Fast Facts
The Departments of Labor and Education oversee 6 core workforce development programs that help job seekers find work and employers find qualified employees.
The departments require the programs to submit data on their participants, and have taken steps to help them do so. But the departments still don't have complete data on participants who are enrolled in multiple programs. For example, program data submitted to Labor didn't include co-enrollment information on up to 67% of participants.
We recommended addressing this so the departments can assess program effectiveness and determine whether enrollment in multiple programs helps participants.
Highlights
The U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education have created a common data structure that standardizes the information states are required to collect on the participants and performance of the six programs the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (the Act) identifies as core.
The Six Core Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Programs Overseen by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education
According to officials from both departments and stakeholder groups GAO interviewed, it can be challenging for the six core programs to collect data on participants' employment and education outcomes. Reasons they cited for these challenges included decentralized data and the need to protect the confidentiality of program participant information. The departments have provided guidance and technical...
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