OWD Issuances

This policy was voted on and approved by the State Workforce Development Board during the Sept. 4, 2024 regular business meeting. Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs) and units of government may submit a request for designation as a Local Workforce Development Area (LWDA) at any time. This policy transmits the Office of Workforce Development's (OWD) policy and procedures that all entities must follow when making new designation requests, in compliance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Sec. 106 and implementing regulations. 

This policy was voted on and approved by the State Workforce Development Board during the Sept. 4, 2024 regular business meeting. 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 was voted on and approved by the State Workforce Development Board during the Sept. 4, 2024 regular business meeting. This policy 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. 

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 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.