Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2625 - ECONOMIC DISLOCATION AND WORKER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE › Section 2625.60 - Performance Standards System

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Establishment of Title III Performance Standards System - In accordance with
			 the requirements of Section 106 of the Act and the revisions made to Title III
			 by the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA), the
			 Department shall prescribe performance standards for the Title III dislocated
			 worker program for Program Year (PY) 1990-1991 (July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1992).
			 EDWAA funds are available in three categories from the U.S. DOL: State
			 Allocated EDWAA Funds (IIIA), Governor's Reserve Funds (IIIG), or Secretary's
			 Reserve Funds (IIIN). The performance standards specified in this Section apply
			 only to State Allocated EDWAA Funds (IIIA). The Department, in developing Title
			 III performance standards, used the U.S. DOL's directive on Title III
			 performance standards requirements issued in the April 13, 1990 edition of the
			 Federal Register (55 FR 14012-14018) and the "Guide for Setting JTPA Title II-A
			 and Title III (EDWAA) Performance Standards for PY 1990", issued November 1990,
			 by the U.S. DOL Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development.
b) U.S. DOL has issued a single performance
			 standard, the entered employment rate, for the Title III program as well as an
			 optional wage at placement goal.
c)
			 The Governor is required to set an entered employment rate standard for each
			 substate grantee and has the option of setting an average wage at placement
			 standard.
d) Although the governor
			 is required to use the performance standards established by U.S. DOL, the
			 governor is permitted, within guidelines established by U.S. DOL, to adjust the
			 national standards in setting performance expectations for the substate
			 grantees. In light of this flexibility the State of Illinois has developed
			 performance standards models using State of Illinois data.
e) Performance standards are based on
			 statistical planning models which use multiple regression techniques to predict
			 expected performance of grantees for each measure. The models adjust for local
			 economic conditions and the characteristics of the participants served by the
			 grantee. The weighted values in the model have been based on prior performance
			 under the JTPA. Application of the adjustment models results in a singular
			 performance expectation (model adjusted value) for each of the performance
			 measures. The Governor has developed the following two performance standards,
			 in accordance with subsections (a) through (d), which will be used to compute
			 the performance of each substate area:
1)
			 Entered Employment Rate (EER) - Number of individuals who entered employment at
			 termination (excluding those who were recalled or retained by the original
			 employer after receipt of a layoff notice) as a percentage of total
			 terminations (excluding those who were recalled or retained by the original
			 employer after receipt of a layoff notice).
2) Average Wage at Placement (AWAP) - Average
			 hourly wage for all persons who entered employment at the time of
			 termination.