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Plan: Missouri PYs 2016-2017
Combined Plan C

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. b. 7.

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  • III. Operational Planning Elements
    The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that support the State’s strategy and the system-wide vision described in Section II.(c) above. Unless otherwise noted, all Operational Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs. This section must include—
    • b. State Operating Systems and Policies
      The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a description of the State operating systems and policies that will support the implementation of the State strategy described in Section II Strategic Elements . This includes—

III. b. 7. Priority of Service for Veterans

Describe how the State will implement and monitor the priority of service provisions for veterans in accordance with the requirements of the Jobs for Veterans Act, codified at section 4215 of 38 U.S.C., which applies to all employment and training programs funded in whole or in part by the Department of Labor. States should also describe the referral process for veterans determined to have a significant barrier to employment to receive services from the Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) program’s Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program (DVOP) specialist.

Current Narrative:

The Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans’ Employment Representatives (LVERs) are fully integrated into the Missouri Job Centers as detailed by the DVOP/LVER agreement with the Secretary (Veterans State Plan). The role of the DVOP staff will not be to supplant the Wagner–Peyser responsibilities for providing priority of service to veterans, but to assist veterans with significant barriers to employment (SBE) to overcome their barriers or mitigate their barriers so the veteran is job ready through case management. Once the veteran is job ready the LVER will work with employers to create employment opportunities for the job ready veterans. DVOP/LVER will not be assigned duties that violate Title 38. DVOP will share case management for veterans enrolled in WIOA and other programs with the providers of those programs.

The Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG) requires compliance with Title 38, Chapters 41 and 42, in that all service delivery points of the grantee will provide veterans’ priority of service in the provision of all labor–exchange services, and specifically when making referrals for job openings and training opportunities.

Local service delivery points are monitored to ensure that programs provide the required priority of service to veterans. Whenever necessary, corrective action plans will be developed and appropriate technical assistance concerning priority of service to veterans will be provided. The agreement reached between Veterans’ Employment and Training and the State will be the governing agreement for veterans’ services within the Missouri Job Centers where funding is used to provide services to the state’s veteran customers.

Missouri passed legislation in 2012 to include the Hero at Home program services under the state’s Show–Me Heroes program. Now the Show–Me Heroes program, in addition to promoting the hiring of veterans and recognizing employers who do so, includes training services for National Guard and Reservists returning from deployment, their spouses and separating active duty military personnel. To date, 4,517 Missouri employers have taken the pledge to consider veterans in their hiring, and 7,766 veterans have been hired by Show–Me Heroes employers.