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.
- 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:
- 4. 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 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. 4. D. Providing State merit staff outreach workers professional development activities to ensure they are able to provide high quality services to both jobseekers and employers
Current Narrative:
Colorado has developed a plan to address the professional development of State merit staff, as well as core program staff within the statewide system of one-stop centers. Major components of the plan will include:
- Access to the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) workforce professional certification courses
- Annual Think Big Youth Forum, which provides workshops on services to youth customers for all workforce partners
- Monthly Workforce Forum Training Webinars covering a wide range of topics related to WIOA implementation and partner program requirements
- Annual Business Services Summit for business services representatives across the statewide one-stop system.
Additional ongoing training strategies have been implemented to address aspects of the law and regulations and to assist with the implementation of each state policy that is issued to support the transition to a comprehensive one-stop system under WIOA requirements.
Colorado outreach staff is composed of 66% State merit and 33% local county workers. All staff are hired with the same skill set as State merit staff. Outreach staff receive the same training as state merit staff and are held to the same quality of service.