1. Tori Ryan, Program Manager Maine Department of Labor Center for Workforce Research and Innovation USING LONGITUDINAL WORKFORCE DATA TO EVALUATE VR PROGRAMS

2. LONGITUDINAL DATA WAREHOUSES: LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN A federated repository for all the data that an enterprise's various business systems collect. (tech website) A large store of data accumulated from a wide range of sources within a company and used to guide management decisions(tech website) A system used for reporting and data analysis. DWs are central repositories of integrated data from one or more disparate sources(tech website) A subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant and non-volatile collection of data in support of management's decision making process(tech website)

3. BETTER YET: LET ME SAVE YOU APPROXIMATELY 9,000 WORDS Voc Rehab UMaine MCCS Wage Records UI Administrative Records Maine’s Workforce Longitudinal Data System Research Reporting Administrative Needs

4. ECONOMIC INTERVENTION Q1/13 Q3/14 Q2/14 Q1/14 Q4/13 Q3/13 Q2/13 Before After

5.  Participant Information  Service Costs  Service Dates  Wage and employment information FUN THINGS THAT POPULATE THE WAREHOUSE

6.  Just Maine  Just wages  Just quarterly  Just industry CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS

7.  US DOL Employment and Training Administration  $1,000,000/3 years to enhance longitudinal capacity  Maine focused on intra- agency partners 2010: ROUND 1 FUNDING

8.  WE WANTED TO  Create administrator dashboards  Schedule reports to update when new wages and cohorts are available  WE ACHEIVED  Quarterly Wage Increase reports  Quarterly Retention reports  Unable to create an automated method  Require significant staff time ROUND 1 OUTCOMES

9. Renewed Focus 2015: ROUND 2 FUNDING

10. DATA SHARING AND DATA LINKAGES CAN HELP ORGANIZATIONS MEET INFORMATION NEEDS AT EVERY LEVEL OUR ROUND 2 PLANS FOR THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PARTNERSHIP ILLUSTRATE THIS

11.  Federal and state reporting  Administrative evaluation and planning  Research and program evaluation THREE LEVELS OF FUNCTIONALITY

12. WIOA

13. DASHBOARDS

14. RESEARCH

15.  WRIS and Interstate data exchanges  Interagency data sharing agreements  Tools and talent MAKING IT BETTER

16. So why not… Email:victoria.ryan @maine.gov Call: 207-621-5193 Stop by: www.maine.gov/lab or/cwri/ I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT DATA SHARING