Workforce Data as an Equity Lever: Current and Emerging Resources

This webinar covers strategies for advancing equity through the use of data. The event is co-hosted by the Department of Labor’s Chief Evaluation Office and the Employment and Training Administration’s Office of Workforce Investment and shares DOL issued guidance on increasing equitable service access and outcomes for job seekers in WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. Speakers share experiences and resources that cover principles and frameworks for collecting and using data to examine issues of equity; leveraging data collaboratives; and using data in research and service delivery. State and local workforce representatives share their efforts to advance equity by: enhancing data quality; building capacity to use data; and developing and using data dashboards, data collaboratives, and other tools.