— (05/18/2015) The Wage Record Interchange System (WRIS) of the US Department of Labor facilitates the exchange of wage data among participating states for the purpose of assessing and reporting on state and local employment and training program performance, evaluating training provider performance, and for other purposes allowed under the WRIS Data Sharing Agreement. The exchange permits state workforce program performance agencies to secure wage data of individuals who have participated in workforce investment programs in one state, then subsequently secured employment in another.By participating in WRIS, states have a more robust picture of the effectiveness of their workforce investment programs, and are able to report more comprehensive outcomes against their performance measures. We would like to know what states are already involved with this system and, if so, what your experience has been. Thank you.

From Mike Hermanson, Disability Employment and Transitions, Montana:

Montana does not participate.

From Don Kay, WA-DVR:

Washington DVR does not participate directly in WRIS, but we do get employment verification data from our state Employment Security Department that provides us with out of state data.

From David Ritacco, Oregon VR:

We do not.

From Richard Clark, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services:

In Iowa all we are currently doing is collecting wage data from our DOL office. We are in talks with the other agencies at this time to build a shared data based were we can have better access to shared information among partners.

From David Higginbotham, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services:

We use a national tracking system and this has benefitted in locating consumers who have received VR serv ices in LA and obtained employment out of state.

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