Transcript What Will the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act
What will the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) mean for Montana Adult Basic Education ?
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What does WIOA have to do with Montana ABE?
Significant impact on Adult Basic Skills programs Focus on Career Pathways to serve education and workforce participants and employers. Changes in requirements for Eligible Training Providers, including significantly increased reporting responsibilities.
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What Does WIOA have to do with Montana ABE?
Increased expectations of required One-Stop partners, including Adult Basic Education and postsecondary. Shared planning and performance accountability across all four core program providers, including ABE. 4/28/2020
General Overview of WIOA
WIOA Timeline
WIOA Core Program Partners
WIOA Required One-Stop Partners
Overarching Changes in WIOA
Shared Planning
Shared Performance Measures
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WIOA Timeline
7/22/14
• WIOA Signed by President • Department of Labor and Department of Education initiate conversations with States/seek feedback for guidance
Spring, 2015
• Proposed Regulations released April 2015.
• Comment period will follow-comments begin
April 16 th .
April, 2015
• Title II Transition Plan Due • Transition plan will identify how Title II programs are preparing to meet new WIOA requirements 4/28/2020
5/1/15 6/30/16
WIOA Timeline • Unified Plan • Transition Activities
7/1/15
• WIOA Begins • Unclear what “begins” will mean at program level
Fall, 2015
• Per Dept. of Education OCTAE (Fall, 2014) , expect template for State Plan around September/October 2015. 4/28/2020
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WIOA Timeline
• DOL and ED Develop Reporting Template • New Eligible Training Provider Provisions Implemented
1/22/16 • Final Regulations from DOL, ED and HHS 3/3/2016
• Unified or Combined State Plan Due • Performance Levels for new indicators negotiated as part of approval of State Plans. 4/28/2020
WIOA Timeline
Unknown
• Procurement for Title II – Adult Education and Literacy Providers • Spring 2016?
7/1/16
• New Performance Indicators Take Effect • One-Stop Infrastructure Cost Sharing Takes Effect
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• To what extent will WIOA State Planning Process and Local Planning Process be Consecutive or Concurrent? • When will Local Plans be due to State? 4/28/2020
WIOA Core Program Partners
WIOA Title I.B: Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth WIOA Title II: Adult Education and Literacy, (Serving adults with basic skill needs and English Language Learners.) WIOA Title II: Wagner-Peyser (Montana Employment) WIOA Title IV: Vocational Rehabilitation 4/28/2020
WIOA Required One-Stop Partners
Participating in the Operation of a One-Stop Delivery System Core Programs: WIOA Adult, DW, Youth; Wagner-Peyser; Adult Education & Literacy; Vocational Rehabilitation Carl Perkins – Career & Technical Education Title V – Older Americans Act Job Corp Native American Programs Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers Veterans YouthBuild Trade Act Community Action Housing and Urban Development TANF (Unless Governor Says No) Other programs may be added 4/28/2020
Overarching Changes in WIOA
Program Silos are Diminished
All Core Programs funded under WIOA share planning at the state and local levels. All Core Programs funded under WIOA primarily share the same Performance Indicators and Reporting Requirements All Core Programs funded under WIOA share some infrastructure costs for the One-Stop System. (Maximum 1.5%) Workforce programs under WIA focused on Job outcomes; WIOA is focused on Jobs and Credentials as outcomes. 4/28/2020
Overarching Changes in WIOA
Jobs to Careers
Targets good jobs with growth potential Focus on Career Pathways as an important vehicle to move individuals from a starting job to a sustainable wage job. Recognition of the value of credentials across all core programs Focus on “Earn and Learn” strategies, including apprenticeships, work-based training, etc. 4/28/2020
Overarching Changes in WIOA
Consistent and Coordinated “Intake” and “Exit” Information
All Core Programs will have “enrollment” information that must be consistent across the programs in order to track progress on shared performance outcomes. All Core Programs will likely have additional “enrollment” information specific to federal, state and/or institutional requirements and program needs. “Exit” date is critical/linked to performance indicators. Exit dates for students may need to be coordinated across Core Programs in many cases. 4/28/2020
WIOA – Shared Planning
Four-year Unified State Plan involves shared planning among Core Program Partners. Combined State Plan involves shared planning among Core State Partners and additional partner(s) added at Governor’s discretion. Combined State Plan may add Carl Perkins, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Veterans Employment and Training Services, Employment & Training programs through HUD, food & nutrition, Community Services Block Grant and others. (11 federal options) 4/28/2020
WIOA – Shared Planning
Unified or Combined State Plan must include goals, objectives, and strategies for preparing an educated and skilled workforce. State Plan must be informed by: An analysis of the current workforce Descriptions of the state’s delivery system Perspectives on economic conditions in the state Analysis of employer needs, including what is required in key sectors 4/28/2020
WIOA Shared Planning
Assumes a local planning process that mirrors the State Plan requirements and product.
State negotiates performance indicator targets with local entities.
Unknown to what degree state and local planning processes may be consecutive or concurrent.
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WIOA Shared Performance Measures
ALL Core Programs share these measures: Employment rate in 2 nd and 4 th quarters after exit Median Earnings in 2 nd quarter after exit Percentage of participants (not only exiters) who, Are in a program leading to either: A postsecondary credential, or employment Percentage of participants who, during participation or within 1 year after exit, either: Obtained postsecondary credential Obtained HSE AND were employed 2 nd quarter after exit OR enrolled in a postsecondary credential program leading to a certificate within one year. 4/28/2020
WIOA Shared Performance Measures
An Effectiveness Indicator(s) for employer services will be developed by DOL/DOE by 2016 – final shared measure All measures required and formal target negotiation for: Adult, Dislocated Worker, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Adult Basic Skills Youth, except employment measures also count further education and training participation Wagner-Peyser, except not subject to credential nor skill gain measures The measures, but not target setting, apply to: Migrant & Seasonal Farmworker, Job Corps, Native American Programs and YouthBuild. 4/28/2020
WIOA Shared Performance Measures
States will negotiate two years of state targets in each even-numbered year, starting in 2016. WIOA codifies use of federal statistical regression models in target setting. 4/28/2020
WIOA Shared Performance Measures
At State level, failure to meet targets for one year triggers technical assistance requirement.
At State level, failure to meet targets on a continuing basis results in a reduction of Governor’s discretionary and administrative funds from 15% to 10% Unknown how failure to meet performance targets may impact local areas that do not meet their negotiated targets. 4/28/2020
Caution!! Caution!! Caution!!
We know what is in the 800+ page WIOA bill. We DO NOT know how federal guidance and interpretations will influence how WIOA implementation occurs “on the ground”. All current materials should be considered “best guesses” in terms of implications and impact. The goal is for people to at least be aware of what seems to be emerging. However,
some of the guesses may be proved wrong.
It is not too early to begin to consider how to prepare for WIOA. 4/28/2020
What does WIOA mean for ABE Data Collection and Reporting? Your Name Here 4/28/2020
Many More Unknowns than Knowns!
What We Know
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WIOA makes data collection and reporting much more important.
WIOA means ABE data will no longer be only within ABE “walls”. “Enrollment” and “Exit” of ABE students could occur outside of ABE program.
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How or where data will be collected (which data base(s), or what data will be collected.
How data will be reported outside ABE, or by whom.
How enrollment or exit will happen/who is responsible. 4/28/2020
Many More Unknowns than Knowns!
What We Know
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WIOA will continue to require progress reporting on ABE students. Outcomes for all ABE students will be reported for shared performance indicators.
What We Don’t Know
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To what extent the state integrated data system, will cover performance reporting.
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Many More Unknowns than Knowns!
What We Know
HiSET attainment by ABE students will only “count” under WIOA if HiSET is followed by employment 2 nd quarter after exit or enrollment into a post secondary credit Career Pathways certificate program (during participation in the program or 1 year after exit).
What We Don’t Know
What level of performance will be expected on this indicator.
Whether a year is defined as a calendar or an academic year. What level of employment is required. 4/28/2020
Assumptions About Data Collection and Reporting Under WIOA 1. Who are our students? WIOA will require that student status in relation to over a dozen “barriers to employment” is collected. Very specific protocols for identifying which categorie(s) of barrier a student belongs in must be observed consistently across all programs. Other “enrollment” information that needs to be consistent across ALL WIOA programs may also be required. 4/28/2020
Individuals with Barriers to Employment Categories Displaced homemakers Low-income individuals Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians Individuals with disabilities Older individuals Ex-offenders Homeless individuals Youth who are or have aged out of foster care English language learners Eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers Individuals within 2 years of exhausting lifetime eligibility under Part A of the Social Security Act Single parents, including single pregnant women Long term unemployed Other groups as the Governor determines 4/28/2020
Assumptions about Data Collection and Reporting Under WIOA 2. What Happens While Students Are With Us? Progress reporting will still be required under WIOA. May or may not be precisely the same as current NRS reporting. 4/28/2020
Assumptions About Data Collection and Reporting Under WIOA 3. Where Do ABE Students Go After They Leave
the ABE Program?
Currently, Post-ABE tracking for Title II is less extensive than it will be under WIOA. Currently “EXIT” from Title II ABS program is clear and determined ONLY within ABE. It is likely that exit dates will need to be coordinated with One-Stop partners under WIOA. 4/28/2020
Note-Postsecondary Credential Indicator Departments are considering using indicator to measure interim progress of participants who may be enrolled in education or training services. For low-skilled adults, this proposed indicator provides opportunity to track progress in reading, math, writing, ELA, while they are participating in adult education prior to completing HSE or entry to PS….this will encourage local programs to serve all low-skilled adults as Congress intended.
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