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- Program-Specific Requirements for Wagner-Peyser Program (Employment Services)
All Program-Specific Requirements provided for the WIOA core programs in this section must be addressed for either a Unified or Combined State Plan.
- e. Agricultural Outreach Plan (aop). Each State Agency Must Develop an Aop Every Four Years as Part of the Unified or Combined State Plan Required Under Sections 102 or 103 of WIOA. the Aop Must Include--
- 1. Assessment of NeedProvide an assessment of the unique needs of farmworkers in the area based on past and projected agricultural and farmworker activity in the State. Such needs may include but are not limited to: employment, training, and housing.
- 1. Assessment of Need
- e. Agricultural Outreach Plan (aop). Each State Agency Must Develop an Aop Every Four Years as Part of the Unified or Combined State Plan Required Under Sections 102 or 103 of WIOA. the Aop Must Include--
e. 1. B. An Assessment of the Unique Needs of Farmworkers Means Summarizing Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker (msfw) Characteristics (including if They Are Predominantly from Certain Countries, What Language(s) They Speak, the Approximate Number of Msfws in the State During Peak Season and During Low Season, and Whether They Tend to Be Migrant, Seasonal, or Year-round Farmworkers). This Information Must Take into Account Data Supplied by WIOA Section 167 National Farmworker Jobs Program (nfjp) Grantees, Other Msfw Organizations, Employer Organizations, and State And/or Federal Agency Data Sources Such as the U.s. Department of Agriculture and the U.s. Department of Labor (dol) Employment and Training Administration.
Current Narrative:
MSFW Characteristics
Missouri’s migrant or season farm workers have a variety of surprising characteristics. The MSFWs in Missouri are not just from the Hispanic population. As the Agricultural Employment Services (AES) staff goes out and visits with the agricultural employers who have farm workers, they are finding that a migrant or seasonal farm worker can be from anywhere. In addition to workers of Hispanic decent, we are currently working with individual of Haitian, Bosnian, South African, Burmese decent, as well as American citizens that qualify as a migrant andor seasonal farm worker. Depending as to where the farm worker originally comes from will determine the language spoken.
LWDB /One-Stop Job Centers Partnership
DWD and the Local Workforce Development Boards have an MOU with the 167 National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantee, UMOS, to ensure the most effective and efficient utilization of the funds provided by USDOL for administration and operation of the statewide Migrant Seasonal Farmworker’s outreach program.
Peak Season
At peak time, especially during the harvest season, there can be as many as 15,000 MSFW in Missouri. This will go down to approximately 1,000 during the low season. Many of the MSFW desire to stay in permanent jobs and not have to move around. They also want to stay in the agricultural field, so through UMOS and the Missouri Job Centers, we are diligently working to help move the MSFW into full time permanent positions.