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. E. Coordinating outreach efforts with NFJP grantees as well as with public and private community service agencies and MSFW groups
Current Narrative:
LWC has partnered with the NFJP provider MET, Inc. to assist Louisiana in providing increased services to MSFWs and farm worker employers. One MET, Inc. office is co-located in the Hammond One-Stop Center. MET, Inc. encourages all of their customers who need workforce services to register in HIRE. Likewise, the local One-Stop staff keeps MET staff informed of upcoming events, and hiring and training opportunities for their customers, co-enrolling when the service plans are complementary. For additional methods see the previous section 2. Outreach Activities, A. Contacting Workers Not Being Reached By Normal Intake Activities.
Additionally, other MSFW resource are available through Staff Online Resources in HiRE, which is available to all state and local merit staff. Other resources available include Workforce GPS and professional development courses taken through LEO (Louisiana Employee Online).