Located in:
- 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--
- 2. Outreach ActivitiesThe local offices outreach activities must be designed to meet the needs of MSFWs in the State and to locate and contact MSFWs who are not being reached through normal intake activities. Describe the State agency's proposed strategies for:
- 2. Outreach Activities
- 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. 2. A. Contacting Farmworkers Who Are Not Being Reached by the Normal Intake Activities Conducted by the Employment Service Offices.
Current Narrative:
The LWC will attempt to employ a minimum of two bilingual (English-Spanish) outreach workers to communicate with MSFWs about the full range of workforce development services available through Louisiana’s Comprehensive and Affiliate AJCs. One outreach worker will conduct outreach in North Louisiana and a second outreach worker will conduct outreach in South Louisiana. These outreach workers will communicate regularly with AJC managers and the highest ranking Wagner Peyser staff members domiciled in their assigned territories or, other Wagner Peyser staff members designated by the Office of Workforce Development’s Director of Field Operations.
Louisiana’s outreach workers will communicate with MSFWs about the Employment Service and Employment Law complaint system as well as a basic summary of farmworker rights. Outreach workers will strongly encourage MSFWs to visit one of Louisiana’s Comprehensive Job Centers to access the full range of employment and training services provided by WIOA mandated partners.
If an MSFW cannot or does not wish to visit the Comprehensive AJC, the outreach worker will provide on-site the following:
• Assistance in the preparation of applications for employment services; • Assistance in obtaining referral(s) to employment opportunities; • Assistance in the preparation of either ES or employment law complaints; • Referral to supportive services and/or career services in which the individual or a family member may be interested; • Assistance in making appointments and arranging transportation for individual MSFWs or family members to and from AJCs • Observe the working and living conditions of MSFWs and report suspected violations to the highest ranking Wagner-Peyser staff member serving in the AJC in the territory in which the suspected violation occurred.
It is mandatory that outreach workers receive training in AJC procedures and in the services, benefits, and protections afforded to MSFWs by ES. It is also mandatory that outreach receive training on protecting farmworkers against sexual harassment and human trafficking.
Outreach workers will maintain complete records of their contacts with MSFWs and the services they perform. These records must include a daily log, which must be sent monthly to the Office of Workforce Development’s Director of Field Operations or the Director’s designee. At minimum, the log must include: the records of the number of contacts, the names of contacts, and the services provided. The outreach worker must distinguish between a service and complaint in the records. Outreach workers must also report services and complaints in the LWC’s HiRE system as applicable.