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. The Office of Workforce Development (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 ETPS and assist the OWD with reporting outcomes mandated by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). All student data are de-identified in the database behind the MoSCORES website, which also links student data to de-identified state wage records provided by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR).
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 Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (DHEWD). Work outcomes are compiled in a longitudinal database from student records submitted to DHEWD and linked to wage records in the DOLIR unemployment insurance system. All results are shown aggregated with no access to individual data. Work outcomes for any programs with 10 or less results will not be shown. Subcategories of student demographics with results of 10 or less are compiled in the “Other/Unknown” category.
Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation (MVR) works with proprietary schools and Career and Technical Education programs (CTE), which provide specific skills leading to employment. In addition, MVR works with their Community Rehabilitation Programs, which provide additional in-demand employment skills training. Examples include highway heavy construction trades training in mid-Missouri; Microsoft Office training in Kansas City; building maintenance, childcare, food service readiness, and janitorial skills readiness trainings in Springfield; and building maintenance and culinary trainings in St. Louis.
The Department of Social Services (DSS) Work and Community Programs has multiple partnerships in the education field, such as Adult Education and Literacy (AEL), community colleges, English Language Learning, training providers in the ETPS, and job mentoring sites. The FY21 SkillUP program offerings at Missouri’s community colleges are taught at Jefferson College, Mineral Area College, St. Louis Community College, Moberly Area Community College, Metropolitan Community College, Three Rivers College, and Ozarks Technical Community College. Various providers have connections with local agencies 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.