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. 6. A. Collaboration
Describe any collaborative agreements the state workforce agency (SWA) has with other MSFW service providers including NFJP grantees and other service providers. Describe how the SWA intends to build upon/increase collaboration with existing partners and in establishing new partners over the next four years (including any approximate timelines for establishing agreements or building upon existing agreements).
Current Narrative:
The SWA has three collaborative agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the following entities:
A monetary MOU with the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) for pre-occupancy farm worker housing inspections
NFJP Proteus Inc., as mandated by TEGL 8-17
Indiana Wage & Hour Division
DWD contracts the Indiana State Department of Health and its inspectors to conduct pre-occupancy farm worker housing inspections. This monetary MOU outlines the roles and responsibilities of each party regarding the housing inspections in the State of Indiana. The SWA will continue to partner with ISDH over the next two years and will renew the MOU on or before September 30, 2024.
The State Monitor Advocate (SMA) will continue to partner and collaborate with National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) as per TEGL 8-17, with the required non-monetary MOU between State Monitor Advocates and National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees. This non-monetary MOU establishes a pathway to ensure that MSFWs will have access to career pathways, job training, and other supportive services offered between the two parties. This partnership will continue to work together within the next four years by conducting joint outreach to MSFWs, data collecting, attending meetings, SMA providing complaint system training and any other events deem necessary. The non-monetary MOU is valid between 2023 and June 30, 2025, with renewal options evaluated by June 30, 2024. Therefore, as the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) engages with other migrant and seasonal farmworker agencies, new partnerships are created along with new agreements.
DWD created a MOU between DWD & Wage and Hour Division (WHD). This Non-Monetary runs from October 2023 to September 2024 and allow joints for outreach to be conducted when appropriate and assists the SMA with information sharing in regard to Agriculture employers, exchanging investigative leads, complaints, and referrals of possible violations, to the extent allowable by law or policy.