Workforce Fellows

2021 State and Local Workforce Fellowship Wins

• California’s San Diego Workforce Partnership released two evidence-based RFPs for youth jobs services in October of 2020 which also leverage job quality and equity metrics.
• Colorado developed evidence of effectiveness definitions (p 25) and required local areas to provide an evidence inventory in their local workforce plans.
• D.C. developed performance-based contracting and evaluation guidance.
• Ohio Jobs and Family Services supported Central Ohio in piloting two outcomes-based contracts with the intent of spreading the contracting strategy across the state.
• Pennsylvania defined evidence of effectiveness for the workforce system and conducted a field survey to learn how to support local areas in building evidence. The Governor’s Office developed a grant template leveraging these definitions.
  • Partner4Work, our Pittsburg Fellow, issued a performance-based RFP for training programs leading to industry-recognized credentials and employment.
• Texas Workforce Commission defined and prioritized evidence for the first time, and the first grant announcement under this system was issued in March 2021.
• Virginia developed and launched a workforce data trust, connecting data across six agencies, a referral portal offering a single point of entry to all workforce customers, and performance dashboards to inform both the public and workforce officials. We also gained DOL approval for N. VA’s use of WIOA Pay-for-Performance, the first in the nation.