Worker Retraining at Community and Technical Colleges
| The Worker Retraining program provides dislocated workers and
the long-term unemployed with access to job retraining for a new career. Program
enrollments vary from year to year in response to layoffs. During recessions the
need increases. The industries from which students are laid off also vary over
time. About 5 percent of worker retraining students receive their training at
private career schools. This evaluation, however, is limited to training at the
state’s 34 community and technical colleges. The colleges provide training in
occupational skills and basic skills and literacy. Qualifying students may
receive financial assistance to help with their
tuition. |
State Core Indicator Results
Employment - Percentage of participants who
were employed, as reported in employment records during the
third quarter after leaving the program.* |
All 61%
Completers 64% |
Earnings - Median annualized earnings six to nine months
after leaving the program. (Quarterly earnings are the result of hourly wage
rates and the number of hours worked in a calendar quarter. Toderive annualized
earnings, quarterly earnings are multiplied by four.) |
All $27,583
Completers $28,073 |
Skills - Percentage of participants who
obtained an appropriate credential. |
51% |
Participant Satisfaction - Percentage of
participants, including non-completers, who reported satisfaction with the
program, as evidenced by survey responses six to nine months after leaving the
program. |
86% |
Employer Satisfaction - (Survey not conducted because sample
size would be too small.) |
- |
Net Employment Impact - Difference between
the employment rate for all participants and the control group of
non-participants, measured nine to 12 quarters after leaving the program. |
7.5 percentage
points |
Net Earnings Impact - Difference between the average
annualized earnings for all participants and the control group of
non-participants, measured nine to 12 quarters after leaving the program. |
$2,754 |
Participant Return on Public Investment - The ratio of the
present values of additional lifetime participant earnings and employee benefits
to public costs of the program. Additional lifetime participant earnings and
benefits are additional earnings and employee benefits received (minus
participant program costs, taxes on added income, and any loss in unemployment
insurance benefits), when compared to the non-participant control group. |
$9 to 1 |
Taxpayer Return on Investment - The ratio of the present
values of projected additional lifetime taxes paid by the participant (plus any
decrease in unemployment insurance benefits), in comparison to the public costs
of the program. Additional taxes are those additional taxes projected to be
paid in comparison to the taxes projected to be paid by the non-participant
control group. Change in unemployment insurance benefits is the change in
benefits paid to participants compared to the non-participant control group. |
$2 to
1 |
* Includes some out-of-state employment data but not all of it and does
not include data on self-employment. Understates total employment by about 10 percent.
Employment & Earning Indicators Over Time
Employment Rate - Percent of Worker Retraining Participants with Reported Employment in Third Quarter after Exiting Program
Earnings - Median Annualized Earnings of Participants in Third Quarter after Exiting Program (First Quarter 2011 dollars)
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