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Plan: Maine PYs 2016-2017
Unified Plan U

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. b. 6. B.

Published
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  • III. Operational Planning Elements
    The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that support the State’s strategy and the system-wide vision described in Section II.(c) above. Unless otherwise noted, all Operational Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs. This section must include—
    • b. State Operating Systems and Policies
      The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a description of the State operating systems and policies that will support the implementation of the State strategy described in Section II Strategic Elements . This includes—

III. b. 6. B. Assessment of Participants’ Post-program Success

Describe how lead State agencies will use the workforce development system to assess the progress of participants who are exiting from core programs in entering, persisting in, and completing postsecondary education, or entering or remaining in employment. States may choose to set additional indicators of performance.

Current Narrative:

ASSESSMENT OF PARTICIPANTS’ POST–PROGRAM SUCCESS Developing long–term participant outcomes is essential to creating a continuous cycle of program and system improvement. Moreover, as discussed in the first section of this Unified Plan (Economic and Workforce Analysis), Maine has a variety of workforce challenges that require measurement, tracking and assessment. As such, Maine’s core partners are committed to producing an evaluation system that extends beyond what’s required for federal reporting. Maine’s Workforce Longitudinal Data System will play an integral role in measuring long–term participant outcomes. This system links unit level participant records with their corresponding wage and employment data and was developed under grants from U.S. E.T.A and Maine’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System, which is administered by the Maine Department of Education. The Workforce Longitudinal Data System presently measures first year wage and employment outcomes of university and community college graduates at the campus, credential and area of study level. As part of this plan, the system will be used to measure the outcomes of workforce development system program participants. To do so, the WIOA Steering Committee, core program managers and the State Board will collaborate to define the data that is required to inform decision making and program improvement. Other programs that are not presently using wage data for performance accountability evaluations will also be added to the wage–matching system. Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), for example, is in the process of developing a data sharing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Maine Department of Labor for the purposes of evaluating the outcomes of Department of Health and Human Services participants.