Table 1

USDOL Projected Performance and Georgia Baseline Data

Georgia Baseline Performance

USDOL

Education

Intensive

Projected

and

Labor

Performance Indicator

Average

Training*

Exchange**

Combined

Adults

Entered Employment Rate

71%

71%

56%

64%

Employment Retention Rate

78%

81%

80%

80%

Earnings Change in Six Months

$3,700

$3,506

$2,965

$3,235.38

Employment and Credential Rate

60%

***

***

60%

Dislocated Workers

Entered Employment Rate

77%

76%

71%

72%

Employment Retention Rate

85%

91%

89%

89%

Earnings Replacement Rate

92%

120%

88%

94%

Employment and Credential Rate

60%

***

***

60%

Older Youth

Entered Employment Rate

63%

75%

64%

70%

Employment Retention Rate

77%

81%

81%

81%

Earnings Change in Six Months

$3,150

$3,037

$1,917

$2,476.66

Credential Rate

50%

***

50%

Younger Youth

Skill Attainment Rate

72%

***

72%

Diploma or Equivalent Attainment Rate

55%

***

55%

Retention Rate

54%

60%

***

54%

* Based on participants exiting from JTPA during the period from October, 1997 through September, 1998.

** Based on job seekers receiving services similar to WIA intensive services and exiting from Georgia's field

service offices during the period from September, 1997 through March, 1998.

*** Cannot be calculated using available data.

Dislocated

Older

Weights

Adults

Workers

Youth

Education and Training

50%

20%

50%

Intensive Labor Exchange

50%

80%

50%

Comparison of FSO and JTPA Performance on WIA Measures

JTPA

Title

FSO

JTPA Title III

IIA & C

(Non BRS)

SDA

FSO (BRS)

Adults

Entered Employment Rate

71%

65%

Employment Retention Rate

81%

84%

Earnings Change in Six Months

$3,506

$1,592

Number

3,027

10,111

23249

0.130199

Dislocated Workers

Entered Employment Rate

68%

76%

71%

Employment Retention Rate

88%

91%

89%

Earnings Replacement Rate

100%

120%