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:
4) AOP Outreach Activities
1. Full-time Agricultural Employment Services (AES) outreach staff are domiciled to provide outreach across Missouri. During peak season, AES staff spend a large majority of their time in the field, at MSFW gathering locations, and events with MSFW presence. During non-peak season, the AES staff travels throughout the entire state and connects with other local organizations and agricultural employers to locate MSFWs. The AES staff has completed training on outreach responsibilities and duties. Other trainings are coordinated among organizations such as Wage and Hour Division, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) human trafficking program. Trainings on identifying an MSFW and services to be provided, as well as Employment Service and Employment-Relate Law Complaint System, and Agricultural Recruitment System are provided to Missouri Job Center staff through webinars. Additional interactive trainings are available on the State’s Learning Management System and through virtual webinars to assist staff to fill in any knowledge gaps there may be. This strategy increases local program knowledge and increases MSFW registrations for Missouri providing a wide range of services to the farmworkers and agricultural employers.
Missouri currently employes one full-time outreach staff. During the low season there is less than 1,000 MSFWs in the state. The majority of farmworkers in Missouri are year-round and do not move around.