WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $81 million in grants through the National Farmworker Jobs Program to provide additional employment, training and housing assistance to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families. Recipients include 63 organizations in 49 states and Puerto Rico.
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers often experience chronic unemployment and underemployment due to the nature of the agriculture industry. The NFJP is designed to help participants retain and stabilize their current jobs, and acquire new skills and better living arrangements to start careers that provide higher wages and stable, year-round employment.
“The hardworking men and women who tend our farms help power the American economy and feed millions of families across the country and around the world,” U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “Farmworkers deserve the opportunity to flourish, and these grants will help provide the firm foundation they need to build a better future for their families.” The department will award NFJP Employment and Training Grants totaling $75,885,000 to 52 organizations in 49 states and Puerto Rico, with the exception of Alaska. The department is also awarding $5,509,657 in NFJP Housing Assistance Grants to 11 organizations in regions needing farmworker housing services.
The NFJP is part of the administration’s ongoing commitment to raise the standards of living for migrant and seasonal farmers, and adheres to the job-driven training principles presented in 2014 by the Vice President’s Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity report.
For more information on the National Farmworker Jobs Program, visit https://www.doleta.gov/Farmworker/html/NFJP.cf.m.
A list of awarded grantees and locations is available at https://www.doleta.gov/grants/grants_awarded.cfm.
Editor’s note: A list of grant recipients, locations, service areas and award amounts follows this news release.
National Farmworker Jobs Program Employment and Training Grants Organization City State Service area(s) Award Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
Alabama $767,959 Arkansas Human Development Corp.
Little Rock Ark.
Arkansas $1,110,208 Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.
Tucson Ariz.
Arizona $2,068,038 California Human Development Corp.
Santa Rosa Calif.
California $3,601,465 Proteus, Inc.
Visalia Calif.
California $3,944,141 Center for Employment Training San Jose Calif.
California $7,799,430 Employers Training Resource Kern County Bakersfield Calif.
California $2,203,209 Central Valley Opportunity Center, Inc.
Winton Calif.
California $1,831,770 Rocky Mountain SER/Jobs for Progress, Inc.
Denver Colo.
Colorado $969,723 New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc.
Hartford Conn.
Connecticut, Rhode Island $379,273 Florida Department of Education Tallahassee Fla.
Florida $4,020,549 Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
Georgia $1,485,859 Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.
Wailuku Hawaii Hawaii $320,484 Proteus, Inc.
Des Moines Iowa Iowa $1,141,031 Community Council of Idaho, Inc.
Caldwell Idaho Idaho $1,042,300 Illinois Migrant Council Chicago Ill.
Illinois $1,393,708 Proteus, Inc, Des Moines Iowa Indiana $895,577 SER Corp. of Kansas Wichita Kan.
Kansas $1,042,405 Kentucky Farmworker Programs Inc.
Bowling Green Ky.
Kentucky $1,174,208 Motivation Education and Training, Inc.
New Caney Texas Louisiana $883,219 New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc.
Springfield Mass.
Massachusetts $312,287 Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
Maryland, Delaware $474,620 Eastern Maine Development Corp.
Bangor Maine Maine $284,214 Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
Michigan $1,356,926 Motivation Education and Training, Inc.
New Caney Texas Minnesota $1,196,700 United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS, Inc.
Milwaukee Wis.
Missouri $956,019 Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities, Inc.
Clarksdale Miss.
Mississippi $1,257,920 Rural Employment Opportunities, Inc.
Helena Mont.
Montana $579,189 Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
North Carolina $2,609,522 Motivation Education and Training, Inc.
New Caney Texas North Dakota $589,107 Proteus, Inc.
Des Moines Iowa Nebraska $1,055,272 New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc.
Manchester N.H.
New Hampshire $98,846 Pathstone Corp.
Vineland N.J.
New Jersey $675,178 HELP-New Mexico, Inc.
Albuquerque N.M.
New Mexico $918,080 Oregon Human Development Corp.
Tigard Ore.
Nevada $174,311 PathStone Corp.
Rochester N.Y.
New York $1,606,571 PathStone Corp.
Rochester N.Y.
Ohio $1,221,776 ORO Development Corp.
Oklahoma City Okla.
Oklahoma $1,234,177 Oregon Human Development Corp.
Tigard Ore.
Oregon $1,912,247 PathStone Corp.
Harrisburg Penn.
Pennsylvania $1,498,136 PathStone Corp.
Rochester N.Y.
Puerto Rico $2,965,804 Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
South Carolina $937,644 Black Hills Special Services Cooperative Sturgis S.D.
South Dakota $601,483 Tennessee Opportunity Programs, Inc.
Smyrna Tenn.
Tennessee $831,470 Motivation Education and Training, Inc.
New Caney Texas Texas $6,471,095 Private Industry Council, Inc., dba Futures Through Training Ogden Utah Utah $280,460 Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
Virginia $899,738 PathStone Corp.
Rochester N.Y.
Vermont $185,024 Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington Yakima Wash.
Washington $2,996,573 United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS, Inc.
Milwaukee Wis.
Wisconsin $1,212,803 Telamon Corp.
Raleigh N.C.
West Virginia $190,396 Motivation Education and Training, Inc.
New Caney Texas Wyoming $226,856 Total $75,885,000 National Farmworker Jobs Program Housing Assistance Grants Organization State Service area(s) Award Community Resources and Housing Development Corp.
Colorado Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and Texas $709,576 Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc.
Florida Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi and Virginia $710,914 La Cooperativa Campesina de California California California $800,000 Motivation, Education and Training, Inc.
Texas Texas, Louisiana $590,266 Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing Washington Washington and Oregon $274,770 Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Ohio Ohio $250,000 Pathstone Corp.
New York New York, Vermont, New Jersey, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Puerto Rico $952,202 PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Corp.
Ariz.
Arizona $445,321 Rural Community Assistance Corp.
California Hawaii and California $198,380 Tennessee Opportunity Programs, Inc.
Tennessee Tennessee $105,000 United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS, Inc.
Wisconsin Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin $473,228 Total $5,509,657
