Hard Exits
Credentials 101
Measurable Skills Gains (MSG)
Documentation
Service Dates
100

This hard exit reason applies if a participant becomes incarcerated after program entry or within 90 days of exit.

What is "Institutionalized"?

100

This broad term describes a document awarded by an industry group or state agency proving a person has the specific skills needed to perform a certain job (like a welding).

What is an Industry-Recognized Certificate (or Occupational Credential)?

100

There are exactly this many different types of Measurable Skill Gains defined under WIOA.

What is five?

100

One of the acceptable forms of documentation for a credential.

What is a data crossmatch, a copy of the credential, or a copy of a school record?

100

This system-generated date is triggered when a participant goes 90 consecutive days without receiving a staff-assisted service.

What is the Exit Date?

200

A member of the National Guard must be called to active duty for at least this many days to qualify for a hard exit.

What is 90 days?

200

This type of postsecondary degree typically requires at least 120 semester hours of coursework and is awarded by a university.

What is a Bachelor's Degree?

200

This type of MSG is achieved when a participant successfully completes a benchmark on an employer-validated training plan, such as a workplace safety course.

What is a Training Milestone?

200

To prove a student is successfully maintaining progress in postsecondary education, case managers must obtain this official document from the institution.

What is a transcript (or report card)?

200

For Occupational Skills Training (OST), you enter the "Actual Begin Date" when you confirm the participant has done this.

What is started training/classes?

300

This reason for exit applies if a participant's treatment is expected to last longer than 90 days and prevents them from working.

What is "HEALTH/MEDICAL"?

300

These short-term credentials, often earned through technical colleges, validate specific industry skills like welding, phlebotomy, or IT networking.

What are Occupational Certificates?

300

For a secondary school student, demonstrating progress via a report card requires completion of at least this academic period.

What is one semester?

300

When claiming an Educational Functioning Level (EFL) gain, the documentation uploaded to the system must clearly show the participant's scores on both of these standardized assessments.

What are a pre-test and a post-test?

300

Finish the sentence: The "Actual End Date" for an OJT matches...

What is the date the Final OJT Monitor is signed?

400

Entering a valid hard exit means the participant is officially excluded from...

What are Performance Indicators (or Performance Outcomes) and Follow-up?

400

For youth, attaining a secondary school diploma is only counted if the participant is employed or enrolled in one of these within one year of exit.

What is an education or training program leading to a recognized postsecondary credential?

400

This gain is recorded when a participant increases their adult basic education level, often measured by standardized assessments like TABE.

What is an Educational Functioning Level (EFL) gain?

400

For OJT, this form is used as the final monitor to confirm completion.

What is the "OJT Final Monitor"?

400

The "Actual End Date" for classroom-based Occupational Skills Training should match the date on this document.

What is the final transcript (or certificate of completion)?

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