Southwest Area

Here are the results of the Southwest W DA performance measures for the first quarter of PY04, which were negotiated with the Office of Workforce Training and Development. Data for Entered Employment and Credential is Exiters from October through December 2003. Data for Retention and Earning Change is Exiters from April through June 2003. Data for Customer Satisfaction is Exiters from January through March 2004. Diploma or Equivalent Rate, Skill Attainment Rate and Exiters is data from April through June 2004. Data for Registrants and is from July through September 2004.

ADULTS

· Entered Employment Goal Actual Met Not Met Num/Den

70% 70.4%* X 50/71

· Retention Rate 78% 78.4%* X 109/139

· Earnings Change $2800 $2103 X $265,048/126

· Employment and 58% 60.3%* X 44/73

Credential

DISLOCATED WORKER

· Entered Employment Goal Actual Met Not Met Num/Den

73% 82.3%* X 51/62

· Retention Rate 90% 83.8% X 57/68

· Earnings Replacement 93% 92.5% X $685,391/$740,748

Rate

· Employment and 56% 59.0%* X 36/61

Credential

OLDER YOUTH (19-21)

· Entered Employment Goal Actual Met Not Met Num/Den

66% 75.0%* X 6/8

· Retention Rate 75% 100%* X 4/4

· Earnings Change $2240 $400 X $1602/4

· Credential 56% 50.0% X 4/8

YOUNGER YOUTH (14-18)

· Diploma or Equivalent Goal Actual Met Not Met Num/Den

57% 68.3%* X 41/60

· Skill Attainment 86% 83.8% X 336/401

· Retention Rate 54% 60.6%* X 20/33

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

· Participants Goal Actual Met Not Met

70% 77.0* X

· Employers 70% 77.3* X

*Asterisk denotes exceeding performance measure.

For the 1st quarter of PY04 the Southwest WDA is not meeting two performance measures. The measures are the Adult Earnings Change and Older Youth Earnings Change. The Southwest WDA is meeting four of the performance measures and is exceeding in eleven of the measures. In order to meet a performance goal a WDA must obtain 80% of the negotiated measure. In order to exceed a performance goal a WDA must obtain greater than 100% of the negotiated measure. The Southwest Workforce Development Area is currently serving 733 Adults, 499 Dislocated Workers, 1113 Younger Youth (14-18) and 151 Older Youth (19-21). The Southwest Workforce Development Area has exited 82 Adults, 65 Dislocated Workers, 320 Younger Youth (14-18) and 27 Older Youth (19-21).

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