Located in:
- III. Operational Planning Elements
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that supports 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—
- a. State Strategy Implementation
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include–
- 2. Implementation of State Strategy
Describe how the lead State agency with responsibility for the administration of each core program or a Combined Plan partner program included in this plan will implement the State’s Strategies identified in Section II(c). above. This must include a description of—
- 2. Implementation of State Strategy
- a. State Strategy Implementation
III. a. 2. F. Partner Engagement with Other Education and Training Providers
Describe how the State’s Strategies will engage the State’s other education and training providers, including providers on the state’s eligible training provider list, as partners in the workforce development system to create a job-driven education and training system.
Current Narrative:
To meet the needs of businesses throughout the state and accomplish the goals set forth through the sector strategies initiative, a robust Eligible Training Provider System (ETPS) is available for the partners. This system includes the providers of education for Registered Apprenticeships. OWD continually works to improve the ETPS to ensure our customers have the ability to make quality training choices leading to self-sustaining employment. The ETPS will only approve providers that demonstrate significant levels of performance.
MOScores
MOScores is a publicly available website that combines a searchable program inventory with additional information on program costs, program student demographics, graduate outcomes (earnings and employment), and a program comparison function. This tool is designed to assist job seekers, students, career counselors, educators, and planners with a better understanding of training options and typical work outcomes of program graduates. The site will also allow users to search non-credit programs listed in the state’s Eligible Training Provider System (ETPS), and assist the Office of Workforce Development with outcomes reporting mandated by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). All student data are de-identified in the database behind the Scorecard, which also links student data to state wage records provided by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Data for this tool are collected and linked through different administrative sources. Program and school information are merged from two systems, the Missouri ETPS and credit program inventory, both administered within DHEWD. Work outcomes are compiled in a longitudinal database from student records submitted to the DHEWD and linked to wage records in the DOLIR unemployment insurance system. All results are shown in aggregate with no access to individual data. Any programs with 10 or less results will not be shown. Subcategories of measures with results of 10 or less are compiled in the “Other/Unknown” category.
VR works with proprietary schools and Career and Technical Education programs (CTE), which provide specific skills to lead to employment. In addition, VR works with their Community Rehabilitation Programs, which provide additional in-demand Employment Skills Training. Examples include heavy equipment training in mid-Missouri, retail training in Kansas City and building maintenance in St. Louis.
The FSD has multiple partnerships in the education field, such as Adult Education and Literacy, community colleges, English Language Learning, training providers in the ETPS and job mentoring sites. Various providers have connections with local providers as they place clients in short-term training and develop programs that meet both the employers’ and clients’ needs. The SkillUP program requires utilizing the ETPS. The Missouri Community College Association is a SkillUP provider that receives federal and state funding. The Community Action Agencies provide Poverty Simulations, Step Up to Leadership classes and Family Development Credentialing.