In our increasingly competitive economy, businesses are constantly expanding, contracting, or face barriers keeping them from sustained growth. Missouri offers many resources that can assist your company, regardless of business cycles. One such resource is called the Rapid Response Program. It is designed take pre-emptive action to manage layoffs more effectively by quickly providing information to companies and workers about comprehensive outplacement services and unemployment insurance. Rapid Response teams work with businesses to swiftly maximize public and private resources and minimize the disruptions on companies, affected workers, as well as communities affected with job loss. These services are available without any additional costs to your business or workers.

If your business is expecting or undergoing a layoff, or want to learn more about the services Rapid Response can provide to your business, please contact your State Rapid Response Coordinator.