Priority Name

Priority Lead
Priority
Description

Scale

Major Work
Strategies

3. Integrate our education and workforce development efforts and data systems.
Delaware Department of Labor
Align our education and workforce system through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act. We must expand postsecondary education options, including apprenticeship, as well as
services to individuals with a disability or another barrier to employment. Further, we must
design a workforce data quality campaign to ensure that our partners have the necessary
information to ensure our human capital can compete in a global economy.
By the 2016-17 school year, Delaware Pathways will impact more than 900 students with
disabilities and 2,100 economically disadvantaged students;
By the 2017-18 school year, Delaware Pathways will impact more than 1,800 students with
disabilities and 4,200 economically disadvantaged students; and
By the 2018-19 school year, Delaware Pathways will impact more than 3,000 students with
disabilities and 7,000 economically disadvantaged students.

*It is expected that enrollment for youth with disabilities will reflect ~15% and economically disadvantaged
student enrollment will reflect ~35% of the total DE Pathways enrollment for each reporting year
matching the approximate grade 9-12 student population.

1) Expand career support services, job placement services, and postsecondary programming for
youth, with specific attention to youth who are at-risk of not completing high school
(economically disadvantaged and/or another barrier as defined by WIOA);
2) Ensure students with disabilities participate in education and training programs and receive
career support services that align with their postsecondary goals; and
3) Align data systems to improve policy and programming for in-school and out-of-school youth
as well as adults.
Success by 2018*Key Metric(s)
Baseline & Date
Target & Date
19
Percent of in-school youth who In the 2014-15 school year, 32%
By December 2019: 50%
are at-risk of not graduating
of at-risk youth enrolled in a
of at-risk youth enrolled
high school (economically
WIOA in-school youth program
in a WIOA in-school youth
disadvantaged and/or another
(97 students) exited high school
program (~150 students)
barrier as defined under WIOA) and transitioned into
will exit high school and
that exit high school and
postsecondary education (August transition into
successfully transition into
2016)
postsecondary education
postsecondary education
Percent of youth with an
In the 2014-15 school year, 83%
By December 2019: 87%
individualized education
of youth with an IEP (376
of youth with an IEP (410
program (IEP) that exit high
students) exited high school and students) will exit high
school and successfully
transitioned into postsecondary
school and transition into
transition into postsecondary
education and/or employment
postsecondary education
education and/or the workforce (August 2016)
and/or employment
Percent progress on Workforce In the 2015-16 school year, 19%
By December 2019: 58%
Data Quality Campaign (WDQC) of indicators (4 of 13 indicators)
of indicators (12 of 13
Mastering the Blueprint
in the WDQC blueprint were
indicators) in the WDQC
annual survey
identified as making progress
blueprint will be identified
or completed (August 2016)
as making progress or
completed
Milestones
Activity
Milestones
Timeline (by when)
Expand career Conduct asset mapping with in-school and out-ofMarch 2017
support
school youth programs as well as youth employment
services, job
programs in partnership with Pathways to Prosperity
placement
Develop needs assessment report to expand career
May 2017
services, and
services using state and federal funds
postsecondary
Engage DE Workforce Board Youth Council to develop September 2018
programming
in-school and out-of-school youth request for
for youth, with
proposal (@ $15,000)

specific
attention to
youth who are
at-risk of not
completing
high school

Ensure
students with
disabilities
participate in
education and
training
programs and
receive career

Map youth employment programs across the Dept. of

Labor, county economic development offices (NCC,
Kent, Sussex), and local economic development
offices (Cities of Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown) in
relationship to neighboring schools offering DE
Pathways
Determine impact areas at county and local level
Define existing employer partners and staffing needs
Define eligible student population, with specific
attention to at-risk youth in partnership with Dept. of
Edu.
Pilot state, county, local youth employment
partnership with one County Economic Development
Office and one City
Conduct outreach to eligible student population in
partnership with pilot school districts
Evaluate pilot and develop policy recommendations
for scale (@ $10,000)
Scale model to other Economic Development Offices
and Cities

March 2017

Map student scholarship opportunities through the

Dept. of Edu., Office of Higher Education, and Dept.
of Labor
Pilot cross-agency incentive programs and emergency
assistance related to in-demand careers
Develop public policy to support cross-agency
coordination of scholarships for in-demand careers
Merge continuing education resources to support for
in-demand careers

November 2016

Determine schedule for career lattice development

Develop career lattices for in-demand career
pathways (@ $25,000)
Crosswalk career lattices to include iPEDS data to
connect with postsecondary education programs
Publish career lattices on DE Job Link website

February 2017
April (annually)

Coordinate DE Job Link, SPARC, and Del Tech data

integration (@ $50,000)
Create functionality within DE Job Link to post
student internships and employment opportunities

April 2017

Expand apprenticeship programs in partnership with

the DE Economic Development Office and Dept. of
Edu. (@ $200,000)
Partner to complete the American Apprenticeship
planning grant requirements

March 2017

Conduct asset mapping of in-school and out-of-school

youth programs that support students with
disabilities in partnership with Pathways to Prosperity
Survey youth and adults with disabilities to determine
employment needs in partnership with Dept. of
Health & Social Services (@ $25,000)
Develop needs assessment report to expand career
services for individuals with disabilities using state

March 2018

May 2017
May 2017
May 2017
June 2017
June 2017
September 2018
June 2019 and June
2020

March 2017
September 2017
January 2018 (annually
thereafter)

April (annually)
June (annually)

July 2017

April 2017

March 2018
May 2018

support
services that
align with
their
postsecondary
goals

Integrate data
systems to
provide
customized
support for inschool and
out-of-school
youth as well

and federal funds

Map career services/programs for youth with
disabilities through the Dept. of Edu., Office of
Exceptional Children, Dept. of Labor, Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation, and DE Dept. of Health &
Social Services in relationship to neighboring schools
offering DE Pathways
Determine impact area at county and local level in
partnership with the Dept. of Edu. and Dept. of
Labors Transition Cadre
Define existing employer partners and staffing needs
Create templates for job descriptions, student workroutines, etc., necessary to facilitate youth
employment (@ $20,000)
Develop menu of career services/programs for youth
with disabilities to include geographic regions served,
referral process, and enrollment procedures (@
$10,000)
Pilot state, county, local partnership model to
support youth with disabilities in one county and area
school districts
Define eligible student population in partnership with
Dept. of Edu.
Coordinate enrollment and student outreach through
school IEP process
Evaluate pilot and develop policy recommendations
to expand partnership model for scale (@ $10,000)
Scale model to other County Economic Development
Offices and Cities

March 2018

Engage DE Workforce Board Youth Council to develop

youth with disabilities request for proposal (@
$15,000)

September 2018

Integrate training to support youth with disabilities in

the college & career counselor/administrator
conference
Integrate training for school system administrators
and employers to support youth with disabilities into
the DE Pathways annual conference
Develop face-to-face and online professional learning
models for teachers and school counselors to support
youth with disabilities ($50,000)
Conduct training for special education coordinators in
partnership with Dept. of Labor, Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation (@ $10,000)

February 2017
(annually thereafter)

Expand the Dept. of Edu. and Dept. of Labor datasharing agreement to include student level data
under the Workforce Investment & Opportunity Act
and in-state postsecondary institutions of higher
education
Develop data routines for the Workforce Innovation
& Opportunity Act that support in-school and out-ofschool youth as well as students with disabilities (@

April 2017

April 2018
May 2018
May 2018
May 2018

June 2018
June 2018
School year 2018-19
June 2019
June 2019 and June
2020

March 2017 (annually

thereafter)
September 2017
November 2017

July 2017

as adults

Resources

$10,000)
Develop data routines for postsecondary institutions
of higher education that include unemployment and
wage information (@ $10,000)

July 2017

Partner to develop and submit federal grant

applications to connect the P-20 data system and the
statewide workforce data system (@ $50,000)
Expand the P-20 council to include workforce data
and oversight of state longitudinal data system

Ongoing

Develop data-sharing agreements across state

agencies with in-state and third-party providers to
capture certification, licensure, and credential data
Partner with the DWDB to validate industry
credentials

Ongoing

Develop a public reporting process to share

secondary, postsecondary, and adult education and
training employment outcomes
Develop a dashboard for policymakers which includes
labor market information and employment outcomes
for education and training programs

School year 2018-19

(annually thereafter)

Partner with DOL and CIRWA to capture and present

labor market information for the general public
Conduct industry skills gap analyses to determine
programmatic investment and model to expand
education and training programs

Ongoing

Ongoing

School year 2018-19

(annually thereafter)

Ongoing

Funding
$300,000
$225,000
FY17 Delta
($75,000)
NSFY Amount (@ $60,000) = Remaining Balance
($15,000)
FY18 Funding Needed
$260,000
FY18 Funding Confirmed
$25,000
FY18 Delta
($235,000)
NSFY Amount (@ $180,000) = Remaining Balance
($55,000)
FY19 Funding Needed
$225,000
FY19 Funding Confirmed
$25,000
FY19 Delta
($200,000)
NSFY Amount (@ $120,000) = Remaining Balance
($80,000)
*Additional resources will be needed to create state longitudinal data system or P-20W data
system
FY17 Funding Needed
FY17 Funding Confirmed

Projected Resources

Ongoing