Any person holding the position of a State Monitor Advocate is responsible to manage and execute the State Monitor Advocate System throughout the State of Massachusetts.
Each state workforce agency has a State Monitor Advocate (SMA), who reviews state Migrant Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFWs) services on an ongoing basis. At the federal level, ETA regional offices have Regional Monitor Advocates, who provide support to SMAs, and one National Monitor Advocate, who oversees the entire system. The Wagner-Peyser Act funds the Monitor Advocate System.
Key components of the Monitor Advocate System:
- Conducting outreach to MSFWs at their working, living, and gathering places
- Monitoring services provided to MSFWs at American Career Centers
- Facilitating the Employment Service and Employment-Related Law Complaint System, which helps resolve labor-related complaints, and
- Promoting the Agricultural Recruitment System (ARS) for U.S. workers, which connects job seekers who need employment to employers who need workers.