How long has L&I had a focus on useful outcomes?
L&I has consistently communicated the importance of obtaining useful outcomes on vocational referrals for many years. In November 2007, the MAQ team proposal for using the percent useful outcomes to replace CACO was shared at the Fall Vocational Conference. In early 2008, L&I reemphasized its focus on useful outcomes during implementation of the new Vocational Improvement Project (VIP) legislation. In May 2008, the decision to replace CACO with a measure of percent useful outcome was announced via the Internet and listserv. On June 6, 2008, the measure with the updated designations was presented at the Spring Vocational Conference.
