Missouri Revised Statutes Title XL. Additional Executive Departments § 620.570. Evaluation of programs--interagency cooperation--“Show-Me” employers

1. The Missouri training and employment council, as established in section 620.523, shall review and recommend criteria for evaluating project funding assistance, program criteria, and other requirements and priorities to be used by the division in the evaluation and monitoring of Missouri youth service and conservation corps projects.

2. The division shall work with the department of higher education and workforce development, the department of elementary and secondary education, all colleges, universities and lending institutions throughout the state to develop a system of academic credit, tuition grants and deferred loan repayment incentives for young adults who enroll and complete participation in corps programs. The division shall adopt rules under chapter 536 designed to implement any such incentive programs.

3. The division of workforce development of the department of economic development shall establish and promote the recruitment of “Show-Me Employers” which shall consist of Missouri-based corporations and businesses agreeing to interview, for entry-level jobs, participants successfully completing a youth corps program.

4. The division of workforce development of the department of economic development shall recognize and promote within the labor exchange system the youth service corps and the potential benefits of hiring participants who have successfully completed any of the corps' programs.