Data and Accountability

Data-driven decision-making and accountability enables the state to continuously evaluate, adapt, and improve our strategies to maximize positive impact.

How We Work

We are working to integrate workforce data to:

• Holistically analyze state and federal investments and their outcomes;
• Compare outcomes across programs, strategies, regions and demographic groups;
• Ensure that efforts are effective in addressing equity goals; and
• Give key stakeholders information on programs and strategies that should be brought to scale.

P20 WIN is a state resource for addressing critical policy issues that require data from more than one agency. A research focus for P20 WIN is to develop standards for measuring the return on investment for Connecticut’s public workforce training programs.

The Office of Workforce Strategy and CT Department of Labor, both members of P20 WIN, are engaged in a research project, funded by the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) grant through the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, to better understand the performance of the state’s workforce system by examining:

• Wage and employment outcomes of participants in cataloged workforce training programs;
• Transitions between workforce training programs and higher education, such as individuals who complete an adult education program, continue into a workforce program, then enroll in a two-year degree program; and
• Population trends to understand outcomes across different communities and regions of the state.

Through philanthropic funding from The Connecticut Project (TCP), the State, working with national nonprofit Jobs for the Future (JFF), has developed a framework for an integrated statewide workforce development system for data collection, reporting, and case management.

The framework addresses three areas for action:

• Policy, which addresses enhanced governance, standards, and trusted access;
• Product, which includes an integrated data platform to access, analyze, and report data; and
• People, which includes staff capacity building.