This Issuance Provides written guidance on the process for approval to use stipends and allowable use of stipends. This Issuance also provides guidelines for administering stipend payments based on the requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and its implementing regulations.
The purpose of this policy is to establish and clarify the Office of Workforce Development (OWD) guidance on the Missouri Heroes Connect program.
The purpose of this policy is to establish data validation procedures for the WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth; Wagner-Peyser (WP); and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) programs operated by the Office of Workforce Development (OWD). This policy will help ensure the accuracy of quarterly and annual performance reports, safeguards data integrity, and promotes the timely resolution of data anomalies and inaccuracies. This policy supersedes any previous guidance on this topic.
This Issuance establishes Division of Workforce Development (DWD) policy on eligible providers for customer Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) training preparatory to sitting for a high-school equivalency exam. Concurrently, it reaffirms the primacy of the authority of the AEL Office of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to certify provider eligibility.
This Issuance describes the exemption from Unemployment Insurance (UI) reporting requirements for the wages of certain participants in work-relief and work-training programs. This includes internships, work experiences, transitional jobs, disaster relief employment, summer employment opportunities, and other employment opportunities authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
This Issuance is to impart to the Missouri Workforce Development System the Final Rule for implementing Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).1 This Rule is codified as Part 38 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations and enforced by the Civil Rights Center (CRC) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). A copy of the rule, as published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2016, is included as Attachment 1 to this Issuance.
This Issuance updates legal and regulatory amendments and procedures regarding providing priority of service for veterans and their eligible spouses who are customers of Missouri Job Centers. [This issuance supersedes and replaces DWD Issuance 09-2008, “Priority of Service to Veterans,” dated January 20, 2009.]
This Issuance provides guidance to Local Workforce Development Areas regarding the assessments used for basic skills testing in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I financially assisted programs.
This Issuance summarizes the federal and State laws, regulations, and contractual obligations governing transparency and integrity in decisions made, and actions taken, by Chief Elected Officials (CEO) and Local Workforce Development Boards (WDB) for their Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA). It expands and updates previous guidance in this area and supersedes and rescinds that Issuance. This Issuance identifies existing federal and State ethics requirements but creates no new policies.
Change 1 for this Issuance addresses a technical correction due to revised federal guidance. An initial assessment of skill levels and supportive services needs does trigger inclusion as a participant. The references and Tables 1 and 2 in Attachment 2 are revised accordingly. This Issuance provides guidance for workforce system staff to distinguish a “reportable individual” from a “participant” when calculating performance outcome measures, in line with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)1 and its implementing regulations.