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. 

The purpose of this policy is to clarify previous guidance on the provisions relating to utilizing Federal funding to provide meals for external customers and employees at planned trainings, meetings, or conferences. 

This Issuance conveys operational guidelines for the Office of Workforce Development's (OWD) On-The-Job Training (OJT) program. The guidance provided in the attached OJT Practices and Procedures Manual are OWD Policy. This Issuance updates previous guidance on this topic, which it supersedes and rescinds. Updated March 15, 2024.

The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) previously issued guidance on activity codes as well as correlating durations and definitions. This Issuance replaces previous guidance regarding activity codes, durations, and definitions. This revised guidance provides workforce system staff with appropriate participant activity codes, durations, and definitions for use in Missouri Job Center WIOA programs and the statewide electronic case management system. 

This Issuance transmits the guidelines for Local Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) and their partners, as required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to produce a comprehensive four-year plan to develop, align, and integrate service-delivery strategies and to support the State's vision and goals. This issuance communicates WIOA statutory requirements and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations for Regional and Local Planning activities, as well as the State's interpretations of additional requirements.

This Issuance transmits the Technical Assistance eligibility and documentation requirements of the Office of Workforce Development (OWD) for the WIOA Youth Program. It includes source documentation requirements and minor language changes. 

This Issuance provides Office of Workforce Development (OWD) guidance to Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs) and Workforce Staff to ensure the recipient complies with the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of WIOA by collecting and maintaining the required data and records to conduct a statistical or other quantifiable data analyses used to verify the recipient's compliance with section 188 of WIOA, 29 CFR 38, and the Missouri Nondiscrimination Plan. 

This Issuance provides Office of Workforce Development (OWD) guidance to Local Workforce Development Boards (Local WDBs) and Workforce Staff regarding service category distinctions, co-enrollment, priority of service, common exit procedures, and quarterly follow-up requirements. The WIOA program enrollments require numerous data elements.

The purpose of this policy is to set forth the WIOA's vision of the local Workforce Development Board's (LWDB) involvement in the Youth Program design and implementation. 

The purpose of this policy is to establish complaints and reporting procedures regarding criminal fraud, waste, abuse, or other criminal activities related to federal awards for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker, Youth, Wagner-Peyser (WP), and any other federally funded programs operated by the Office of Workforce Development (OWD).