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. B. Marketing the employment service complaint system to farmworkers and other farmworker advocacy groups
Current Narrative:
B. Marketing the employment service complaint system to farmworkers and other farmworker advocacy groups.
Biannually, the State Monitor Advocate trains AJC staff on the Employment Service Complaint System. AJC staff are then equipped to the Complaint System to jobseeker customers. The System is available through legal advocacy groups and other farmworker advocacy organizations. Upon request, the State Monitor Advocate speaks at advocacy meetings to highlight the System. MSFWs are advised of their right to file complaints during outreach visits. There are also posters providing information about specific contacts with whom to file complaints at AJCs. Additionally, the outreach workers, as well as the State Monitor Advocate provide information on filing complaints and all are made aware that they do not have to go to an AJC to do so. Maryland does not have day-haul facilities. Advocacy groups are made aware of the complaint system at joint meetings.