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.
- 5. Services provided to farmworkers and agricultural employers through the one-stop delivery system
Describe the State agency's proposed strategies for:
- 5. 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 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. 5. C. Marketing the Agricultural Recruitment System for U.S. Workers (ARS) to agricultural employers and how it intends to improve such publicity.
Current Narrative:
Tennessee American Job Centers, Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCAT), and the mobile Career Coaches actively promote the availability of agricultural openings and encourage U.S. workers to apply for these positions. Agricultural Job orders are posted on the state website JOBS4TN in an effort to meet the recruitment needs of employers. TDLWD provides education and training on agency services to agricultural employers' caseworkers in an effort to meet the needs of MSFW’s in Tennessee.
Tennessee WIOA Grievance and Complaint Resolution Procedures are currently post on our state website TN.GOV (https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/workforce/documents/ProgramManagement/WIOA_Grievance_and_Complaint_Resolution_Procedures_Guidance.pdf)
To help increase and improve publicity of the complaint system additional guidance is given to our National Farmworkers Job Program through trainings with case workers. Training materials used include electronic means such as PowerPoint and Word Documents. Moreover, Tennessee Opportunity Program regularly distributes their Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers materials promoting the complaint resolution process. Our American Job Centers display posters to highlight the compliant resolution process for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers. These posters are also displayed at every agricultural employer’s migrant housing.
In addition to our previous submitted answer the State Monitor Advocate (SMA) in conjunction with State Work Force Agency’s (SWA) will promote our Agriculture Recruiting System JOB4TN.GOV to employers, which includes but not limited to:
- word of mouth
- referrals
- electronic methods (internet, email, fax etc.)
- onsite handing of ARS promotional materials to employers; such as flyers and pamphlets during H2A inspections