Tulare County Workforce Investment Board adopts AGCONN for WIOA-compliant farmworker case tracking

The Tulare County Workforce Investment Board (TCWIB) announced today that it has adopted AGCONN as its primary intake and case-management platform for agricultural workers receiving services under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title I. The agreement runs through fiscal year 2029 with annual renewal, and covers approximately 4,200 farmworkers projected to enter the WIOA pipeline through Tulare County in the next program year.

Under the agreement, TCWIB caseworkers will use AGCONN as the bilingual front door for worker intake. Workers complete a single bilingual profile, and case managers automatically generate the federal Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) data fields required for quarterly WIOA reporting. The integration eliminates a duplicate-entry workflow that has historically consumed 30 to 40 percent of caseworker time.

"Our caseworkers serve some of the most resilient and hardest-working people in the state, and they deserve tools that match the dignity of that work," said the Board's Executive Director. "AGCONN meets workers in Spanish, on their phones, in the moments when they have time to engage. That is the platform we needed."

AGCONN supports four other workforce development boards in California in advisory pilot status, with adoption decisions expected through the summer. The platform meets all WIOA Title I, Title III, and Performance Reporting requirements, with audit trails reviewed by external counsel.