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. A. Contacting farmworkers who are not being reached by the normal intake activities conducted by the employment service offices
Current Narrative:
UMOS staff plays huge role in outreach activities to assist the Office of Workforce Development (OWD) in contacting farmworkers who are not being reached by normal intake activities. In addition, OWD is continuing to identify and build partnerships with Migrant Education Program, Legal Aid of Western Missouri – Migrant Farmworker Project, Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund, College Assistance Migrant Program, MU Extension, and faith-based organizations to conduct outreach in order to direct more MSFWs to the local job centers.
Recognizing that most migrant farmworkers will not access services through normal intake activities by the Missouri Jobs Centers, Missouri is strengthening its partnership with UMOS’s (Missouri NJFP grantee) staff to include joint outreach to this population. In addition, OWD staff participate in local job fairs and community events throughout the state to expand awareness to this population about the services that are available. Missouri has hired dedicated outreach staff to perform these duties in the areas of high concentration of migrant workers. Current outreach staff also work with the local workforce boards to encourage a natural collaboration and communication among the partners and the UMOS staff.