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--
- 2. Outreach ActivitiesThe 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:
- 2. 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--
e. 2. E. Coordinating Outreach Efforts with Nfjp Grantees as Well as with Public and Private Community Service Agencies and Msfw Groups.
Current Narrative:
To maintain targeted service levels, outreach services are supplemented through partner agencies. Informal cooperative agreements with other public and private social service agencies, such as local providers of the NFJP, are established to provide joint outreach efforts to the MSFW population. For PY 2016, approximately 531 additional contacts were made through nonfinancial agreements with cooperating agencies.
A memorandum of understanding was executed with the Florida Department of Education’s FCDP, the state’s NFJP grantee, outlining these outreach efforts. The memorandum outlines requirements for significant career center outreach staff and FCDP local provider staff to supply information on the other partner’s programs and services during individual outreach efforts; to conduct outreach jointly when feasible; and, to report outreach activities and contacts to the other party. Career centers with agricultural activity that do not meet the ten percent criteria for the significant career center designation are required to have nonfinancial agreements with cooperating agencies.
The MSFW outreach workers maintain a continuing relationship with community groups, public agencies and advocacy groups involved in the welfare of farmworkers. Contact is made with agricultural employers for possible job openings and outreach workers assist career center staff in recruiting MSFWs for specific job orders.