Free WIOA compliance tool
Pick your state and your cohort's end date. Get the full WIOA calendar for that cohort: every federal quarterly report it touches, the annual report, the Measurable Skill Gains cutoff, the employment measurement windows in the second and fourth quarters after exit, and the credential attainment deadline one year out.
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Adds your state's data-entry rows to the calendar.
The expected exit date for participants who finish on time. Every measurement window anchors to this.
Defaults to 16 weeks before the end date. Only affects which reporting quarters are listed.
Days after quarter end your state MIS expects provider data, if you know it. Otherwise a typical 20-day default is shown, flagged for confirmation.
Federal dates are computed from the reporting rules and are location-independent. State data-entry dates vary by state and are flagged until you confirm yours.
States submit quarterly performance reports to the Department of Labor 45 days after each calendar quarter ends: Feb 14, May 15, Aug 14, and Nov 14. Your provider data has to be in the state system before the state can submit, which is why the state data-entry rows land earlier.
The state annual performance report for a program year (July 1 to June 30) is due to DOL by October 1. Anything not documented by then is argued about, not reported.
A skill gain counts for the program year in which it is documented. June 30 is the hard cutoff. A gain recorded on July 1 helps next year's rate, not this year's.
A participant who exits in a given calendar quarter is measured on employment during the second full quarter after it. Exit in October through December, and the measured window is the following April through June. Median earnings use the same quarter.
The same anchor, two quarters later. This is the last performance window for a cohort, which is why outcomes are not final until more than a year after the last participant exits.
Credentials count when earned during the program or within one year of exit. After the one-year mark, the cohort's credential rate is what it is.
Employment is verified against state UI wage records, which typically become available about two quarters after the quarter being measured. Plan your funder conversations around when the data exists, not when the window closes.
Each state sets its own deadline for providers to have participant data in the state MIS, usually a few weeks after quarter end. These are not centrally published, so this tool shows a typical 20-day default flagged for confirmation. Enter your state's actual offset above once you know it.
Related tools: the Workforce Pell 70/70 projection tool and the WIOA credential attainment checker.
States submit quarterly performance reports (ETA-9173) to the Department of Labor 45 days after each calendar quarter ends: February 14 for the quarter ending December 31, May 15 for March 31, August 14 for June 30, and November 14 for September 30. Local providers must have participant data in the state MIS before the state submits, so provider data-entry deadlines land a few weeks after quarter end, on a schedule each state sets itself.
The state annual performance report (ETA-9169) for a program year is due to DOL by October 1 following the program year end. WIOA program years run July 1 through June 30.
A skill gain counts for the program year in which it is documented, and the program year ends June 30. A gain recorded July 1 counts toward the next program year. For a cohort spanning two program years, both June 30 cutoffs matter.
Take the calendar quarter containing the exit date, then count two full quarters forward. A participant who exits any time in October through December is measured on employment during the following April through June. The fourth quarter after exit works the same way, two quarters later. Median earnings are measured in the same quarter as Q2 employment.
A credential counts when it is earned during the program or within one year of exit. One year after the cohort end date, the credential attainment rate is final.
The Q4-after-exit employment window closes 12 to 15 months after exit, and the UI wage records that verify employment typically arrive about two quarters after the measured quarter. A cohort ending in October 2026 has its last window close in December 2027, with wage confirmation arriving into mid-2028.
As typical defaults only. Each state sets its own MIS data-entry deadline for providers, usually a few weeks after quarter end, and these are not centrally published. The calculator shows a 20-day default flagged for confirmation and lets you enter your state's actual offset once you know it.
Same calendar, computed automatically. The compliance module derives these deadlines per cohort from your real cohort records, measures all six WIOA indicators against your negotiated targets continuously, and surfaces which participants can still close each gap before a window shuts.
The Capstone Workforce compliance module computes the same calendar per cohort, measures every WIOA indicator against your negotiated targets continuously, and surfaces which specific participants can still close each gap before a window shuts. Email sg@capstonetech.co for a 30-minute appointment.