1. SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT DATA PARTNERSHIPS!
Debra Mikulka,
KanTRAIN Project Director
Christa Smith,
KanTRAIN Research Analyst
TAACCCT Round 4 Convening
September 26-27, 2017

2. KanTRAIN
$11,997,957 grant award
Single-state, multi-institution consortium in Kansas with Washburn University as lead:
Washburn Institute of Technology
Garden City Community College
Flint Hills Technical College
Wichita Area Technical College
Sector Focus Areas: Advanced Manufacturing & Health Care
Round 4 Option 2 Capbreaker: Improve Statewide Data Collection, Integration, and Use

3. A: An Option for Exceeding the SGA Award Funding Cap
Q: What is a Capbreaker?
A: An Option for Exceeding the SGA Award Funding Cap
Option 2: to Improve Statewide Data Integration and Use
Statewide integrated system designed to improve the integration and use of education and workforce system data
Seamlessly integrate common student data reporting system within consortium member institutions and among a majority of the community colleges in their state.

4. That Elusive TAACCCT Employment Data…..
How do we find it?
Participants: Self-report, Employers, Pay Stubs, etc.
Workforce Agency Agreements
State Departments of Labor
DOL’s WDQI and the State IHE Board: Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI)
Other

5. Developing Sustainable Partnerships
What is WDQI?
In 2010, DOL funded WDQI grants to:
fund the development, or enhancement, of state workforce longitudinal administrative databases
Will include information on programs that provide training and employment services
Will be linked longitudinally at the individual level to allow for analysis leading to enhanced opportunity for program evaluation and better information for customers and stakeholders of the workforce system.

6. Developing Sustainable Partnerships
Who has WDQI?
16 States have more than one WDQI grant:
Washington, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine
20 States have one WDQI grant:
Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Alaska, Hawaii

7. Building on Existing Systems
KanTRAIN Model
Building on Existing Systems
Used existing systems
Created new linkages
Developed KBOR systems reports
Integrated student records, program data, & LMI data
Expanded WIOA Data Support
KBOR Data Warehouse
KSDE
PK - 12
Commerce:
Workforce
KDOL
LMI

8. Building Your Own Sustainable Partnerships
WDQI?
Contractual Agreements
Agency and Workforce Partnerships
Other Examples

9. Lessons Learned Best Practices Partnerships Systems Alignment
Data Sharing & Confidentiality
Best Practices
Communication
Consistency
Persistence
Realistic Expectations
Collaboration

10. Kansas Technical Re/training Among Industry-targeted Networks (KanTRAIN)
Washburn University
1700 SW College Ave
Topeka, Kansas 66621
Christa Smith
Debra Mikulka
Research Analyst
Project Director