State Training and Education Policies and Statistics (STEPS) Clearinghouse

The STEPS Clearinghouse contains a unique mix of quantitative and qualitative policy information to assist advocates, researchers, and policymakers interested in improving state implementation of federal workforce development policies, including: Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Pell Grants under the Higher Education Act (HEA), Perkins Vocational and Technical Education, Adult Education and Family Literacy, and Wagner-Peyser / Employment Service programs.

• State Plans and Reports - Click here for access to any state's workforce system, including links to required state plans and reports and a printable summary of funding, participant, and performance data from each state's workforce system for the most current year.

• STEPS Briefs - Short analyses about state implementation of federal policies - developed in response to your questions.
  
  
• Reference Library - Key national and cross-state reports on workforce development policy.
  
  
• Other Electronic Resources - Links to workforce development databases maintained by other organizations.

• Feedback and Questions - Click here to suggest a question for research by our staff, or to provide feedback on how we can make STEPS work better for you

• Tell us what you think! If you would like to help The Workforce Alliance improve this site, please click here  to take the STEPS Survey.