A reportable individual who has received staff-assisted services after satisfying all applicable programmatic requirements for the provision of services.

A participant for whom there was an active participant record on file at the end of the previous program year.

The data layout that provides a standardized set of data elements, definitions, and reporting instructions that will be used to describe the characteristics, activities, and outcomes of WIOA participants.

Tools, equipment or related items necessary for a participant's personal use in training or employment.

Following the completion of eligibility determination, the date an individual begins a WIOA-funded activity or service. For youth, the participation date is established after the completion of all of the following components: youth program eligibility determination, an objective assessment, development of an individual service strategy and receipt of at least one of the fourteen (14) WIOA Youth program elements.

Represents the calendar quarter in which the date of participation is recorded for the individual.

A non-Federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a Federal program.

A type of performance-based contract.

A specific type of performance-based contract strategy that has four distinct characteristics:

• It is a strategy to use WIOA Pay-for-Performance contracts
• It must include the identification of the workforce development problem and target populations for which a local area will pursue a WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract strategy; the outcomes the local area would hope to achieve through a Pay-for-Performance contract relative to baseline performance; and the acceptable cost to government associated with achieving these outcomes
• It must include a strategy for independently validating the performance outcomes achieved under each contract within the strategy prior to payment occurring
• It must include a description of how the State or local area will reallocate funds to other activities under the contract strategy in the event a service provider does not achieve performance benchmarks under a WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract

An individual who is or has been notified that he/she will be receiving a Pell Grant.

For all indicators, except Measurable Skill Gains, a period of participation refers to the period of time beginning when an individual becomes a participant and ending on the participant's date of exit from the program.

Employment that does not have an estimated end date. Permanent jobs include seasonal employment, such as construction jobs, to which an individual normally returns whenever they are available, as well as jobs in building trades where an individual is temporarily laid off.

Personally identifiable information means any information collected online that could serve to identify an individual, such as:

• First and last name
• Physical address
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Social Security number
• Driver’s license or state ID number
• Passport number
• Alien Registration number
• Financial account number
• Credit card information
• Any combination of personal information that could be used to determine identity

Synonymous with entered unsubsidized employment.

No participant activity of greater than 90 days caused by either a delay before the beginning of training; a health/medical condition(s), providing care for a family member with a health or medical condition; and/or a temporary move from the area that prevents the individual from participating in services, including National Guard or military service or institutionalization.

An individual who has not worked for the same employer for longer than 13 consecutive weeks in the last 12 calendar months.

The total earnings for the quarters following the exit quarter.

A program at an accredited degree-granting institution that leads to an academic degree (e.g., AA, AAS, AS, BA, BS).

A test administered to an individual at regular intervals during program participation.

The annual income level at or below which families are considered to live in poverty, as determined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Earnings of an individual in quarters prior to enrollment. Typically, first, second and third quarters prior to the enrollment quarter are used in reporting.

A test administered to an individual up to six months prior to the date of participation or within 30 days after enrollment. The results are used to assess an individual's basic literacy and numeracy skills.

An individual who is 24 years of age or younger, and who is pregnant, or a youth (male or female) who is providing custodial care for one or more dependents under age 18.

A practice engaged in by employer, that:

• Fifty percent or more of employers in an area and for an occupation engage in the practice or offer the benefit; and
• This 50 percent or more of employers also employs 50 percent or more of U.S. workers in the occupation and area (including H-2A and non-H-2A employers) for purposes of determinations concerning the provision of family housing, and frequency of wage payments, but non-H-2A employers only for determinations concerning the provision of advance transportation and the utilization of labor contractors.

Wage established pursuant to 20 C.F.R. 653.501.

An activity in which an individual is enrolled for more than 50 percent of the scheduled time.

Open, free, competitive process used to obtain or purchase services, supplies, property, support services or training.

FIP approved individual who is participating in program required activities.

Tangible items having a useful life of more than one year and:

• The acquisition value per unit is $5,000 or more; or
• It involves the purchase of like items, which individually cost less than $5,000, but the cumulative cost will exceed that amount during the fiscal year; or
• It involves the purchase of a personal computer (PC), logic units (hard driver, routers, servers, hubs, etc.), or monitor; or
• Items of any cost to form a unit, with a combined cost of $5,000 or more.

A veteran who is protected under the non-discrimination and affirmative action provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act; specifically, a veteran who may be classified as a “disabled veteran,” “recently separated veteran,” “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran,” or an “Armed Forces service medal veteran,” as defined by this section.

Federal, State, or local government cash payments for which eligibility is determined by a needs or income test. Such assistance may include:

• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
• General Assistance (GA)
• Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

For reporting purposes, an individual listed on the documentation to receive benefits and/or is receiving assistance under any of the following programs:

• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
• General Assistance (GA)
• Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)