Located in:
- III. Operational Planning Elements
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that supports 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—
- b. State Operating Systems and Policies
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:
Moving forward, the Arkansas Workforce Development Board's vision is for the state's workforce development system partners to develop the ability to capture a more complete set of customer data from all federal and state-funded employment and training programs coupled with a customer-focused data model that will allow aggregating data into any combination of programs and characteristics. This will allow our system to meet program reporting requirements as well as permit other views of the data. Key to its effectiveness is the ability to report a participant's outcomes the same way for every program or aggregation of data.
While the progress of participants who are exiting from the core programs will be assessed through follow up by the core programs that provided service, it is important to remember that follow-up services should help each participant complete training and/or maintain employment. Furthermore, follow-up should provide a continuous link to the workforce system as a whole, including referral networks and partner programs. While there may be some variances in the follow-up, based upon needs of the individual, a consistent message in each follow-up contact will ensure that participants know which services are available to them, even after program exit.
The WIOA Roundtable will seek to develop a common follow-up procedures that are designed for the purpose of career planning, rather than required program performance reporting.