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.
11 upcoming obligations as of 2026-09-20. The cohort's outcomes are not final until the last window closes.
2026-11-14
in 55d
Federal quarterly report (ETA-9173), Q3 2026
State submission to DOL covering Q3 2026, due 45 days after quarter end. Your data must be in the state system before this.
2027-02-14
in 147d
Federal quarterly report (ETA-9173), Q4 2026
State submission to DOL covering Q4 2026, due 45 days after quarter end. Your data must be in the state system before this.
2027-05-15
in 237d
Federal quarterly report (ETA-9173), Q1 2027
State submission to DOL covering Q1 2027, due 45 days after quarter end. Your data must be in the state system before this.
2027-06-30
in 283d
Measurable Skill Gains cutoff, PY2026
Skill gains must be documented by Jun 30 to count for PY2026. A gain recorded Jul 1 counts for the next program year.
2027-06-30
in 283d
Employment 2nd quarter after exit
Window 2027-04-01 to 2027-06-30. Participants exiting Q4 2026 are measured on employment during Q2 2027. Median earnings use the same quarter. Wage records for it typically arrive Q4 2027.
2027-08-14
in 328d
Federal quarterly report (ETA-9173), Q2 2027
State submission to DOL covering Q2 2027, due 45 days after quarter end. Your data must be in the state system before this.
2027-10-01
in 376d
WIOA annual report (ETA-9169), PY2026
State annual performance report for PY2026 is due to DOL by Oct 1.
2027-11-14
in 420d
Federal quarterly report (ETA-9173), Q3 2027
State submission to DOL covering Q3 2027, due 45 days after quarter end. Your data must be in the state system before this.
2027-11-19
in 425d
Credential attainment deadline
Credentials count when earned during the program or within one year of exit. After this date the cohort's credential rate is final.
2027-12-31
in 467d
Employment 4th quarter after exit
Window 2027-10-01 to 2027-12-31. Employment during Q4 2027 counts for the Q4 indicator. This is the last performance window for the cohort.
2028-02-14
in 512d
Federal quarterly report (ETA-9173), Q4 2027
State submission to DOL covering Q4 2027, due 45 days after quarter end. Your data must be in the state system before this.
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.
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.