Critical Sectors Job Quality Grant Program Performance Reporting Technical Assistance

Guidance

• Critical Sectors Performance Handbook, Published August 2024
• Critical Sectors Demonstration Grant Participant Data File Tool, with Case File Sample, Published August 2024
• Performance Reporting Orientation 1.0 - ETA Webcast November 2024
• Performance Reporting Orientation 2.0 - ETA Webinar December 2024
• Policy guidance resources Training and Employment Notices (TENs) and Training and Employment Guidance Letters (TEGLs) to assist grantees with any performance reporting questions.
• WIOA 101 E-Learning Module

These resources will help you troubleshoot common reporting challenges and ensure you can submit compliant quarterly performance reports. 

Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL)

• Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) Disability Elements: Focus on Data Quality - ETA Webinar
• Utilizing Performance Metrics in Program and Partnership Development - ETA Webinar

Workforce Integrated Performance System (WIPS)

• WIPS Newsletters & Release Notes

Lessons Learned

• Lessons Learned: Using Excel to Manage Data and Track Participants - If your organization is considering using Excel to track participant data, this session covered best practices, common challenges, and lessons learned to maximize the effectiveness of Excel for tracking participant data and outcomes. The event featured tips from an H-1B grantee who uses Excel as a case management tool to prepare data files for submission into in the WIPS.

Additional DOL Performance Resources

• The Performance Reporting Community - serves as a centralized source of information for the Performance Reporting related policies and resources for DOLETA’s employment and training programs.
• The DOL Performance Reporting Page will assist you in understanding how the workforce system measures, reports, and evaluates performance under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). ETA oversees the performance accountability provision of WIOA to obtain valid, accurate, and comparable results across states to inform policy and program decision making.

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• Resource Publication Date: 2024
• Posted by: Christina Stocks
• Posted in: Critical Sectors Job Quality Grant