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Plan: Minnesota PYs 2016-2017
Combined Plan C

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. b. 6. C.

Published
Located in:
  • 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. C. Use of Unemployment Insurance (ui) Wage Record Data

Explain how the State will meet the requirements to utilize quarterly UI wage records for performance accountability, evaluations, and as a source for workforce and labor market information, consistent with Federal and State law. (This Operational Planning element applies to core programs.)

Current Narrative:

DEED houses the state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) division, which makes access to state wage detail available for the completion of official performance reporting requirements as required by federal or state laws. Minnesota’s dedicated program performance and information technology staff also coordinate the data extracts from WRIS and FEDES to develop and produce the reports required for performance accountability under WIOA.

As a part of the net impact analysis required under Minnesota State statute and described in more detail in the section prior, we were also able to leverage UI data in several ways. First, we were able to identify individuals who applied for UI benefits in the same period that our program participants, or treatment group, were entering programs to construct a non-participant control group. Second, we were able to use UI wage records to track both our treatment and control group participants longitudinally.

Finally, DEED links UI wage records to postsecondary completion data from the state’s Office of Higher Education in creation of a public facing Graduate Employment Outcomes (GEO) tool. The GEO tool shows how many recent Minnesota graduates found Minnesota jobs one to five years after graduation. It also shows the median wages earned and the top industries where graduates found jobs. Data are available by location, award type, institution type, and instructional program. In spring 2016, graduate employment outcomes by institution were added, helping to fulfill reporting requirements of the Office of Higher Education under Minnesota Statute 136A.121 Subd. 20, which mandates data on the employment and wage outcomes for graduates at the institution level.

DEED is also leveraging postsecondary completers and UI data linkages in preparation of our new Eligible Training Provider List (ETLP), which will be integrated into a new, comprehensive Career and Education Explorer tool being developed by Minnesota’s Labor Market Information Office In addition to GEO, DEED has studied relevant and timeline issues on graduate employment and wage outcomes in Minnesota. In 2015, for example, DEED conducted research on: • Racial disparities in wage and employment after graduation. This study provided qualitative evidence on four factors which help explain post-college wage disparities, including choice of major, industry of employment after graduation, time to degree completion and age of student at time of completion. • Labor market returns to higher education for older graduates. This study looked at work experience (continuous employment, interrupted employment, laid off from employment) to model the impact of schooling.