Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA ARRA Performance Accountability and Updates: What About the Numbers? Karen Staha Office of Performance and Technology Employment and Training Administration U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Overview Review of what’s required in the world of performance accountability A look at the data—what does it tell us? What’s next?

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Setting the Stage - Employment Conditions

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA National Monthly Unemployment Rate January 1976 – April 2009 Source: BLS Labor Statistics

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA The Geography of the Recession - County Unemployment Rates Jan – Sept Source: BLS, Local Unemployment Statistics

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Emphases of Recovery Act: –Transparency and Accountability –Increase numbers of customers served –Provide more in-depth services –Increase number and proportion of customers who receive training

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Number of WIA Participants and Exiters PY Source: State Annual Reports as of 11/30/2009

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Number of WIA Adult Participants and Exiters PY Source: State Annual Reports as of 11/30/2009

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total New WIA Participants by Program May/June – October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Adult Participants October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Dislocated Worker Participants October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Focus of Recovery Act For WIA Adults and Dislocated Workers Programs; National Emergency Grants: –Low-income individuals; public assistance recipients (WIA Adults) –Eligible UI claimants –Provision of training services –Provision of supportive services

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Low-Income as a Percent of Total WIA Adult Exiters PY Source: WIASRD Files

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Low-Income as a Percent of Total WIA Adult Exiters PY 2007 Source: PY 2007 WIASRD

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Adults by Selected Characteristics October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Percent of WIA Adult Exiters Receiving Training PY 2007 Source: PY 2007 WIASRD

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Number of WIA Participants Trained PY Source: State Quarterly Reports as of 12/1/2009, cumulative 4 th quarter

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA WIA Adult Training Services PY Source: WIASRD

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Adults by Training Characteristics October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Adult Participants in Training October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Active WIA Adults by Training Characteristics May/June – October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Adult Participants in OJT October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Change in Number Receiving Training PY 2008 Q1 and PY 2009 Q1 Source: WIA State Quarterly Reports as of 12/1/2009

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Number of WIA Dislocated Worker Participants and Exiters PY Source: State Annual Reports as of 11/30/2009

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Dislocated Workers by Selected Characteristics October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Percent of WIA DW Exiters Receiving Training PY 2007 Source: PY 2007 WIASRD

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Number of WIA Participants Trained PY Source: State Quarterly Reports as of 12/1/2009, cumulative 4 th quarter

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA WIA Dislocated Worker Training Services PY Source: WIASRD

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Dislocated Workers by Training Characteristics October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Dislocated Worker Participants in Training October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Active WIA Dislocated Workers by Training Characteristics May/June – October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Dislocated Worker Participants in OJT October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Focus of Recovery Act For Wagner-Peyser Employment Service: –Universal access –Workforce information services –Reemployment Services for UI claimants –Referral to WIA services

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total New Wagner-Peyser Participants by Program May/June – October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Wagner-Peyser Employment Service by Selected Characteristics October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Wagner-Peyser ES Participants October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Wagner-Peyser Reemployment Services by Selected Characteristics October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Wagner-Peyser RES Participants October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Focus of Recovery Act For WIA Youth program : –Summer Youth Employment –Work Readiness –Education and Employment Services

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total Number of WIA Youth Participants and Exiters PY Source: State Annual Reports as of 11/30/2009

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Youth by Selected Characteristics October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Total WIA Youth Participants in Summer Employment October Program to Date Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Active WIA Youth by Selected Characteristics May/June – October 2009 Source: ARRA Monthly Reports

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Performance Accountability Give us your best data!

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Performance Accountability Check distributions –Should the male/female ratio be 80/20? Compare data over time –Are there any significant shifts in the data? Watch for related fields –If a customer received OJT (WIASRD 340), in what occupation was the customer trained (WIASRD 342)?

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA States Missing Training Occupations – WIA Adult Exiters PY 2007 Source: 2007 WIASRD File (April 2007 – March 2008)

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA States Missing Training Occupations – WIA DW Exiters PY 2007 Source: 2007 WIASRD File (April 2007 – March 2008)

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Top 10 Training Occupations WIA Adult and DW Exiters PY 2007 Source: 2007 WIASRD File (April 2007 – March 2008)

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Performance Accountability Submit the data on time –Cross-train so that more than one person can submit the data Limit the number of data revisions Check data ranges –We have seen data from exiters born during the Renaissance

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Performance Accountability Populate optional fields when possible –Tell a complete and compelling story Check totals –For the WIA Annual Report, table M should be “equal” to the sum of the totals for locals in table O Read Understanding the WIA 9090 Report Counts – arterly_report/Cheat%20Sheet%20on%20the% %20-%20Understanding%20The%20Counts1.doc

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Performance Accountability Compare Locals –Are there any significant differences in the data? Appropriate occurrences of dates –Date of Qualifying Dislocation for a Dislocated Worker should be before the exit date Compare rolling four quarter data for the quarter ending June 30 to your Annual Report and WIASRD data

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Performance Accountability Upcoming Due Dates ARRA Monthly reports for WIA and Wagner-Peyser due the 15 th of the month [Section 1512 reports due January 10, 2010] WIA data element validation for PY 2008 due February 1, 2010 PY nd Quarter reports due February 16, 2010 New Trade Activity Participant Report to be implemented; 1 st reports due February 16, 2010 WIASRD quarterly participant and exiter files due May 14, 2010

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA WIA Adult Program – Length of Training PY 2004 – 2007 Source: PY 2007 WIASRD

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA WIA Dislocated Worker Program – Length of Training PY 2004 – 2007 Source: PY 2007 WIASRD

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA What’s Next Ongoing technical assistance via webinars New Trade Activity Participant Report to be implemented; 1 st reports due 2/14/2010 WIASRD files to be submitted for participants and exiters on May 15, 2010, for the 3 rd quarter of PY 2009 WIA reauthorization

Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ETA Questions/Answers Questions: Up-to-date information: Thank you!