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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. 6. D. Assessment of Progress
The plan must include an explanation of what was achieved based on the previous AOP, what was not achieved and an explanation as to why the State believes the goals were not achieved, and how the State intends to remedy the gaps of achievement in the coming year.
Current Narrative:
The state’s case management system indicates Missouri does not consistently meet all performance measure goals. Although there are MSFWs seeking services through the local job service centers, there are significantly more being served through outreach efforts limiting full range of access to services. Training will continue to be provided in an on-going basis to all job center staff; however, Missouri will also focus on additional one on one training with each point of contact person in all job centers and develop strategies relevant to the local areas for addressing the issue.
Missouri achievements include increasing partnerships with agricultural employers; improving outreach for meeting basic needs of food clothing, shelter and education; and providing faith-based support services.
Partnerships at the local level are critical to the MSFW program. Local office staff as well as the SMA sought to establish and maintain working partnerships with agricultural employers, agricultural associations, and the migrant and season farm worker population.
Missouri cooperates with migrant service providers to conduct outreach and to ensure a wide variety of needs are met (food, clothing, shelter, education). Our biggest partner is UMOS, the 167 Grantee. The organization’s sole focus is the migrant farmworker and their family. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is established between OWD, the local workforce development boards and UMOS.
In addition, small and large churches were utilized to help provide supportive services such as transportation to a worksite, clothes and lodging. Community organizations such as food pantries, clothing stores and temporary shelter providers provided basic needs to the farm worker and their families who sometimes travel long distances for a job.
OWD understands the criticality of having adequate staffing levels for AOP outreach. To remedy this, we are in the process of hiring an additional staff member who will also speak Spanish to better serve the farmworker community. This is a high priority item for OWD.