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. 1. Assessment of Need
Provide an assessment of 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.
Current Narrative:
The Agricultural Outreach Plan (Ag Plan) sets policies, and objectives in providing Wagner–Peyser (WP) services to the agricultural community, specifically Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFWs). The Colorado Department of Labor & Employment (CDLE) provides these services through the One–Stop Career Center system to ensure that MSFWs receive the full range of employment, training, and educational services on a basis that is qualitatively equivalent and quantitatively proportionate to the services provided to non–MSFWs. This Ag Plan presents the following information:
- Assessment of need: An assessment of the unique needs of farmworkers in the area based on past and projected agricultural and farmworker activity in the State to include employment, training, and housing. A review of the resources available and their effectiveness is included.
- Outreach activities: A description of ways the State will ensure that MSFWs have equal access to employment opportunities. A description of the State’s proposed outreach activities including strategies on how to contact farmworkers who are not being reached by the normal intake activities conducted by the employment service offices to include numerical goals and amount of full time staff.
- Services provided to MSFWs through the One–Stop Delivery System: A description of ways the State will ensure that MSFWs have equal access to employment opportunities. Coordinating outreach efforts with WIOA Title I section 167 grantees and other public and private community service agencies and MSFW groups. These outreach activities will include the explanation of services available at the one–stop centers, explanation of their basic rights and the marketing of the employment services complaint system.
- Services provided to agricultural employers through the One–Stop Delivery System: A description of how the State will promote and provide labor exchange services and identify agricultural employers expected to employ MSFWs.
- Review and comment from key stakeholders