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 an assessment of need. An assessment need describes 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.
- 5. Services provided to farmworkers and agricultural employers through the one-stop delivery system
Describe the State agency's proposed strategies for:
- 5. Services provided to farmworkers and agricultural employers through the one-stop delivery system
- 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 an assessment of need. An assessment need describes 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.
e. 5. B. Marketing the employment service complaint system to farmworkers and other farmworker advocacy groups
Current Narrative:
The Arkansas Employment Service complaint system was severely outdated and not clearly communicated to one-stop center staff. Consequently, it is currently being re-developed and modernized. Upon completion, training will be provided to state merit and other workforce center staff.
It is also anticipated that giving further training to one-stop center staff in properly identifying MSFWs will result in more MSFW complaints being identified. Outreach workers and their activity in work and community settings, will allow for increased knowledge of not only the complaint system but all available resources. Additionally, training of the complaint system for all one-stop center staff should also lead to increased use of the complaint system.
Outreach materials to be developed will include complaint system information for workers, employers and organizations who work with MSFWs.