Agenda

1. Incentive and Sanction PolicyWorkforce New York One Stop System PerformanceA Review of the Past Year and a Look Ahead to the New Program Year.NYATEPAlbany, New YorkJune 10, 2008

2. Agenda • Key Objectives of the Incentive/Sanction Policy • How is Program Year (PY) 2007 Shaping-up • System Improvement Indicators • Common Measures • How is PY 2008 Shaping-up • System Improvement Indicators • Common Measures • Questions and Answers Incentive/Sanction Overview

3. Key Objectives • Identify aspects of One Stop service delivery deemed important for the Program Year (PY), including: • System Improvement. • Common Measures. • Establish Performance indicators. • State Goal for each indicator. • Local Workforce Investment (LWIA) Goals for each indicator. (based on the concept of Contribution to the State Goal) • “Standards” – To gauge: • Incentive performance. • Unsatisfactory performance. Incentive/Sanction Overview

4. Key Objectives • Comply with administrative responsibilities for the WIA Title 1B, W-P, VETS and TAA programs. Tie Incentive Grant eligibility to spending. • Allow an incentive award on an individual indicator. • Make sure we do not fail any Common Measures. • Establishes two Sanction Levels for Common Measures. • Sanction Level 1 – Performance Improvement Plan. • Sanction Level 2 – Includes a 3% fiscal sanction. • Allow LWIAs opportunity to negotiate their LWIA Goals. Incentive/Sanction Overview

5. How is PY 2007 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators • Reemployment Services Implementation • Increase Out-of-School Youth Participation • Increase Training and Skills Development Services • Improve Entered Employment Rate (EER) and Employment Retention Rate (ERR) performance Common Measures • Adult – EER, ERR and Average Earnings (AE) • Dislocated Worker – EER, ERR and AE • Youth (Placement in Employment or Education, Attainment of Degree or Certificate, Literacy & Numeracy Gain) Incentive/Sanction Overview

6. How is PY 2007 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators • Reemployment Services Implementation • Only one region is likely to meet the 95% incentive goal for all three indicators. • Technical Assistance will be offered, especially for the Triage (Initial Assessment) indicator. • Increase Out-of-School Youth Participation • 11 LWIAs have already met the incentive goal for this Improvement Indicator. • 8 LWIAs are on pace to meet the goal. Incentive/Sanction Overview

7. How is PY 2007 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators • Increase Training and Skills Development Services • 20 LWIAs have already met the incentive goal for this Improvement Indicator. • 5 LWIAs are on pace to meet the goal. • Improve EER and ERR performance – By Reducing the # of participants who exit while still certifying for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. • 13 LWIAs are currently at or below the incentive goal. Incentive/Sanction Overview

8. How is PY 2007 Shaping-up Common Measures • Adult • Entered Employment Rate (EER) 18 LWIAs are in incentive status. • Employment Retention Rate (ERR) All LWIAs are currently passing this measure. • Average Earnings (AE) All LWIAs are currently passing this measure. Incentive/Sanction Overview

9. How is PY 2007 Shaping-up Common Measures • Dislocated Worker • Entered Employment Rate (EER) There are no LWIAs currently in incentive status. • Employment Retention Rate (ERR) All LWIAs are currently passing this measure. • Average Earnings (AE) 26 LWIAs are currently passing this measure Incentive/Sanction Overview

10. How is PY 2007 Shaping-up Common Measures • Youth • Placement in Employment or Education All LWIAs are currently passing this measure • Attainment of Degree or Certificate All LWIAs are currently passing this measure • Literacy & Numeracy Gain 25 LWIAs are currently passing this measure Incentive/Sanction Overview

11. How is PY 2008 Shaping-up System Improvement Indicators • Promote Regional System Improvement. • Promote Out-of-School Youth Participation. • Promote Training and Skills Development Services. • Promote EER and ERR Performance Improvement. Common Measures • Promote Adult & DW EER. • Do not fail Adult, DW and Youth measures. Incentive/Sanction Overview

12. How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Regional System Improvements • Reemployment Services Initial Assessment • Timely Initial Assessment. • Timely scheduling and rescheduling of first service. • Common ITA policies across all LWIAs in a region. • One-time incentive award for regional alignment of LWIA ITA policies (requirements and procedures). Incentive/Sanction Overview

13. How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Increase Out-of-School Youth Participation • The goal will be based on new participants. Carry-ins will not be included in the goal. Incentive/Sanction Overview

14. How is PY 2008 Shaping-up • Increase Training and Skills Development Services A separate goal for skills development and for training services: • Training – maintain at PY07 levels • Skills Development – increase by 35% over PY07 levels • Promote Training in Priority Sectors 25% or more of training services (unduplicated) are in a priority sector: • For 13N Awardees – In sectors identified in the grant. • For non-13N Regions – In State’s three priority sectors: Advanced Manufacturing; Healthcare; and Green Renewable Resources. Incentive/Sanction Overview

15. How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Improve EER and ERR performance, by Reducing the # of Participants who Exit While Still Certifying for Unemployment Insurance Benefits • The new incentive goal will be 10% Incentive/Sanction Overview

16. How is PY 2008 Shaping-up Common Measures – State Goals PY 2008 • Adult • EER = 61% (Incentive Award) • ERR = 82% • AE = $12,625 • Dislocated Worker • EER = 61% (Incentive Award) • ERR = 82% • AE = $15,980 • Youth • Placement in Employment or Education = 52% • Attainment of Degree or Certificate = 40% • Literacy & Numeracy Gain = 35% Incentive/Sanction Overview

17. QuestionsandAnswers Incentive/Sanction Overview

18. Thank Youand have a great Conference! Incentive/Sanction Overview