Enhancing WIA Performance Outcomes for Youth

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Introduction
2. Key Definitions

• Enhancing WIA Performance Outcomes for Youth

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Participant
Participant

• An individual who is determined eligible to
  participate in WIA and receives a service funded
  by the program in a physical location or remotely
  through electronic technologies.

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Participant
Participant
Eligible for WIA
Receives a WIA service
AND
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Date of Participation
Date of Participation

• The first day, following a determination of WIA
  eligibility, that the individual begins receiving
  a service funded by the program.

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Service
Service

• Service includes
• In-program WIA activities
• Basic skills assessments
• Creating individual service strategies
• All but one of the 10 program elements

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Service
Service

• Service does not include
• Determination of eligibility
• Self-directed job search that does not result in
  a referral to a job
• Services and activities specifically provided as
  follow-up services
• Regular contact with the participant or employer
  only to obtain information regarding employment
  or educational status or the need for support
  services
• Self-Service activities
• Informational activities

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Exit
Exit

• The term exit means a participant does not
  receive a service funded by WIA or funded by a
  partner program for 90 consecutive calendar days
  and is not scheduled for future services.

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Date of Exit
Date of Exit

• The last day on which the individual received a
  service funded by WIA or a partner program

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Global Exclusions
Global Exclusions

• Participants are excluded from the common
  measures for the following reasons
• Institutionalized
• Invalid or missing SSN
• Health/Medical or Family Care
• Reservists called to active duty
• Relocated to a Mandated Residential Program
• Deceased

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Global Exclusions
Global Exclusions

• Participants are excluded from the common
  measures for the following reasons
• Institutionalized
• Invalid or missing SSN
• Health/Medical or Family Care
• Reservists called to active duty
• Relocated to a Mandated Residential Program
• Deceased

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Global Exclusions
Global Exclusions

• Global Exclusions can be taken until the third
  quarter after exit.

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Planned Gap
Planned Gap

• Participants should not be considered as exited
  if there is a planned gap in service of greater
  than 90 days in one of the following
  circumstances
• Health/medical condition or providing care for a
  family member with a health/medical condition
• Delay before the beginning of training
• Temporary move from the area that prevents the
  individual from participating in services.

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UI Wage Data
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Data

• UI wage data is used to track unsubsidized
  employment and wages in all Older Youth measures,
  the Younger Youth Retention measure, and in the
  common measure Placement in Employment or
  Education.
• NOTE Gathering UI wage data is a State
  responsibility.

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UI Wage Data
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Data

• UI wage data is used to track unsubsidized
  employment and wages in all Older Youth measures,
  the Younger Youth Retention measure, and in the
  common measure Placement in Employment or
  Education.
• NOTE Gathering UI wage data is a State
  responsibility.

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UI Wage Data
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Data

• Challenges with using UI wage data
• Typically there is a two quarter lag before this
  data can be analyzed by the state for WIA
  performance.
• This means data verifying employment and wages
  for performance measures is not reported for many
  months after the performance period.
• Not all employed workers show up in UI wage
  records.
• States can use Supplemental Data to verify
  employment for these workers.

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UI Wage Data
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Data

• Challenges with using UI wage data
• Typically there is a two quarter lag before this
  data can be analyzed by the state for WIA
  performance.
• This means data verifying employment and wages
  for performance measures is not reported for many
  months after the performance period.
• Not all employed workers show up in UI wage
  records.
• States can use Supplemental Data to verify
  employment for these workers.

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UI Wage Data
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Data

• Challenges with using UI wage data
• Typically there is a two quarter lag before this
  data can be analyzed by the state for WIA
  performance.
• This means data verifying employment and wages
  for performance measures is not reported for many
  months after the performance period.
• Not all employed workers show up in UI wage
  records.
• States can use Supplemental Data to verify
  employment for these workers.

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Quarters
Quarters

• Calendar quarters
• January to March
• April to June
• July to September
• October to December

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Quarters
Quarters
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Quarters
Quarters

• All WIA performance measures are calculated based
  on the quarter in which a participant exits, and
  the performance outcomes are due in different
  quarters.

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Quarters
Quarters
Keep in Mind
Exit Quarter The Quarter Containing the Exit Date
Quarters After Exit Quarters After the Exit
Quarter
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Quarters
Quarters
Exit FEB
Exit MAR
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Quarters
Quarters
Print reference handout entitled Quarters.
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Out-of-School Youth
Out-of-School Youth

• An eligible youth who is
• A school dropout OR
• Has received a secondary school diploma or its
  equivalent but is
• basic skills deficient
• unemployed
• underemployed
• School status determined at program entry

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