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--
- 3. Services Provided to Farmworkers and Agricultural Employers Through the One-stop Delivery System.Describe the State agency's proposed strategies for:
- 3. Services Provided to Farmworkers and Agricultural Employers Through the One-stop Delivery System.
- 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. 3. B. Marketing the Employment Service Complaint System to Farmworkers and Other Farmworker Advocacy Groups.
Current Narrative:
1. MSFW outreach functions will be carried out by 6.0 FTE during PY16-PY20, with occasional backup from bilingual staff in significant offices with multiple bilingual staff. Workforce center staff will utilize approximately 360 staff days to provide MSFW outreach services to the farm worker community. Career services required under WIOA Title I will be provided to the MSFW clients by the six bilingual MSFW Outreach workers employed in the six significant offices. Colorado will utilize its statewide electronic registration, Connecting Colorado, to capture data on Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers, including an explanation of how they qualify as a MSFW. The system will also be used to provide job referrals and enroll MSFWs into WIOA services. The MSFW outreach workers and workforce staff will inform Migrants of training opportunities to improve their skills, and provide informational packets that include resources for English as a Second Language (ESL), Migrant Assistance Program (MAP) and training opportunities available through the WIOA 167 provider.
2. CDLE and RMSER, the WIOA 167 grantee, have had an MOU since 1995, and are currently updating it to comply with the new WIOA requirements. The MOU includes, but is not limited to, co-location and collaboration in communities where both agencies have a presence, and helps ensure that the needs of MSFWs that do not have access to the One Stop Centers are met. CDLE and Migrant Education have an interagency cooperative agreement that covers the six significant office areas to establish and demonstrate effective coordination of outreach and increase registration activities for all service providers; the agreement will be expanded to include all offices statewide.
These cooperative ventures between CDLE, RMSER, and Migrant Education have generally improved the operational knowledge of outreach staff, and reinforced principles and strategies. This successful partnership has provided the vehicle to better serve and to immediately expand the range of available services to the MSFW population.
3. Colorado markets the ES Complaint system by prominently displaying posters and brochures in the workforce offices and conducting informational presentations at migrant coalition meetings, agency collaboration meetings and during outreach contacts with MSFWs.