Tori Ryan, Program Manager Maine Department of Labor Center for Workforce Research and Innovation USING LONGITUDINAL WORKFORCE DATA TO EVALUATE VR PROGRAMS.

Tori Ryan, Program ManagerMaine Department of LaborCenter for Workforce Research and Innovation

USING LONGITUDINAL

WORKFORCE DATA TO EVALUATE VR

PROGRAMS

LONGITUDINAL DATA WAREHOUSES:

LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN

A federated repository for all the data that an enterprise's various

business systems collect. (tech website)

A large store of data accumulated from a wide range of

sources within a company and used to guide

management decisions(tech website)

A system used for reporting and data analysis. DWs are

central repositories of integrated data from one or more

disparate sources(tech website)

A subject-o

riented, in

tegrated, time-varia

nt and non-volatile

collection of d

ata in su

pport of m

anagement's decisio

n making

process(tech website

)

BETTER YET: LET ME SAVE YOU APPROXIMATELY 9,000 WORDS

Voc Rehab

UMaine

MCCS

Wage Records

UI Administrativ

e Records

Maine’s Workforce Longitudin

al Data System

Research

Reporting

Administrative Needs

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IC

INTER

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NTIO

NQ1/13 Q3/14Q2/14Q1/14Q4/13Q3/13Q2/13

Before After

Participant InformationService CostsService DatesWage and employment information

FUN THINGS THAT POPULATE THE WAREHOUSE

Just MaineJust wagesJust quarterlyJust industry

CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS

US DOL Employment and Training Administration

$1,000,000/3 years to enhance longitudinal capacity

Maine focused on intra-agency partners

2010: ROUND 1 FUNDING

WE WANTED TO

Create administrator dashboards Schedule reports to update when new wages and cohorts

are available

WE ACHEIVED Quarterly Wage Increase reports Quarterly Retention reports

Unable to create an automated method Require significant staff time

ROUND 1 OUTCOMES

Renewed Focus

2015: ROUND 2 FUNDING

DATA SHARING AND DATA LINKAGES CAN HELP ORGANIZATIONS MEET

INFORMATION NEEDS AT EVERY LEVEL

OUR ROUND 2 PLANS FOR THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

PARTNERSHIP ILLUSTRATE THIS

Federal and state reporting

Administrative evaluation and planning

Research and program evaluation

THREE LEVELS OF FUNCTIONALITY

WIOA

DASHBOARDS

RESEARCH

WRIS and Interstate data exchanges

Interagency data sharing agreements

Tools and talent

MAKING IT BETTER

So why not…

Email :[email protected]

Cal l : 207-621-5193

Stop by: www.maine.gov/labor/cwri /

I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT DATA SHARING