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2 Year Modification

Plan: Arkansas PYs 2018-2019
Combined Plan C

Section: Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities

Narrative: c. 2.

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c. 2. Describe the Strategies the State Will Use to Achieve Improved Outcomes for Out-of-school Youth as Described in 129(a)(1)(b), Including How it Will Leverage and Align the Core Programs, and Combined State Plan Partner Programs Included in This Plan, Required and Optional One-stop Partner Programs, and Any Other Resources Available.

View corresponding narrative from PYs 2016-2017

Current Narrative:

In order to improve the outreach and recruitment of out-of-school youth, the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services and its divisions will partner with the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and other community-based organizations to create a streamline pathway and align services to meet the needs of youth participants. Core programs will no longer serve out-of-school youth in siloes, but rather through a referral system leveraged within these partnerships. Local Workforce Development Boards will work with referrals of able bodied young adults in the SNAP Employment & Training sector of the Department of Human Services, juvenile offenders within the juvenile justice system, clients receiving housing assistance through the local housing authority agencies and community organizations assisting homeless youth to boost enrollment and performance in the out-of-school youth core programs. These partners may prove beneficial in addressing persons with identified and unidentified disabilities, high school equivalency credentials, leadership development and supportive service needs.

As part of the State’s overarching outreach strategy, we will hire a Targeted Populations Advisor who will be solely devoted to developing our comprehensive outreach plan to reach certain populations, including Out-of-School youth.