Welcome to Workforce 3 One U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration WIOA Consultation: Integrated Management Information System December 16, 2014

Agenda  Purpose and Session Flow  Overview of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)  Discussion Questions  Technical Assistance Tools and Resources  Additional Stakeholder Engagement Opportunities 2

Purpose This WIOA consultation webinar is aimed to:  Gather input from state and local workforce leaders and practitioners, workforce system partners, customers, and other stakeholders on key implementation topics;  Inform development of regulations; and  Inform technical assistance strategies to support implementation. Please note that ETA is gathering input from the field, and that you are always welcome to send comments and questions to Our Federal Partners (ED and HHS) are also collecting input, and we are working closely together on implementing the new legislation. 3

Session Flow  The Departments of Education and Labor are in a “listening” mode.  Submit your responses and input to the discussion questions through the chat feature.  Responses will be reviewed and analyzed as we are developing draft regulations and planning future guidance issuance and technical assistance. 4

Federal Agency Partnerships  Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration  Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education  Department of Health and Human Services 5 Regulations Implementation Technical Assistance

Overview of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act  President Barack Obama signed WIOA into law on July 22,  Passed by Congress with wide bipartisan majority (The Senate voted 93-5 and the House of Representatives voted 415-6).  Reaffirms ongoing role of American Job Centers.  Promotes program coordination and alignment of key employment, education, and training programs at the Federal, State, local, and regional levels.  Builds on proven practices such as sector strategies, career pathways, regional economic approaches, work-based training.  Complements and supports the President’s Job-Driven Workforce Vision. 6

Purpose: WIOA Data Infrastructure Language WIOA mandates the states “to establish and operate a fiscal and management accountability information system based on guidelines established by the Secretaries of Labor and Education, after consultation with the workforce and education system partners.” (section 116(i)(1)) 7

Data Infrastructure & Integration – Developing a Scale  Level 4 – Total Integration (all systems across all WIOA core programs)  Level 3 – Wide-spread Integration among DOL core programs  Level 2 – Some integration with intake, reporting, case management, fiscal  Level 1 – No integration (WIA and Wagner-Peyser programs siloed) 8

Discussion Questions  Using the four-level model of integration, where 1 is little or no program integration at the state level and 4 is a fully integrated system, where do you think your state is now? 9

Discussion Questions Using the four-level model of integration:  What level is ideal?  What level could realistically be reached by July 2016?  By July 2020? 10

Discussion Questions Based on previous answers on ideal vs. realistic integration levels, what are the main challenges in reaching the ideal level? 11

Discussion Questions If estimates exist, what is the estimated cost to reach the next level of integration? 12

Discussion Questions Thinking about your potential examples of current partnerships between DOL programs (Adult/Dislocated Worker/Youth/Wagner-Peyser) and Vocational Rehabilitation or Adult Education: ◦What are the advantages / benefits? ◦What are the challenges? ◦To what extent is information shared among those partners? ◦What methods or tools are used to share that information? 13

Discussion Questions Thinking of the self-ranking of your current integration score on the four- level model, what is the estimated cost to reach the next level of integration? (E.G. how much would it cost to go from level 2 to level 3)? 14

Discussion Questions For states with a Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) grant: how has this grant helped your progression toward an integrated goal? What has been the primary focus of your state’s grant? 15

Discussion Questions WIOA requires that Eligible Training Providers (ETP) report outcomes for recent and past trainees, both WIOA-funded and non-WIOA-funded. How might the ETPs and the requirement of ETP performance reports fit into your integration model? (Benefits and Challenges?) 16

Discussion Questions  If the DOL proposes an integrated reporting layout for Title I programs, where the state would report by participants, rather than by funding stream, what are the opportunities? What are the challenges? 17

Discussion Questions In terms of service delivery in the One-Stop locations, please rate your level of service delivery integration relative to the following areas.  Real-Time Triage  Service Orientation  Case Management  Program Integration and Referral  Seminars, Training None BasicMinimalMidGoodHigh Total 18

Discussion Questions  How might training providers be involved in an integrated reporting system? Thinking about the Eligible Training Provider reporting requirements, would an integrated system ease reporting burden? 19

Discussion Questions If you could change or improve data gathering in your state relative to the indicators required by WIOA, what change or changes would you make recognizing that the law must still be followed? 20

Technical Assistance Tools and Resources  Department of Labor – WIOA Resource Page ( – WIOA Dedicated  Department of Education – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education’s WIOA Resource Page ( – Rehabilitation Services Administration’s WIOA Resource Page ( reauthorization.html) reauthorization.html 21

Stakeholder Engagement INFORMATION ON CURRENT AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT IS AVAILABLE AT Upcoming Webinars: 22 Training WebinarJanuary 62 PMPartnerships and Strategic Planning Training WebinarJanuary 262 PMThe Importance of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for Family and Youth Services Bureau Grantees

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