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Follow-Up FAQ
1. Will there be some kind of assistance (i.e. data base sharing) throughout the state and country allowing us to follow-up on employment status at 3 and 9 months upon departure?
Answer: The ODE is working toward this goal with its interagency partners, through a state interagency agreement between ODE/ABLE and ODJFS, to be operational by this fall. Currently, however, many local programs are able to collaborate with their local one-stops to data match.
2. "Remain employed in the third quarter after program exit" Question - does in the third quarter mean at 6 months 1 day? Not 9 months?
Answer: Example: If a student exits between July 1- September 30, 2000, to determine if he/she has remained employed, follow-up is conducted anytime between April 1-June 30, 2001.
3. How is follow-up done with a transient population?
Answer: It is not an easy task. We are aware that many students frequently change their addresses and phone numbers. We can only suggest that the program inform the students during their orientation how important it is for the program to be able to obtain this information and that someone will seek to contact them for follow-up information after they complete the program.
4. For the employment outcome - does the student need to have the same job at 9 months as he/she did at 3 months?
Answer: No.
5. Where and how is "Employment Obtained" and "Retained Employment" tracked? "Retained Employment" is not on the Exit Form.
Answer: "Employment Obtained" is referenced on the Exit Form as "Obtained Unsubsidized Employment" and requires follow-up, but may also be an independent primary or secondary goal which would also require follow-up. The National Reporting System (NRS) requires "Retained Employment" status to be followed up on in the 3rd quarter (9 months) after a student has either obtained a job, or enrolls in a program and is already employed, e.g. workplace literacy education students.
Please refer to the O-PAS Manual, pp. 62-67 for more information about follow-up.
6. Can programs call employers for follow-up information?
Answer: Yes; however, employers are under no obligation to give you the information you seek.
7. If a student gets a job on his/her own, the Department of Job and Family Services won't have a record on him/her.
Answer: If the student is employed in Ohio, the state wage labor record system will have a record concerning the student's employment status. If the student is not in the system, then you are correct, there would be no record. In this case, you will have to try to follow-up using a survey.
8. Follow-up does not include educational advancement. Educational advancement is the only objective over which we have any control. Is this not true?
Answer: This is true in a way; however, Congress believes that because of what we teach our students, they are more prepared to get and keep a job and that WIA, Title II, contributes to workforce development. Educational advancement is tracked during the project period.
9. Will follow-up be required for ESOL students?
Answer: Yes, if the student chooses ESOL as a primary or secondary goal.
10. How do we follow-up with the homeless?
Answer: To the best of your ability, using the O-PAS Follow-up Survey Forms(s), or other locally identified means, as long as it is documented. We realize that the very nature of the homeless adult student population makes this task very difficult. Six Hundred seventy-seven homeless adults were served by ABLE in 1999. Local WIA-related collaboration, engaged in by ABLE programs may be useful here.
This follow-up FAQ was last updated on July 27, 2000
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