjustment model which will replace the regression-based levels that ETA currently uses in
negotiations. In accordance with WIOA Sec. 116, states will implement certain provisions
on July 1, 2015, followed by implementation of the performance provisions on July 1, 2016.
Due to the phased in implementation of WIOA performance accountability requirements,
ETA will assess state performance in PY 2015 in accordance with WIA focusing on State
preparedness for transitioning to the WIOA performance accountability system.
4. The Negotiations Process. Sections 503 (a)-(b) and (d) of WIOA provide the Secretary of
Labor (Secretary) with the authority to take such actions, as appropriate, to provide for the
orderly transition from WIA to any provision of WIOA Title I and the amended Wagner-
Peyser Act. The Department of Labor (Department) is applying this transition authority to
the PY 2015 negotiations process to provide maximum flexibility to the states as they move
to the new provisions under WIOA. This will ensure that current and potential customers of
the workforce system receive effective, uninterrupted service delivery through the system
transitions that will be taking place through PY 2015.
With the immediate need for states to identify and designate WIOA-compliant state
Workforce Development Boards, establish staff capacity to execute WIOA service delivery
requirements, identify regional and local areas, develop and implement required state policies
that align and comply with WIOA, and develop the data systems that are a part of the
performance accountability system established under WIOA Sec. 116, ETA is extending all
currently negotiated PY 2014 goals going forward into PY 2015. States should notify
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their respective ETA regional office of their intent to either 1.) Continue to use established
PY 2014 targets, or 2.) Renegotiate targets for PY 2015 by May 15, 2015. The PY 2014
regression adjusted targets remain available at
https://sites.google.com/site/wiaexchange/home. For further discussion about the regression
adjusted targets see section 10 of this TEGL. There will be no updated regression targets
established for PY 2015; the posted PY 2014 targets are to be used for reference purposes
only.
5. Methodology for Assessing Performance Against Negotiated Levels. For both WIA Title
1B programs and the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service program, the floor of the range for
acceptable performance is 80 percent of the negotiated level of performance. Performance on
an individual measure will be interpreted based on the position of the outcome relative to the
negotiated performance goal using the Exceeds, Meets, and Fails criteria defined below:
• Exceeds - When the actual performance achieved against the individual performance
measure is in excess of 100 percent of the negotiated level of performance for the
performance measure.
• Meets - When the actual performance achieved against an individual performance
measure falls in the range of 80-100 percent of the negotiated level of performance for
the measure; and
• Fails - When the actual performance achieved against an individual performance
measure is less than 80 percent of the negotiated level of performance.
For example, if a state negotiates a 90 percent goal for the employment retention indicator,
the state would:
• Exceed the goal if the actual performance level achieved was greater than 90.0
percent;
• Meet the goal if the actual performance level achieved was greater than or equal to
72.0 percent and less than or equal to 90.0 percent; and
• Fail the goal if the actual performance level achieved was less than 72.0 percent.
Although whole percentages are used in this example, it should be noted that this is simply
because 80 percent of the 90.0 percent happens to be exactly 72.0 percent. There will be no
rounding up in the interpreting of performance results since negotiated performance levels
and results are stated to the nearest tenth of a percent.
These categories are consistent with WIA regulations, which can be found here:
(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title20-vol3/pdf/CFR-2011-title20-vol3-
part666.pdf)
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666.220(b)(3) The State exceeded the State negotiated levels of performance for title I,
the levels of performance under title II and the levels for vocational and technical
programs under Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act (WIA sec.
503(b));
666.230(c)(2) The extent to which negotiated levels of performance were exceeded; and
666.240(d) Only performance that is less than 80 percent of the negotiated levels will be
deemed to be a failure to achieve the negotiated levels of performance.
6. WIA Incentive Grant Eligibility. WIOA eliminates incentive awards for state performance;
therefore ETA will not award incentive grants in PY 2015 based on PY 2014 performance.
WIOA takes effect on July 1, 2015, and all Fiscal Year 2015 appropriated funding issued
after that date is subject to the WIOA provisions. Although performance provisions for
WIOA do not take effect until July 1, 2016, there is no provision for state incentive grants
under WIOA. PY 2013 performance is the last year for incentive grant eligibility and award;
these awards will be made available in PY 2014.
7. Applicable Performance Measures for the PY 2015 Performance Negotiations Process.
For the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act program grantees reporting statutory measures, all 20
agreed upon PY 2014 levels, which are identified in the table below, will be carried over into
PY 2015 unless a state notifies their regional office of their intent to negotiate in accordance
with section 4 of this TEGL. The 20 performance measures include the 17 statutory WIA
indicators of performance (15 Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth program measures and 2
customer satisfaction indicators) and 3 Wagner-Peyser Employment Service performance
measures.
Applicable Performance Measures
Wagner-
WIA Measures Common Measures Peyser
Dislocated Customer Dislocated Measures (All
Adult Worker Youth Satisfaction Adult Worker Youth States)
Participant
Older Youth Entered
Entered Entered American Entered Entered Placement in
Entered Employment
Employment Employment Customer Employment Employment Employment
Employment Rate for Total
Rate Rate Satisfaction Rate Rate or Education
Rate Exiters
Index
Employer
Older Youth
Employment Employment American Employment Employment Attainment of Employment
Employment
Retention Retention Customer Retention Retention a Degree or Retention Rate
Retention
Rate Rate Satisfaction Rate Rate Certificate for Total Exiters
Rate
Index
Employment Employment Average Six
and Older Youth Average Six Average Six Literacy and
and Months
Credential Credential Months Months Numeracy
Credential Earnings for
Rate Rate Earnings Earnings Gains
Rate Total Exiters
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Wagner-
WIA Measures Common Measures Peyser
Dislocated Customer Dislocated Measures (All
Adult Worker Youth Satisfaction Adult Worker Youth States)
Average Six Average Six Older Youth
Months Months Earnings
Earnings Earnings Change
Younger
Youth Skill
Attainment
Rate
Younger
Youth
Diploma or
Equivalent
Rate
Younger
Youth
Retention
Rate
All states will report on the three common measures for Wagner-Peyser. For WIA
performance, only states with an approved common measures waiver will be subject to
the nine common measures (WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs). For
these states, the three adult common measures will be applied separately to the WIA
Adult and Dislocated Worker programs, and the three youth common measures will be
applied to the Youth program. States without an approved waiver are subject to the 17
statutory WIA indicators of performance. When considering performance measure
outcomes for sanction determinations for states with an approved common measure
waiver under WIA, ETA will consider performance against these measures only.
States are no longer required to use the American Customer Satisfaction Index (whether
reporting statutory or only on the common performance measures) for assessing customer
satisfaction. States must still measure customer satisfaction using a rigorous
methodology; however, states now have flexibility to use an approach that best suits their
specific needs and data systems. States that report using the statutory measures must
continue to establish and report customer satisfaction targets and results in the annual
report and annual report narrative.
Below are source documents with definitions and related reporting specifications for the
applicable performance measures:
• The WIA program performance measures
o TEGL No. 17-05, Common Measures Policy for the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) Performance Accountability System and
Related Performance Issues (http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL17-
05.pdf)
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o Workforce Investment Act Annual Report: General Reporting Instructions and
ETA Form 9091, Revised 2012 (OMB No. 1205-0420)
(http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/WIA/WIAAnnualReportSpecif
ications.pdf )
• The WIA Title 1 program common performance measures
o TEGL No. 17-05, Common Measures Policy for the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) Performance Accountability System and
Related Performance Issues (http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL17-
05.pdf)
o TEGL No. 17-05, Change 2, Common Measures Policy for the Employment
and Training Administration (ETA) Performance Accountability System and
Related Performance Issues
(http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2759)
o Workforce Investment Act Annual Report: General Reporting Instructions and
ETA Form 9091, Revised 2012
(http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/guidance/WIA/WIAAnnualReportSpecif
ications.pdf )
• The Wagner-Peyser program performance measures
o TEGL No. 17-05, Common Measures Policy for the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) Performance Accountability System and
Related Performance Issues (http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL17-
05.pdf); and
o ETA 9002 and VETS 200 Data Preparation Handbook, ET Handbook No. 406
(OMB No. 1205-0240), (http://www.doleta.gov/performance/guidance/wia/et-
406-handbook-expiration-022809.pdf).
States should be aware that the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) will
be issuing separate guidance on negotiating PY 2015 veterans’ performance targets with
state workforce agencies. This negotiation of specific levels of performance for veterans
includes: 1) performance targets for those veterans served by American Job Center
employment services; and, 2) grant-based performance targets for those veterans served
through the Jobs for Veterans state grants.
8. Reaching Agreement on State Performance Levels. If a state chooses to negotiate any
or all of their performance measures for PY 2015 they should notify their regional office
no later than May 15, 2015, in accordance with section 4 of this TEGL. Targets must be
agreed upon by no later than June 30, 2015. In proposing performance targets for both
the WIA Title 1B and Wagner-Peyser programs, states should negotiate their goals within
the context of integrated service delivery, priority of service, economic conditions,
customers served, and workforce solutions that contribute to the regional economic
competitiveness of their state and sub-state areas. States should also take into account the
transition and implementation of the new WIOA performance accountability
requirements as they consider their performance levels. However, transition activities
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alone are not justification for negotiating performance goals. States must take into
account changes in service mix, economic conditions, or client characteristics for
requesting negotiations of PY 2015 goals.
A. Customers to Be Served
The customers served by the local area may have a significant impact on outcomes
depending on the type of services and other factors unique to the population. ETA
encourages states to serve those individuals with barriers to employment and
individuals more at-risk of not connecting to the labor market, including those
who were formerly incarcerated, the homeless, veterans, individuals with
disabilities and out-of-school youth. It should also be noted that WIOA
emphasizes serving these and other hard-to-serve populations. States should bring
appropriate information to the negotiation process that demonstrates either their
past performance in serving these populations and/or their current strategy for
serving these populations.
ETA will consider adjusting performance targets to accommodate states currently
serving a significant number of at-risk individuals who need higher levels of
service to achieve a positive labor market outcome. States that have ongoing
initiatives for serving at-risk individuals may work with their respective Regional
Administrator to negotiate appropriate goals for PY 2015. During the negotiation
process, states must provide data to support adjustments of goals based on
numbers of individuals with barriers currently being served.
When negotiating the Youth goals, states should consider the importance of
serving the neediest youth, especially out-of-school youth, including youth in
foster care, youth in the juvenile justice system, children of incarcerated parents,
and migrant youth, as well as youth with disabilities and Native American youth.
States that transition to serving a higher percentage of these more difficult to serve
populations should take into account the populations being served when
proposing performance levels for the Youth goals. Serving a greater percentage of
the neediest youth may impact outcomes. If states are serving a greater percentage
of the neediest youth, they should provide data that shows how outcomes are
impacted by serving this population.
When negotiating goals for the Adult program, states proposing new efforts to
increase access to services for special populations that may face significant
barriers, such as veterans, older workers, individuals with disabilities, migrant or
seasonal farm workers, Indian and Native Americans, or Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF) recipients, should provide data to show how these
new efforts will impact outcomes. ETA supports efforts that will help states
better tap into wider variety of available workers. Available performance data
indicate that the workforce investment system’s employment and training
programs have positive impacts on individuals’ employment, including
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traditionally underserved populations. ETA expects states to document how
outcomes are impacted by changes in the mix of participants served.
B. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) Consideration
WIOA will be implemented beginning July 1, 2015 and all WIA Title I
participants who are enrolled at that time must be grandfathered into WIOA, even
if the participant would not otherwise be eligible for services under WIOA.
Grantees do not have to complete an eligibility re-determination for participants
already determined eligible and enrolled under WIA. Furthermore, these
participants must be allowed to complete the WIA services specified in their
individual service strategy and individual employment plan, even if the services
are no longer allowable under WIOA. Grantees must continue to serve
participants enrolled under WIA with either carry-in funds that become WIOA
funds or with WIOA funds. Grantees must continue to enroll participants in WIA
funded programs through June 30, 2015, as transition from WIA to WIOA is
intended to be seamless for participants.
On and after July 1, 2015, grantees must make all eligibility determinations under
the WIOA framework and must follow all applicable WIOA eligibility
requirements. Participants enrolled after July 1, 2015, may only access services
allowable under WIOA.
PY 2015 youth activities allotments are available beginning in April 2015.
However, youth enrolled prior to July 1, 2015, must be enrolled based on the WIA
eligibility requirements. On and after July 1, 2015, grantees must make youth
eligibility determinations using the WIOA eligibility requirements.
For performance reports, grantees will continue reporting WIA enrolled and
WIOA enrolled individuals in the current WIASRD through PY 2015 and until
new performance reporting requirements are approved and the system updated.
This will go through the Paperwork Reduction Act notice and comment process.
C. Tools for Proposing Levels of Performance
The following tools and process guidelines provide a uniform framework for
states to use to set performance goals that demonstrate this commitment. These
tools and guidelines are designed to aid the negotiations process. If a state
chooses to negotiate one or more measures, final performance levels must be
negotiated and agreed upon by the state and the ETA Regional Administrator no
later than June 30, 2015.
Prior to proposing levels of performance to the appropriate Regional
Administrator (see section 8.D and Attachment I for information on the
negotiations process), states should review and make use of the following
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resources/tools to ensure that these factors have been considered in determining
proposed levels and that there is a sound rationale for proposed levels of
performance:
I. Past performance. States should use historical, annual performance
information (PY 2007-2013) to determine projected levels of performance
for PY 2015. States should also include recent quarterly performance
results to support projected performance and service populations. The
Department anticipates that states that choose to negotiate goals for PY
2015 will submit proposed levels of performance that reflect continuous
improvement in service provision and quality.
Although states should have ready access to their own historical
performance information, various tools and resources are available to
examine all states’ performance data, including state by state files
(www.doleta.gov/Performance/results/wia_national_performance.cfm);
VETS’ performance data
(http://www.dol.gov/vets/vetoutcomes/index.htm); and Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) data for employment, industries, counties, average
earnings, etc. (www.bls.gov/cew/home.htm). When using BLS data as a
guide, states should be careful to consider the timeframes covered by BLS
employment and wage information, and the relative time periods in which
WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act exiters enter employment and obtain post-
program earnings.
II. GPRA goals. Throughout the performance negotiations process, states
should be aware of GPRA goals the Department established through PY
2014. The regional offices will use GPRA goals as one of several
benchmarks by which to gauge their states’ proposed performance levels
in the context of these national system goals. GPRA is an important
mechanism by which Congress and OMB evaluate the success of Federal
programs, including those operated by states and local areas. GPRA goals
for the Department’s WIA Adult and Dislocated Workers and Wagner-
Peyser Act programs, in addition to other national programs, are listed in
Attachment II, and more information is available at
http://www.doleta.gov/Performance/goals/gpra.cfm.
III. The effects of economic and demographic variables and other factors.
WIA Section 136(b)(3)(A)(iv) addresses additional factors, such as:
differences in economic conditions, characteristics of participants, and
services to be provided, that should be considered in the negotiation
process.
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D. Process for Reaching Agreement on State Performance Levels
The process for reaching agreement on state performance goals will include the
following steps, as outlined in the attached timeline (Attachment I):
I. After conducting their own analysis of factors that may affect
performance, as discussed above (in Part A of this section), states will
propose levels of performance for one or more of the applicable
performance measures for PY 2015 by submitting these proposed levels to
the Regional Administrator serving the state. Proposed performance levels
should be stated to the nearest tenth of a percent (XX.X%) or to the
nearest whole dollar for average earnings. Targets must be submitted to
the appropriate Regional Administrator no later than May 29, 2015.
Regional offices will work with states to begin the negotiation process
prior to that date in order to ensure that final levels are agreed upon by
June 30, 2015.
When submitting the proposed levels, states should provide the following
as support for the levels:
• The methodology used for developing proposed levels of performance,
including a description of data sources, calculations, and additional
environmental factors (such as those previously addressed in TEGL 9-
07, and discussed in sections 5-7 of this TEGL).
• How the target levels will promote continuous improvement in state
performance.
When submitting the proposed levels for review, states should also include
a discussion of how the proposed levels will positively impact customer
satisfaction with services received and the extent to which the proposed
levels ensure optimal return on investment of Federal funds. (See WIA
Section 136(b)(3)(A)(iii) and (iv).)
II. The regional office will review the analyses used by the state to develop
the proposed performance levels and work with the state to set mutually
agreed-upon levels of performance. Regional offices will take into
account the environmental factors addressed by the State, including
current and future economic conditions. The regional office will consider
the proposed levels in light of previously negotiated goals, past
performance results, national GPRA goals, and the regression adjusted
targets.
III. The negotiations process will focus on whether each performance level
appears appropriate in light of statutory criteria and this guidance, and the
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adequacy of any information the state offers to substantiate each level. If a
regional office determines, through their analysis, that a state could
increase its proposed performance levels to more fully support continuous
improvement and customer satisfaction strategies, negotiations with the
state to obtain mutually agreed-upon higher performance levels will take
place.
IV. Once the performance levels are agreed upon, the Regional Administrator
will send a letter to the state confirming the finalized performance levels.
This letter constitutes a modification to the State Plan and serves to
incorporate the agreed-upon performance goals into the state Strategic
Plan.
9. Inclusion of Performance Goals in State Plans. States are required to submit proposed
levels of performance for PY 2015 no later than May 29, 2015. States should note that the
proposed levels of performance are subject to the same public review and comment
requirements that apply to State Plans and Plan modifications. When the state submits the
proposed levels to ETA, the state should confirm that it has made the proposed levels
available to the public for review and comment.
The Regional Administrator’s letter advising the state of the agreed-upon goals will
constitute a modification to the State Plan. For subsequent revisions to performance goals
during the life of the State Plan, the Regional Administrator’s letter advising the state of the
agreed-upon goals will also constitute a modification to the State Plan. The state must ensure
that the agreed-upon goals are included in the state’s official copy of the State Plan, and that
any published State Plan, on the state’s Web site or through other forums, includes the
agreed-upon goals. ETA will incorporate these performance goals into the regional and
national office copies of the State Plan.
10. State and Local Regression Analysis. For PY 2015, there will be no new regression model
targets developed as ETA is focused on the development and dissemination of the new
statistical adjustment model that will be applied for performance accountability under WIOA.
(See WIOA section 116(b)(3)(A)(viii).) The Department, through the relevant regional
office, may use the regression-based performance levels developed in prior years (link
available in section 4 for PY 2014 regression model output) as a tool in the negotiations
process with any state who requests to negotiate for PY 2015.
11. Action Requested. States are requested to distribute this information to the appropriate state
and local staff.
12. Inquiries. Questions concerning this guidance should be directed to the appropriate regional
office.
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13. Attachment(s).
Attachment I: Recommended Timeline for the PY 2015 Negotiations Process
Attachment II: WIA and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service Performance Goals
Established for the Fiscal Year 2016 Congressional Budget Justification
and the Government Performance and Results Act
Attachment III: Time Periods for Reporting Performance Information in the WIA Annual
Report for PY 2014 and PY 2015
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Attachment I
Official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_30-14_Attachment_I.pdf
ATTACHMENT I
Recommended Timeline for the PY 2015 Negotiations Process
Date Action
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) regional offices
April 2015 provide technical assistance on strategic planning as requested by
state, including procedures for negotiating performance goals.
No later than May 15, States must notify their regional offices by this date if they plan to
2015 negotiate their PY 2015 WIA or W-P performance goals.
No later than May 29,
States formally submit proposed or final performance levels.
2015
Regional offices review states’ proposed performance levels and
May and June 2015
work with states to arrive at mutually agreed upon levels.
Regional Administrators send approval letters to states regarding the
final performance levels that are extended or negotiated.
June 30, 2015
ETA incorporates final performance levels into state plans.
Attachment II
Official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_30-14_Attachment_II.pdf
ATTACHMENT II
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) Performance
Goals Established for the Fiscal Year 2016 Congressional Budget Justification and the
Government Performance And Results Act
Results TARGETS1,2
Program Measure
2013 2014 2015
Entered Employment 61.1% 62.5 63.1
Retention 82.8% 82.1 82.1
WIA Adults
Six-Months Average
Earnings $13,842 $13,945 $14,194
Entered Employment 60.0% 62.3 62.8
WIA Dislocated Retention 83.8% 84.6 84.6
Workers Six-Months Average
Earnings $15,997 $16,694 $16,998
Placement 65.4% 66.8 66.9
WIA Youth Attainment 66.6% 62.2 62.2
Literacy 52.4% 46.2 46.0
Entered Employment 75.0% 76.0 76.5
National Emergency Retention 88.1% 88.6 88.6
a
Grants (NEGs) Six-Months Average
Earnings $18,264 $18,979 $19,321
Entered Employment 55.7% 54.7 55.0
Retention 81.7% 81.1 81.2
WP ESb
Six-Months Average
Earnings $14,515 $14,937 $15,210
Targets were set using PY 2012 data, no adjustments were made by regression to out-year targets.
Targets were set based on the estimated effect of unemployment rates on program performance
outcomes and Office of Management and Budget’s assumptions about future unemployment rates
and the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The base for setting performance
targets is the performance results for Program Year 2012, the most recent program year for which
performance results are available. Performance outcomes are aligned with the unemployment rates
and CPI-U within the quarters for which each measure is derived for the outcome in each program
year.
a
Estimates from WIA Dislocated Worker program were used to set targets for these grants, since
Workforce Investment Board area identifiers were not available for NEG-only records.
b
These estimates are based on ES individual records from Pennsylvania and Texas. Individual
record data for ES were not a required collection in previous submission; however, these data were
collected in these two states through the Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting
system pilot.
Attachment III
Official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_30-14_Attachment_III.pdf
ATTACHMENT III
Time Periods for Reporting Performance Information in the
Workforce Investment Act Annual Report for Program Year (PY) 2014 and PY 2015
Annual Report PY 2014 Annual Report PY 2015
Reporting Item Time Period (Exit Cohort) to Be Reported
Total Participants 7/1/14 to 6/30/15 7/1/15 to 6/30/16
Total Exiters 4/1/14 to 3/31/15 4/1/15 to 3/31/16
Employer Customer Satisfaction 1/1/14 to 12/31/14 1/1/15 to 12/31/15
Participant Customer Satisfaction 1/1/14 to 12/31/14 1/1/15 to 12/31/15
Adult and Dislocated Worker Performance Measures
Entered Employment Rate 10/1/13 to 9/30/14 10/1/14 to 9/30/15
Employment Retention Rate 4/1/13 to 3/31/14 4/1/14 to 3/31/15
Six Months Average Earnings 4/1/13 to 3/31/14 4/1/14 to 3/31/15
Employment and Credential Rate 10/1/13 to 9/30/14 10/1/14 to 9/30/15
Youth Common Measures
Placement in Employment or Education 10/1/13 to 9/30/14 10/1/14 to 9/30/15
Attainment of Degree or Certificate 10/1/13 to 9/30/14 10/1/14 to 9/30/15
Literacy/Numeracy Gains 7/1/13 to 6/30/14 7/1/14 to 6/30/15
Older Youth Performance Measures
Entered Employment Rate 10/1/13 to 9/30/14 10/1/14 to 9/30/15
Employment Retention Rate 4/1/13 to 3/31/14 4/1/14 to 3/31/15
Earnings Change 4/1/13 to 3/31/14 4/1/14 to 3/31/15
Employment and Credential Rate 10/1/13 to 9/30/14 10/1/14 to 9/30/15
Younger Youth Performance Measures
Skill Attainment Rate 4/1/14 to 3/31/15 4/1/15 to 3/31/16
Youth Diploma or Equivalent Rate 4/1/14 to 3/31/15 4/1/15 to 3/31/16
Retention Rate 4/1/13 to 3/31/14 4/1/14 to 3/31/15
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