OWD Issuances

The purpose of this policy is to establish a local negotiations policy for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I and Wagner Peyser (WP) programs operated by the Office of Workforce Development (OWD). This policy will help ensure a uniform process is followed to establish performance goal related targets for local regions while incorporating the use of a local area statistical model and establishing how the statistical model will be used in assessing local performance at the end of each program year. 

This Issuance provides updated funding information to Local Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) for completion of Planning Budget Summaries (PBS) for PY 2024 and FY 2025 under WIOA. 

This Issuance addresses the use of the annual 70 Percent LLSIL guidelines issued by the U.S. department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA), and the annual Poverty Level Guidelines issued by the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Employees may alternate using these two sets of income guidelines as circumstances require and in conjunction with the criteria in Section 3(36) of WIOA to determine low-income eligibility for WIOA Title I programs.

The Office of Workforce Development often receives funding assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) to aide in the recovery from major disasters affecting the workforce system in Missouri in the form of Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grants (NDWG). Eligible participants under Disaster Recovery NWDG's include long-term unemployed individuals.

This Issuance provides the case management, delivery, reporting, and documentation requirements associated with the Wagner-Peyser (WP) program. The goal is to provide guidance necessary to allow staff to understand expectations on service delivery to facilitate a successful outcome for customers enrolled into the Wagner-Peyser program. 

This Issuance updates the Office of Workforce Development's (OWD) Sub-State Monitoring Policy for Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA) designated under WIOA. Updates include detailed expectations for Annual Reports and required deadlines. 

This Issuance provides guidance and establishes the procedures regarding subsequent designation of Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA) under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Governor must evaluate whether local areas continue to meet WIOA requirements for subsequent designation during each four-year State planning cycle. To facilitate this, Chief Local Elected Officials (CLEO) and Local Workforce Development Boards (WDB) must request subsequent designation as an LWDA by December 31, prior to the submission of the 4-year State Plan.