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Brief: Workforce training and youth employment

Prepared from Grant Precedent, 2026-10-23; data as of precedent 2026-10-21, measures 2026-10-22.

Measures funders require

Employment and Training Administration (U.S. Department of Labor), WIOA core programs (primary indicators of performance)

Employment Rate - 2nd Quarter After Exit

  • Code: Code A
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The percentage of participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the program (for Title I Youth, the indicator is the percentage of participants in education or training activities, or in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Title I Youth Education and Employment Rate - 2nd Quarter After Exit

  • Code: A-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The percentage of Title I Youth program participants who are in education or training activities, or in unsubsidized employment, during the second quarter after exit from the program.
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Employment Rate - 4th Quarter After Exit

  • Code: Code B
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The percentage of participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after exit from the program (for Title I Youth, the indicator is the percentage of participants in education or training activities, or in unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after exit)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Title I Youth Education and Employment Rate - 4th Quarter After Exit

  • Code: B-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The percentage of program participants who are in education or training activities, or in unsubsidized employment, during the fourth quarter after exit from the program.
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Median Earnings - 2nd Quarter After Exit

  • Code: Code C
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The median earnings of participants who are in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit from the program
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Credential Attainment

  • Code: Code D
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The percentage of those participants enrolled in an education or training program (excluding those in on-the-job training (OJT) and customized training) who attain a recognized postsecondary credential or a secondary school diploma, or its recognized equivalent, during participation in or within one year after exit from the program. A participant who has attained a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent is included in the percentage of participants who have attained a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent only if the participant also is employed or is enrolled in an education or training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential within one year after exit from the program
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Measurable Skill Gains

  • Code: Code E
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The percentage of program participants who, during a program year, are in an education or training program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential or employment and who are achieving measurable skill gains, defined as documented academic, technical, occupational, or other forms of progress, towards such a credential or employment. Depending on the type of education or training program, documented progress is defined as one of the following: Documented achievement of at least one educational functioning level of a participant who is receiving instruction below the postsecondary education level; Documented attainment of a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; Secondary or postsecondary transcript or report card for a sufficient number of credit hours that shows a participant is meeting the State unit's academic standards; Satisfactory or better progress report, towards established milestones, such as completion of OJT or completion of one year of an apprenticeship program or similar milestones, from an employer or training provider who is providing training; or Successful passage of an exam that is required for a particular occupation or progress in attaining technical or occupational skills as evidenced by trade-related benchmarks such as knowledge-based exams.
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Effectiveness in Serving Employers

  • Code: Code F
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: The percentage of participants in unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit who were employed by the same employer in the second and the fourth quarters after exit.
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, HTML section 'Six Primary Indicators of Performance', https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/performance-indicators

Employment and Training Administration (U.S. Department of Labor), YouthBuild

15 of 77 measures shown.

Total Enrolled - TCP

  • Code: A-1-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null) and Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is within the reporting period and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => the beginning of the reporting period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null)
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 4, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Total Participants Served - TCP

  • Code: A-2-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null)) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] <=end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 5, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Total Exiters - TCP

  • Code: A-3-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is within the reporting period.
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 6, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Male - TCP

  • Code: B-1a-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Sex [PIRL 201] = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null)) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 9, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Female - TCP

  • Code: B-1b-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Sex [PIRL 201] = 2) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null)) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 10, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Hispanic/Latino - TCP

  • Code: B-2a-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Ethnicity: Hispanic / Latino [PIRL 210] = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 11, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

American Indian or Alaska Native - TCP

  • Code: B-2b-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and American Indian / Alaska Native [PIRL 211] = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 12, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Asian - TCP

  • Code: B-2c-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Asian [PIRL 212] = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 13, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Black or African American - TCP

  • Code: B-2d-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Black or African American [PIRL 213] = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 14, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Middle Eastern or North African - TCP

  • Code: B-2e-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Middle Eastern/North African (PIRL2XX) = 1 and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and (Date of Program Entry (PIRL900) <= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit (PIRL901) => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit (PIRL901) is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 15, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - TCP

  • Code: B-2f-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander [PIRL 214] = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 16, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

White - TCP

  • Code: B-2g-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and White [PIRL 215]= 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 17, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Multiracial and/or Multiethnic - TCP

  • Code: B-2h-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and two or more of PIRL 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215 = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 18, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Eligible Veterans - TCP

  • Code: B-3a-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Eligible Veteran Status [PIRL 301] > 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period) and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 19, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

Individuals with a Disability - TCP

  • Code: B-3b-1
  • Requirement: required
  • Definition: Count of UNIQUE RECORDS where (( YouthBuild [PIRL 919] is not null and Individual with a Disability [PIRL 202] = 1) and (Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900] is not null) and ((Date of Program Entry [PIRL 900]<= end of the report period)and (Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] => beginning of the report period or Date of Program Exit [PIRL 901] is null))
  • Instrument: ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report
  • Reporting frequency: quarterly (also rolling 4 quarters and program to date)
  • Target rule: No target rule stated
  • Source: DOL Employment and Training Administration, performance measures, sheet 'Specs' row 20, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=148715702

What you can collect, and how

Tier 1 is collected today from your own records. Tier 2 needs one free instrument. Tier 3 needs a partner under a data agreement. A measure that matches no rule has no tier.

Tier 1: Collect today from your own records

Total Enrolled - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Total Participants Served - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Total Exiters - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. A count of services or people, held in the organization’s own records.

Male - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Female - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Hispanic/Latino - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

American Indian or Alaska Native - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Asian - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Black or African American - TCP

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Middle Eastern or North African - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

White - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Multiracial and/or Multiethnic - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Eligible Veterans - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Individuals with a Disability - TCP

  • Collect today from your own records. An output the funder classes as a count of activity.

Tier 1 + 3: Collect today from your own records; and Needs a partner under an agreement

Employment Rate - 2nd Quarter After Exit

  • Collect today from your own records. The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.
  • You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.
  • Partner route: CA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters. Request: https://edd.ca.gov/en/About_EDD/third-party-requests
  • Partner route: WA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availability. Request: https://esd.wa.gov/about-us/data-sharing-requests
  • Partner route: National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings, held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-quarter earnings; the observation period itself must elapse. Request: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/cris
  • Caveat: WIOA wage matching is a state obligation, not a subrecipient right.

Title I Youth Education and Employment Rate - 2nd Quarter After Exit

  • Collect today from your own records. The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.
  • You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.
  • Partner route: CA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters. Request: https://edd.ca.gov/en/About_EDD/third-party-requests
  • Partner route: WA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availability. Request: https://esd.wa.gov/about-us/data-sharing-requests
  • Partner route: National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings, held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-quarter earnings; the observation period itself must elapse. Request: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/cris
  • Caveat: WIOA wage matching is a state obligation, not a subrecipient right.

Employment Rate - 4th Quarter After Exit

  • Collect today from your own records. The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.
  • You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.
  • Partner route: CA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters. Request: https://edd.ca.gov/en/About_EDD/third-party-requests
  • Partner route: WA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availability. Request: https://esd.wa.gov/about-us/data-sharing-requests
  • Partner route: National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings, held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-quarter earnings; the observation period itself must elapse. Request: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/cris
  • Caveat: WIOA wage matching is a state obligation, not a subrecipient right.

Title I Youth Education and Employment Rate - 4th Quarter After Exit

  • Collect today from your own records. The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.
  • You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.
  • Partner route: CA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters. Request: https://edd.ca.gov/en/About_EDD/third-party-requests
  • Partner route: WA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availability. Request: https://esd.wa.gov/about-us/data-sharing-requests
  • Partner route: National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings, held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-quarter earnings; the observation period itself must elapse. Request: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/cris
  • Caveat: WIOA wage matching is a state obligation, not a subrecipient right.

Median Earnings - 2nd Quarter After Exit

  • Collect today from your own records. The outcome sits in a record another agency holds.
  • You count your own participants; the state wage record confirms the outcome.
  • Partner route: CA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Development Department, UI wage records. Lag: EDD says wage abstracts are usually five months behind; a standard abstract covers up to five quarters. Request: https://edd.ca.gov/en/About_EDD/third-party-requests
  • Partner route: WA: employment and quarterly earnings, held by Employment Security Department. Lag: State-specific event-to-delivery lag NR. Quarterly records; do not treat application acknowledgment as data availability. Request: https://esd.wa.gov/about-us/data-sharing-requests
  • Partner route: National: SCSEP post-exit employment and earnings, held by State wage agencies; Kansas Department of Commerce and DOL through CRIS/SWIS. Lag: CRIS-specific delivery lag NR. Measures concern employment in the second and fourth quarters after exit and second-quarter earnings; the observation period itself must elapse. Request: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/performance/cris
  • Caveat: WIOA wage matching is a state obligation, not a subrecipient right.

Tier not determined

Credential Attainment

Measurable Skill Gains

Effectiveness in Serving Employers

What grantees achieved

64 grantees of YouthBuild (2020 grant class, closeout) reported 64 results against targets over 3 periods; the median result was 101% of target (middle half 98% to 104%), and 72% met or exceeded the target. Source: DOL YouthBuild, 2020 grant class closeout, https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/opder/DoP/Program_Reports/YB_Grantee_Report_Web.html.

2 grantees of High School Initiatives – Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) reported 12 results against targets over 2 periods; the median result was 113% of target (middle half 110% to 123%), and 100% met or exceeded the target. Source: Children's Services Council of Broward County, annual performance reports, https://www.cscbroward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/APR-FY-23-24-Book-002.pdf.

1 grantee of Youth Employment Program (YEP) reported 6 results against targets over 2 periods; the median result was 112% of target (middle half 90% to 122%), and 67% met or exceeded the target. Source: Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, program monitoring reports, https://www.jwbpinellas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VII-C-Program-and-Financial-Monitoring-Information.pdf.

1 grantee of High School Initiatives - Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) reported 4 results against targets over 1 period; the median result was 116% of target (middle half 110% to 122%), and 100% met or exceeded the target. Source: Children's Services Council of Broward County, annual performance reports, https://www.cscbroward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/APR-FY-23-24-Book-002.pdf.

1 grantee of High School Initiatives - Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) - CareerBound reported 4 results against targets over 1 period; the median result was 110% of target (middle half 108% to 115%), and 100% met or exceeded the target. Source: Children's Services Council of Broward County, annual performance reports, https://www.cscbroward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/APR-FY-23-24-Book-002.pdf.

1 grantee of Youth Development – High School Initiatives – Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) reported 4 results against targets over 1 period; the median result was 108% of target (middle half 101% to 114%), and 75% met or exceeded the target. Source: Children's Services Council of Broward County, annual performance reports, https://www.cscbroward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/APR-FY-23-24-Book-002.pdf.

1 grantee of Youth Employment Program reported 1 result against targets over 1 period; the median result was 131% of target (middle half 131% to 131%), and 100% met or exceeded the target. Source: Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, program monitoring reports, https://www.jwbpinellas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VII-C-Program-and-Financial-Monitoring-Information.pdf.

Program-level figures, not individual grantees: Employment Service reported 514 results against targets over 24 periods; the median result was 100% of target (middle half 89% to 112%), and 52% met or exceeded the target. Source: Illinois Comptroller Public Accountability Reports, https://par.illinoiscomptroller.gov/index.cfm?AgencyNo=601&FiscalYear=2022&ProgramAreaGroupID=3&ProgramID=1&UniqueProgramID=6011.

8 of 15 matched precedent programs shown, largest first.

Target-setting language with precedent

Each item comes from one funder, one program or one department; none is a government-wide rule.

Showing clauses from Education and Labor.

What reviewers penalize

These ten weaknesses recur in 17 published reviewer critiques, mostly U.S. Department of Education and NIH. The count is the number of critiques that name it, not a rate, and a reviewer comment is a judgment.

Protocol skeleton

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Measures: Employment Rate - 2nd Quarter After Exit; Title I Youth Education and Employment Rate - 2nd Quarter After Exit; Employment Rate - 4th Quarter After Exit; Title I Youth Education and Employment Rate - 4th Quarter After Exit; Median Earnings - 2nd Quarter After Exit; Credential Attainment; Measurable Skill Gains; Effectiveness in Serving Employers; Total Enrolled - TCP; Total Participants Served - TCP; Total Exiters - TCP; Male - TCP; and 11 more listed above. Baseline: ____ months from award, using ETA-9173-YouthBuild Quarterly Performance Report. Targets: set from the observed baseline at month ____, or committed now as a change of ____ percentage points from baseline (see the SCSEP precedent above).

Missing-data plan (how dropout and missing observations will be handled): ____

Comparison group or baseline (what you compare against and how the groups started): ____

Fallback if recruitment, data access or the first analysis falls short: ____

Fidelity threshold (what counts as full implementation, and how it is measured): ____

Instrument named, with its validity evidence and its rights (license) status: ____

Numeric target for each measure (a number, not a direction): ____

Analysis for each outcome (method, comparison, adjustment): ____

Data protection and data management (who holds identifiable data, where, for how long): ____

Feedback schedule (who reviews the data, how often, and what changes as a result): ____

Evaluator role and independence (who evaluates and how they are separate from delivery): ____

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