Located in:
- II. Strategic Elements
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a Strategic Planning Elements section that analyzes the State’s current economic environment and identifies the State’s overall vision for its workforce development system. The required elements in this section allow the State to develop data-driven goals for preparing an educated and skilled workforce and to identify successful strategies for aligning workforce development programs. Unless otherwise noted, all Strategic Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs.
- b. State Strategic Vision and Goals
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include the State’s strategic vision and goals for developing its workforce and meeting employer needs in order to support economic growth and economic self-sufficiency. This must include—
- b. State Strategic Vision and Goals
II. b. 4. Assessment
Current Narrative:
All of the core partners will be involved in assessing the overall effectiveness of the workforce development system as well as determining how to best use the results in pursuit of continuous improvement. The assessment will include the utilization of data to identify the efficacy of initiatives implemented to meet the goals, a review of governmental structure and policies, evaluation of interagency partnerships and an investment in shared technology. Missouri’s goal for assessment is to ensure a statewide demand–driven workforce system.
The WIOA implementation Steering Committee, composed of the leadership team from each participating core partner, will provide reports about the status of WIOA implementation and its progress on performance measures to the State Workforce Development Board. These reports will be provided on at least a quarterly basis.