The Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET) Program

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The Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSET)
Program

• The Entered Employment Rate Measure
• State Fiscal Year 2005/2006
• The Agency for Workforce Innovation
• Revised February 3, 2006

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The Food Stamp Employment Training Entered
Employment Rate

• Where did it come from?
• Who requires it?
• What is the standard?
• How is it measured?
• Where is data published?

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Where did it come from?

• Effective July 2004, the Entered Employment Rate
  measure replaced the State Fiscal Year (SFY)
  2003/2004 FSET Percent Employed measure.
• Outcome data was reported and monitored by the
  Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) and
  Workforce Florida, Inc. (WFI) during SFY
  2004/2005.
• Data continues to be reported and monitored for
  SFY 2005/2006.

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Who requires it?

• WFI and the AWI require the tracking of outcomes
  for this measure.
• It is also required by the Legislature as part of
  AWIs Long Range Program Plan.

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What is the standard?

• During SFY 2005/2006, Regional Workforce Boards
  (RWBs) operating FSET programs will not be held
  to individual or statewide standards for this
  measure.

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How is it measured?

• The following descriptions of the measure and
  methodology are for SFY 2005/2006.
• Of those who are active participants during the
  report period, the number who gain unsubsidized
  employment.
• The methodology allows for individuals who are
  employed in more than one job to be counted twice
  in the numerator and denominator.

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How is it measured?

• Numerator A count of individuals with 1 or 2
  unsubsidized jobs that began during the report
  period.
• Denominator A count of individuals with any
  job, activity, service or training open during
  the report period.
• Individuals may be duplicated (up to twice)
  if they obtain more than one job.

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How is it measured?

• The numerator includes
• FSET participants with an unsubsidized job that
  began or was created (in the One-Stop Service
  Tracking (OSST) system) during the State Fiscal
  Year.
• Created means If the unsubsidized job started
  prior to the report period, but was entered in
  the system by the 10th of the month in which the
  data is extracted, it is counted in the outcomes.
  
• This is considered a late data entry clause and
  allows the RWB to receive credit for employment
  that was not included in outcomes for a previous
  report period.

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How is it measured?

• For example
• A participant who began a job on November 3rd
  will be included in the November reports
  numerator and denominator as long as the job is
  recorded in the OSST system by the 10th of
  December.
• A participant will also be included in the
  numerator and denominator (for November) if
  his/her job began on October 31, but the career
  manager did not record it in the system until
  December 2nd. This participant would not have
  been included in the October numerator (for this
  job) because it was not recorded timely.
  However, the late data entry clause allows the
  RWB to receive credit in a future report period.
  

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How is it measured?

• NOTE FSET case managers should attempt to have
  all data entry completed (jobs, activities, etc.)
  in the OSST system by the 10th of each month for
  the previous month.

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How is it measured?

• A participant will be counted up to twice on the
  monthly and quarterly reports if the participant
  has more than one job that began during that
  time.
• If two unsubsidized jobs start during the report
  period, the participant will be counted twice in
  the numerator and denominator.

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How is it measured?

• A participant must be in the FSET program at the
  time the job starts.
• Optional Workfare Program participants served in
  Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Walton and Washington
  Counties are not included in this FSET measure.
  

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How is it measured?

• The denominator includes
• FSET individuals with any job, activity, service
  or training that was open during the SFY PLUS
  individuals who had up to two jobs open.
• The denominator excludes cases where a sanction
  was open at least one day in the report period
  except
• If the sanction was ended during the report
  period and the outcome is good cause, the
  participant is included in the denominator.
• If the participant meets the criteria to be
  excluded from the measure due to a sanction, but
  meets the criteria for the numerator, the
  participant will be included in both the
  numerator and denominator to maximize the RWB's
  outcome.
• This allows RWBs to receive credit for employed
  participants who may also be sanctioned.

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How is it measured?

• If a participant has an FSET job, activity,
  service, or training that started prior to the
  current SFY, but was open at least one day during
  the current SFY, OR started during the SFY, (s)he
  is counted in the denominator for the current
  SFY.
• All services, activities, trainings and jobs
  (unsubsidized subsidized) are considered for
  the denominator.
• Benchmarks (services/activities/trainings) are
  not considered.
• Good cause codes are not considered.
• If the activity, service, job, etc. was closed
  with an outcome of entered in error, it is not
  considered in this measure.

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How is it measured?

• NOTE If a career manager enters a begin date on
  a service, activity, etc. for which an
  anticipated begin date was previously entered by
  a career manager in another RWB and the
  participant meets the criteria to be included in
  the measure, the participant will appear in the
  outcomes for the RWB that initially entered the
  anticipated start date.
• Therefore, it is very important that career
  managers DO NOT use activities, etc. that were
  created by another RWB or OSST system user when
  assigning activities to a participant.

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Where is data published?

• Outcome data for the measure is published on the
  Quarterly Key Measures Report.
• Data for the Quarterly Key Measures Report is
  compiled on a quarterly basis.
• Data is extracted from the OSST system data
  warehouse approximately 20 days after the end of
  the quarter.

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Where is data published?

• Data displayed on the Quarterly Key Measures
  Report displays totals for each RWB beginning on
  July 01 for the SFY.
• Data is compiled for this report by RWB.
  Therefore, if a participant meets the criteria to
  be included in the numerator/denominator for RWB
  5 in July, and moves and meets the criteria again
  in RWB 8 in August, (s)he will be included in the
  outcomes for both RWBs.
• However, the Statewide total does not reflect the
  sum of the RWB totals.
• The statewide total reflects an unduplicated
  count of participants in the state.
• Participants may be duplicated if they obtain
  more than one job.

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Where is data published?

• Data is also displayed on the Monthly FSET
  Entered Employment Rate Report.
• Data for this report is extracted from the OSST
  system data warehouse after the 10th of each
  month for the previous month.
• AWI is also preparing to publish an External
  Report in the OSST system that will contain the
  participant information for individuals included
  in the measure.

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Example 1

• On July 5, 2005, Joe starts/completes FSET
  Orientation.
• Joe continues participating in various activities
  in August.
• Joe does not gain employment in August.
• Joe will be included in the denominator for the
  monthly reports for July and August, but not the
  numerator.

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Example 2

• Sarah has been participating in Work Experience
  since May 06, 2005.
• On August 09, 2005, she begins an unsubsidized
  job.
• Sarah will be included in the denominator for the
  monthly reports for July and August of SFY
  2005/2006.
• She will also appear in the numerator for August
  (as long as the job is documented in the OSST
  system by September 10, 2005).

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Example 3

• Pam attends Orientation on August 11, 2005.
• Pam fails to attend a follow-up appointment on
  August 16th.
• A sanction is requested on August 27th.
• Pam will not appear in the measure for August
  because a sanction was open at least one day
  during the report period (and it was not ended
  with good cause).

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FSET Performance Reporting Contacts

• Shannon Thompson
• Shannon.thompson_at_awi.state.fl.us
• (850) 245 - 7443
• Nancy Maxwell
• Nancy.maxwell_at_awi.state.fl.us
• [phone]

AWI