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.
- 4. Outreach Activities
The 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:
- 4. 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 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. 4. D. Providing State merit staff outreach workers professional development activities to ensure they are able to provide high quality services to both jobseekers and employers
Current Narrative:
D. Providing State merit staff outreach workers professional development activities to ensure they are able to provide high quality services to both jobseekers and employers.
To ensure high quality services to both jobseekers and business, professional development opportunities are currently available and advertised through regular communications from Central Office administration. Under WIOA, through leveraging partnerships, new professional development and training opportunities on topics relevant to all WIOA Partners will be available to staff. To ensure a positive customer experience, when MSFWs are actively working in the State, MD Labor’s outreach workers provide monthly reports to the State Monitor Advocate that assist in identifying professional development needs. Maryland’s State Monitor advocate is responsible for continuously reviewing state-wide agricultural activities and the provision of labor exchange and training services to employers and employees within agricultural communities.
Additionally, the WIOA Alignment Group has also created a brand-new Chief Learning Officer (CLO) position to establish and build system-wide competencies through a systemic approach to professional development. The Chief Learning Officer will support all WIOA partner staff, including those conducting Employment Services.