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. 6. B. Review and Public Comment
In developing the AOP, the SWA must solicit information and suggestions from NFJP grantees, other appropriate MSFW groups, public agencies, agricultural employer organizations, and other interested organizations. In addition, at least 45 calendar days before submitting its final AOP, the SWA must provide a proposed plan to NFJP grantees, public agencies, agricultural employer organizations, and other organizations expressing an interest and allow at least 30 days for review and comment. The SWA must: 1) Consider any comments received in formulating its final proposed AOP; 2) Inform all commenting parties in writing whether their comments have been incorporated and, if not, the reasons therefore; and 3) Transmit the comments and recommendations received and its responses with the submission of the AOP.
The AOP must include a statement confirming NFJP grantees, other appropriate MSFW groups, public agencies, agricultural employer organizations and other interested employer organizations have been given an opportunity to comment on the AOP. Include the list of organizations from which information and suggestions were solicited, any comments received, and responses to those comments.
Current Narrative:
The 30-day public comment review period for the Agricultural Outreach Plan began with the posting of the Arkansas WIOA Combined State Plan to the Arkansas Workforce Connections (formerly Arkansas Division of Workforce Services (ADWS)) website. As part of the Arkansas WIOA Combined State Plan, the Agricultural Outreach Plan section was e-mailed to key stakeholders to ensure awareness as well as the opportunity to provide comment. NFJP grantees, other appropriate MSFW groups, public agencies, agricultural employer organizations and other interested employer organizations have been given an opportunity to comment on the AOP.
The stakeholders who received an e-mail regarding the Agricultural Outreach Plan were as follows:
- Arkansas Human Development Corporation
- Arkansas United
- Arkansas Division of Workforce Services
- Communities Unlimited
- U. S. Small Business Administration
- University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service
Comments were received from the Arkansas Human Development Corporation and the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service. All comments were incorporated into the plan. No additional comments were received from any of the above-mentioned stakeholders.