WISPR: The Vision

for Integrated
Performance
Reporting

U.S. Department of Labor

Employment and
Training Administration
 Session Overview
Part I: WISPR Background
– What is the WISPR System?
– Why WISPR?
– Next Steps for WISPR

Part II: Examples of Integration

A. Shared Youth Vision
B. TAA Performance Reporting
C. WIRED Outcomes

Part III: Quarterly Reports

– Overview of New Forms
– Reporting Highlights
 Session Overview (Continued)

Part IV: Workforce Investment Standardized Record Data

(WISRD)
– Types of new data elements
– Section Highlights

Appendix: Details on New WISRD Elements

 Part I
WISPR Background
What is the WISPR System?
Why WISPR?
Next Steps for WISPR
 Current Reporting Systems

State Workforce Agency

Wagner-Peyser Employment Service/

WIA Title IB Trade Act
Jobs for Veterans Programs
Programs/NEGs Program
Job Seeker Veterans DVOP
Services Report Services Report Veteran Report
WIA Quarterly (ES 9002A) (ES 9002B) (VETS 200A)
Report
Job Seeker LVER TAPR
(ETA 9090) Veteran
Outcomes Report Veteran Report Records
Outcomes Report (VETS 200B)
(ES 9002C)
(ES 9002D)
WIASRD Job Openings DVOP/LVER
Records Report Veteran Report
(ES 9002E) (VETS 200C)
 What is the WISPR System?
The ETA Management Information and Longitudinal
Evaluation (EMILE) performance reporting system was
published in July 2004 for a 60-day comment period

– 161 unique comment letters

– EMILE feasibility study with 4 states

– DOL collaborative process to revise proposal

– Informal feedback from some states on technical details

of the proposed system
 What is the WISPR System?
We listened to you:

• Performance reporting for state programs only

• Individual records for exiters only

• Aggregate information on employer services

 What is the WISPR System?
Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting
System (WISPR)

State Workforce Agency

Workforce Investment
System Performance Employer Services
Report Report

Additional Veteran
Services Reports

WISRD Records
 What is the WISPR System?
A proposed streamlined performance reporting system
for the following DOL programs:

– Wagner-Peyser Employment Service

– Jobs for Veterans State Grants (DVOP/LVER
Programs)
– WIA Adults and Dislocated Workers
– WIA Youth
– Trade Adjustment Assistance
– National Emergency Grants
 What is the WISPR System?
Request for comments to OMB published in November 2006

Areas of concern:

• Clarification on veterans programs

• Self-services and social security numbers

• Implementation date

• Specific changes
 Why WISPR?
• Fewer barriers to service integration because of different
definitions and reports for each workforce program

• Consistent measurement of performance results through the

use of a single, streamlined reporting structure

• Results on the core purposes of the workforce system –

employment for adults and skills for youth

• Results based on customizable geographic areas (e.g.,

regional labor markets)
 Why WISPR?

• Common performance measure outcomes,

reported across programs

• Information management and oversight of

programs

• Reflects shared youth vision

• Emphasis on co-enrollment strategies

 Next Steps for WISPR
During Program Year 2007/Fiscal Year 2008:

• Resolve comments with the Office of Management and

Budget

• Issue guidance with approved reporting formats

• Develop necessary infrastructure for receiving reports

• Provide training to system

Questions/Comments on
WISPR Background?
 Part II A
Shared Youth Vision
Goals
Resource Alignment
Partnerships
 Shared Youth Vision
White House Task Force Report on Disadvantaged
Youth
• Issued in October 2003 under direction of Domestic Policy
Council

• Focused on 4 Goals: Better Management, Accountability,

Connections, Priority To Serve the Neediest Youth

• Recommendations
– Focus funding on target populations
– Interagency Collaboration to coordinate evaluation, accountability, and policy
– Unified research agenda identifying best practices using random assignment
evaluations
 Federal Interagency Workgroup
Federal Interagency Work Group created in 2004 to ensure
communication, coordination, and collaboration
Partnership now includes:
– U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
and Office of Disability Employment Policy
– U.S. Department of Education, Offices of Vocational and Adult
Education, Special Education, Elementary and Secondary Education,
Indian Education
– U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention
– U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families and Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
– Social Security Administration
– Corporation for National & Community Service
– U.S. Department of Transportation
Shared Youth Vision Moves Forward
 Linking Integration with Outcomes
• Partnerships can lead to more effective use of resources and
better outcomes for the neediest youth

• Example: WIA and Adult Education

– Out-of-school youth, ages 16 and older, qualify for the
Adult Education program through the U.S. Department of
Education

– Leveraging Adult Education resources could allow local

workforce development agencies to provide more
comprehensive services to youth

– Adult Education and WIA youth program share good

outcomes of participants
 For More Information
Visit the Regional Youth Forum Web site:
http://www.doleta.gov/ryf/

E-mail us: youthfed.team@dol.gov

 Part II B
TAA Performance Reporting
 How will WISPR Affect TAA Performance
Reporting?
• WISPR will completely replace the Trade Act Participant
Report (TAPR)

• Most fields that are currently in TAPR will be tracked

through WISRD

• Additional fields are added:

– Tracking more specific types of co-enrollments
– Tracking Veterans information
– Tracking Agent/Liable State identifier

• States will report quarterly TAA performance outcomes

 Why is Integrated Reporting Important
to TAA?
• Co-enrollment important to successfully serve participants
– Trade does not allow for initial assessments or follow up
services (“wrap around services”)

– Although the provision of core and intensive services is not

required by the TAA Reform Act of 2002, the law requires
the provision of these services through the WIA programs

– Supported by the Governor-Secretary Agreement in each

state

• Integrated reporting encourages common exit date that is

essential for tracking accurate performance outcomes
 Part II C
WIRED Outcomes
 Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• The WIRED initiative has a slightly different approach; the

grants have a broader scope

• One goal is transformation of the workforce investment

system

• WIRED Performance Accountability Framework developed

to capture accomplishments and successes
Common Performance Measure Outcomes

The ultimate success of the regional talent development

strategies:

Appropriately educated and skilled individuals available

to fill and attract additional high-growth and high-wage
jobs to the region
 Workforce Investment System Role in WIRED
Reporting
• Reporting on the common performance measures calls for a
partnership between the WIRED regions and the appropriate
state and local workforce investment system components

• WIRED participants to be reported now using the WIA

Standardized Record Data (WIASRD) NEG 3rd project data
element

• Once WISPR is approved, will use the Economic/Labor Market

Area data element in the WISRD

• Two methods for capturing WIRED participant outcomes:

– Co-enroll in the WIA program
– WIRED-only
 Calculating the WIRED Common Performance
Measure Outcomes

• States will compile the co-enrolled WIRED participant and

“WIRED-only” participant individual records

• States include these records as part of their regular

WIASRD/WISRD submission

• Using the WIRED codes, ETA will analyze the data in the
records to determine the common performance measure
outcomes for WIRED participants/regions
Questions/Comments on
Examples of Integration
 Part III
Quarterly Reports
Overview of New Forms
Reporting Highlights
 New Quarterly Reports
Three quarterly reports:

• Employer Services Report (Form 9131)

• Workforce Investment Performance Report

(Form 9132)

• Eligible Veterans and Transitioning Service

Members Services Report (Form 9133)
 New Quarterly Reports
Employer Services Report (Form 9131)
For Previous Quarter, Current Quarter, and
Cumulative 4-Quarter Period

• Grantee Information - Workforce Program I.D.

• Employer Customers - Number, Size, and Job Openings by

Industry

• Customer Services and Activities

• State Performance Results (Optional)

 New Quarterly Reports
Workforce Investment Performance Report
(Form 9132)
For Previous Quarter, Current Quarter, and Cumulative
4-Quarter Period

• Customer Summary
– Demographics
– Program of Participation

• Customer Services and Activities

• Performance Outcomes
 New Quarterly Reports
Eligible Veterans and Transitioning Service
Members Services Report (Form 9133)
For Previous Quarter, Current Quarter, and
Cumulative 4-Quarter Period

• Veteran Demographics

• Veteran Status Indicators

• Types of Services Received

• Types of Referrals Received

 Questions/Comments on
WISPR Quarterly Reports?
 Part IV
Workforce Investment
Standardized Record Data
(WISRD)
Types of New Data Elements
Section Highlights
 Workforce Investment Standardized Record Data
(WISRD)

WISRD contains four (4) major sections of

information:

A. Individual Information
B. One-Stop Program Information
C. One-Stop Services and Activities
D. Program Outcomes Information
 Overview of Record Layout
Element
Name Definitions/Reporting
Instructions
DATA
TYPE/
DATA ELEMENT FIELD
No. NAME LENGTH DATA ELEMENT DEFINITIONS/INSTRUCTIONS CODE VALUE
SECTION A - INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION
Section A.01: Identifying Data
100 Unique Participant AN 9 Record the unique identification number assigned to the participant. At a minimum, this identifier for XXXXXXXXX
Identifier a person must be the same for every period of participation in the WIA Title IB programs, including
National Emergency Grants, and in every local area across the state and where the participant is
receiving services or benefits financially assisted by the Wagner-Peyser, Veterans Employment and
Training Service, and/or Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) programs.

Coding
Data Type/ Values
Sequenc Field Size
e
Number
 New Elements in the WISRD
Types of New Items:
• Entirely new item
(i.e.,: Category of Disability)

• New item for one program but previously required for

others
(i.e.,: Limited English Proficiency)

• Previously optional item

(i.e.,: Co-enrollment for all DOL programs)
 New Element Highlights
Section A: Individual Information
– Category of Disability
– Information on Farmworkers
– Economic/Labor Market Area and Physical Location

Section B: One-Stop Program Information

– Rapid Response
– Co-enrollments

Section C: One-Stop Services and Activities

– Additional Occupational Skills Training Information
– Additional Information on Training Completed

Section D: Program Outcomes Information

– Federal Contractor Job
– Wages 1st Quarter Prior to Participation Quarter
Questions/Comments on WISRD?
 Contacts

Email: etaperforms@dol.gov

Website: www.doleta.gov/performance
 Appendix:
New Elements in WISRD
 WISRD Element Distinctions
• Element is Required to Be Completed
– New
– New, Required for Veterans Programs
– Already Required
– Previously Optional

• Element May Be Completed

– New, Optional
– Already Optional

• Element Does Not Need to Be Completed

– Not Required

• If the Individual is a Participant in More Than One Program, the Highest

Order Applies (i.e., Element 120 - Required if Both a WIA and TAA Participant)
 WISRD Section A: Individual Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Economic/Labor
Market Area and New New New
Physical Location
Code
(Item 104)
ETA-Assigned Local
Workforce Already
Board/Statewide Code
(Item 105) Required
Category of Disability
(Item 109) New
 WISRD Section A: Individual Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Date of Actual New, New,
Military
Not Required
Separation Required for Required for
(Item 119) Veterans’ Veterans’
programs programs

Transitioning
Service Member
Already New Not Required
(Item 120) Required
Primarily
Employed in
New New Not Required
Farmwork
(Item 124)
 WISRD Section A: Individual Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS

Minimum
Threshold of Farm New New Not
Work Performed
Required
(Item 125)
Migrant Status
(Item 126)

Type of Qualifying
Farmwork
(Item 127)
 WISRD Section A: Individual Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Supplemental Not Required New Not Required
Security Income/
Social Security
Disability
Insurance
(Item 129)
Offender New, Required Already Not Required
(Item 132) for Veterans’ Required
programs
Limited English New Already Already
Language Required Required
Proficiency
(Item 134)
 WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Local Formula:
Adult and
New Already New
Dislocated Worker Required
(Items 302 & 303)
Date of First WIA
Youth Service
(Item 304)

Statewide 15%
Activities:
Youth, Dislocated
Worker, and Adult
(Items 305-307)
 WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Rapid Response
(Item 308)
New Already New
Required
Rapid Response
(Additional
Assistance)
(Item 309)
NEG Project ID
(Item 310)
 WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Second NEG
Project ID New Already New
(Item 311) Required
Rapid Response
Event Number Not New Not
(Item 312) Required Required
Adult Education
(Item 313)
New, Already New,
Optional Optional Optional
 WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Job Corps
(Item 314)
New Previously New
Optional
National
Farmworker Jobs
Program
(Item 315)
Indian and Native
American
Programs
(Item 316)
 WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Veterans’
Programs New Previously New
(Item 317) Optional
Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) New Already Already
(Item 318) Required Required
Vocational
Education New, Already New,
(Item 320) Optional Optional Optional
 WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Vocational
Rehabilitation New, Already New
(Item 321) Optional Optional Optional
Wagner-Peyser
Act New Already New
(Item 322) Required
YouthBuild
(Item 323)
New
 WISRD Section B: One-Stop Program Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Title V Older
Worker Program New Previously New
(Item 324) Optional
Employment and
Training Services New, Already New,
Related to Food
Stamps
Optional Optional Optional
(Item 325)
Other WIA or Non-
WIA Programs
(Item 326)
 WISRD Section C: One-Stop Services and Activities

Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT

PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Most Recent Date
Received Career Already New Not Required
Guidance Services
Required
(Item 401)
Most Recent Date
Received Workforce
Information Services
(Item 402)
Most Recent Date
Received Job
Search Activities
(Item 403)
 WISRD Section C: One-Stop Services and
Activities
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Most Recent Date
Referred to Already New Not
Employment
Required Required
(Item 404)
Most Recent Date
Received Other
Staff-Assisted
Core Services
(Item 405)
Training
Completed #1
Not New Already
(Item 436) Required Required
 WISRD Section C: One-Stop Services and
Activities
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Occupational
Skills Training Not New New
Code #2
Required
(Item 440)
Training
Completed #2
(Item 441)

Date Completed,
or Withdrew from
Training #2
(Item 442)
 WISRD Section C: One-Stop Services and
Activities
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Date Entered
Training #3 Not New New
(Item 443) Required
Type of Training
Service #3
(Item 444)

Occupational
Skills Training
Code #3
(Item 445)
 WISRD Section C: One-Stop Services and
Activities
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Training
Completed #3 Not New New
(Item 446) Required
Date Completed,
or Withdrew from,
Training #3
(Item 447)
Liable/ Agent
State Identifier Not Required New
(Item 473)
 WISRD Section D: Program Outcomes
Information
Item WAGNER- WIA TITLE I TRADE ACT
PEYSER/ PROGRAMS PROGRAMS
VETERANS’
PROGRAMS
Federal
Contractor Job New Not Required
(Item 603)

Wages 1st Quarter

Prior to New Already Required
Participation
Quarter
(Item 615)