Performance

Performance Accountability is critical to the State’s vision for talent development, as described under Theme 5: Ensuring System Integrity through Metrics and Greater Transparency, in the New Jersey Combined State Plan for WIOA, 2018 Modification [pdf 4.4Mb].

The performance role of the State Employment and Training Commission is described in state statute, NJSA 34:15-C, as follows:

The Commission shall establish quantifiable performance standards for evaluating the workforce investment system, and guidelines for procedures to encourage and enforce compliance with those standards. The commission shall establish the standards and procedures in conjunction with any department or commission which funds or administers workforce investment programs. [NJSA 34:15C-8]

 

SETC Performance Dashboard

Coming Soon!

The SETC Dashboard provides workforce performance data in a user-friendly visualization tool. State and local workforce data are included, based on federal WIOA reports.  As resources allow, the dashboard may be expanded to include data on additional workforce programs. 

Workforce System Evaluations

2016

The SETC partnered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) and the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development (Heldrich Center) to conduct an evaluation of workforce services provided through the One-Stop Career Centers in New Jersey.  The Evaluation Report [pdf 10Mb] published by the Heldrich Center and the LWD Response [pdf 113kb] to this report were presented to the SETC at Commission meetings held in June 2016, September 2016 and November 2016. 

2019

The SETC is pleased to share the results of the evaluation conducted by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, in partnership with NJDOL under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for Program Year 2019. The final report, A Process Evaluation of the Integration of Title I (Workforce Development) and Title II (Adult Literacy) Services Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in New Jersey [pdf 423kb] will be presented to the SETC at the full Commission meeting to be held on June 1, 2022. 

2020

The SETC is pleased to share the results of the evaluation conducted by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, in partnership with NJDOL under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for Program Year 2020. The final report, An Evaluation of WIOA Services in New Jersey, Program Year 2020 [pdf 793kb] will be presented to the SETC at the full Commission meeting on July 26, 2023. 

WIOA Primary Indicators

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Primary Indicators are performance measures festablished by the US Department of Labor (USDOL) and US Department of Education (USDOE) for the WIOA core programs.   The annual performance targets for New Jersey are negotiated by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development with the USDOL and USDOE.