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.
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 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.