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. 4. Outreach Activities
The 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:
Current Narrative:
During PY20-PY24 the six significant workforce offices (Brighton, Delta, Greeley, La Junta, Lamar, and Monte Vista) will continue to provide quality employment services and referrals to appropriate agencies for assistance to the MSFW population. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) is required to administer an outreach program with bilingual (i.e. English/Spanish) staff because Colorado is designated as a significant MSFW state, with a predominantly Spanish-speaking MSFW population. CDLE entered into a statewide Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rocky Mountain Service Employment
Redevelopment (RMSER) (167 grantee) and Migrant Education for inter-agency referrals and data sharing. These MOUs have established and demonstrated effective coordination of outreach and increased registration activities for all service providers. Colorado’s workforce development system is State administered and locally controlled. The contracts with each region will contain provisions to ensure that MSFWs receive the full range of employment and training services offered to the general public. CDLE will continue to provide technical assistance to the workforce regions in their planning activities in order to ensure the needs of MSFWs are addressed. Our technical assistance also ensures that the workforce development system is in full compliance with the Judge Richey court order and federal rules and regulations. Colorado’s strategies to identify the number of MSFWs the State anticipates to reach via outreach includes the following:
- Each of the six significant offices is required to address outreach in their specific area plan. Planning requirements have been detailed in a Policy Guidance Letter (PGL WP-
2009-01) available for review
at: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PGL-WP-2009-01_AnnualOutreach-Plan.pdf
The local outreach plans allow the State Monitor Advocate to monitor planned activities for the six significant offices and address unique issues around the state.
- Colorado identifies ways to increase the MSFWs’ ability to access career services in the One-Stop centers by partnering with other agencies that also target the same population. Some of the partner agencies include: RMSER 167 provider, Migrant Education, the local migrant health clinics, faith- based migrant community associations and Colorado Legal Services.
- The State Monitor Advocate regularly attends the migrant coalitions in the following cities: La Junta, Monte Vista, Greeley, Denver, Pueblo, and Delta. In these meetings the State Monitor Advocate routinely explains how other agencies can partner with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to have migrants access the services offered by the six significant One-Stop centers including adult and dislocated workers. The outreach workers in each of these areas are active members of their migrant coalitions and, in most cases, hold elected office positions.