Post Enrollment Data Collection for Job Corps Participants
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
02/12/2026
01/09/2026
Approved consistent with the understanding that in a future renewal request, DOL will weigh the practical utility of each survey data element collected with a goal of reducing respondent burden.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2029
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2026
52,680
0
93,400
9,485
0
21,538
0
0
0
The 2014 Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) required the Office of Job Corps to collect and report specific post enrollment outcomes for eligible Job Corps participants beginning in Program Year (PY) 2016. The WIOA performance reporting requirements, which replaced those of the 1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA), are designed to provide a common set of metrics to be reported by similar programs. WIOA substantially changed many outcome metrics for Job Corps compared to those required under WIA and provided new guidance on the definition of high performing and low performing centers. In order to collect the necessary information to meet the new WIOA reporting requirements, the Office of Job Corps revised its post enrollment data collection system (PEDC) in 2019, which primarily collects data through survey instruments.
The modules included in each instrument based on student type and timing of interview will now be represented in this supporting statement, and no longer represented as Appendix A. Appendix A (formerly Appendix B) will be changed to former Job Corps participants Quarter 2 Survey.
Appendix B (formerly Appendix C) will be revised and renamed Continued Engagement Survey and will replace the Initial Engagement Survey. Appendix C will be changed to former Job Corps participants Quarter 4 Survey. Appendix D will be changed to Employer and Work-Based Learning Partner Satisfaction Survey.
Job Corps developed the Employer and School Verification/Satisfaction at Quarter 4 as a possible way of collecting data for WIOA performance measure 6 (Effectiveness in Serving Employers). However, ETA and Job Corps decided to use the data from the existing Q2 and Q4 surveys for this measure. With this ICR submission, Job Corps is replacing the Employer and School Verification/Satisfaction at Q4 survey with the Employer and Work-Based Learning Partner Satisfaction Surveys. Appendix D has been restructured to assess the satisfaction of employers that provide former Job Corps participants with employment and work-based learning opportunities. All questions in Appendix D have been updated to reflect this change
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Placement Verification and Follow-up of Job Corps Participants