WIOA Youth Program Performance

If you are new to the WIOA Youth program, or would like to refresh your understanding of the performance requirements, review these resources below:

Performance Technical Assistance

• Performance Reporting Community of Practice on WorkforceGPS: This community serves as a centralized source of information for the Performance Reporting related policies and resources for the Employment and Training Administration's employment and training programs.
• WIOA Performance Indicators E-Learning Series: A series of interactive e-Learning modules that explain select WIOA performance accountability concepts. Topics covered include Credential Attainment, Measurable Skill Gains, Employment Rate in the 2nd and 4th Quarters after Exit, and Median Earnings.
• WIOA Performance Accountability - A Focus on Youth Performance: This webinar discusses the definitions of participant and exit, primary indicators of performance for WIOA core programs and other workforce programs, and Statistical Adjustment Model and Negotiations.
• Credential Attainment Resource Page: This page serves as a landing page for technical assistance that touches on topics directly relating to credentials and the credential attainment performance indicator in particular.

Performance Guidance

• Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 10-16, Change 3: Performance Accountability Guidance for WIOA Core Programs
• TEGL 23-19, Change 3: Guidance for Validating Required Performance Data Submitted by Grant Recipients of U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Workforce Programs
• TEGL 11-19, Change 2: Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for WIOA Core Programs 

Additional Resources

• Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Performance Website: This page provides an overview of technical assistance resources and tools to help grantees navigate performance accountability and reporting requirements under WIOA.
• WIOA Youth Source Documentation Cheat Sheet: This resource can assist WIOA Youth programs in understanding the allowable sources that may be used to document participant eligibility, services, and outcomes.
• National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS): One way that WIOA Youth program participants can achieve a Measurable Skill Gain (MSG) is by demonstrating Educational Functioning Level (EFL) gains using NRS-approved assessments. Visit this NRS webpage and select the link "Tests Suitable for Use in the NRS" for a list of the most recent NRS-approved tests that can be used to demonstrate EFL gains. A link to this resource is also provided on page 18, footnote 7 of TEGL 10-16, Change 3.

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• Posted by: Career Pathways TA
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