WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $80,684,142 in grants through the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) to provide career services, training services, youth services, related assistances, and housing services to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents.
These awards fall into two categories: NFJP Career Services and Training Grants, aimed to help farmworkers retain their current jobs in agriculture and to acquire new skills to start careers that provide higher wages and stable-year-round employment, and NFJP Housing Grants, which help create safe and sanitary housing for farmworkers.
The Department will award $74,562,142 for Career Services and Training Grants to fund 47 grants. The Department is also awarding $6,122,000 in NFJP Housing Grants to fund nine organizations in regions needing farmworker housing services.
"The Department of Labor is focused on investing in quality career services and training opportunities that lead to industry-recognized credentials in agriculture or other sectors, and ultimately better earnings and quality of life," said Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training John Pallasch. "Communities that invest in their farmworkers are investing in America’s economic strength." Learn more about the National Farmworker Jobs Program.
ETA administers federal job training and dislocated worker programs, federal grants to states for public employment service programs, and unemployment insurance benefits. These services are provided primarily through state and local workforce development systems.
The mission of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.
Editor’s note: A list of the grantees, their locations and award amounts follows this news release.
The recipients of Career Services and Training grants are as follows: Career Services and Training grants recipients Grant Recipient State Service areas Amount Telamon Corp.
NC Alabama $801,605 Arkansas Human Development Corp.
AR Arkansas $1,144,067 Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc.
AZ Arizona $2,538,153 Proteus Inc.
CA California $4,453,741 County of Kern CA California $2,493,027 Central Valley Opportunity Center Inc.
CA California $2,216,717 West Hills Community College District CA California $1,029,429 California Human Development Corp.
CA California $4,067,571 Rocky Mountain SER/Jobs for Progress Inc.
CO Colorado $1,347,060 Telamon Corp.
NC Delaware, Maryland $542,545 Florida Department of Education FL Florida $3,763,684 Telamon Corp.
NC Georgia $1,671,697 Proteus Inc.
IA Iowa $1,588,068 Community Council of Idaho Inc.
ID Idaho $1,777,707 United Migrant Opportunity Services Inc.
WI Illinois $1,746,897 Proteus Inc.
IA Indiana $1,145,731 SER Corp. of Kansas KS Kansas $1,220,211 Kentucky Farmworker Programs Inc.
KY Kentucky $1,044,219 Motivation, Education and Training Inc.
TX Louisiana $798,040 Telamon Corp.
NC Michigan $2,129,494 Motivation, Education and Training Inc.
TX Minnesota $1,629,902 United Migrant Opportunity Services Inc.
WI Missouri $985,363 Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities Inc.
MS Mississippi $1,026,761 Rural Employment Opportunities Inc.
MT Montana $628,528 Telamon Corp.
NC North Carolina $2,638,326 Motivation, Education and Training Inc.
TX North Dakota $828,016 Proteus Inc.
IA Nebraska $1,295,534 PathStone Corp.
NJ New Jersey $602,990 Motivation, Education and Training Inc.
TX New Mexico $1,049,022* Oregon Human Development Corp.
OR Nevada $190,893 PathStone Corp.
NY New York $1,574,968 PathStone Corp.
NY Ohio $1,417,710 ORO Development Corp.
OK Oklahoma $1,007,381 Oregon Human Development Corp.
OR Oregon $2,447,454 PathStone Corp.
PA Pennsylvania $1,485,920 PathStone Corp.
NY Puerto Rico $2,420,800 Telamon Corp.
NC South Carolina $811,276 Black Hills Special Services Cooperative SD South Dakota $610,598 Tennessee Opportunity Programs Inc.
TN Tennessee $894,737 Motivation, Education and Training Inc.
TX Texas $5,281,950 Private Industry Council, dba Futures Through Training Inc.
UT Utah $466,894 Telamon Corp.
NC Virginia $1,002,595 PathStone Corp.
NY Vermont $185,768 Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington WA Washington $4,518,313 United Migrant Opportunity Services Inc.
WI Wisconsin $1,639,775 Telamon Corp.
NC West Virginia $155,408 Motivation, Education and Training Inc TX Wyoming $245,597 Total $74,562,142 The Department will award Housing Grants to the following recipients: Housing Grants recipients Grant recipient State Service area(s) Award Alabama Non-Profit Housing Inc.
AL Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia $800,000 PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Corp.
AZ Arizona $550,000 La Cooperativa Campesina de California CA California $859,872 Community Resources and Housing Development Corp.
CO Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas and Utah $762,681 Florida Non-Profit Housing Corp.
FL Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi and Virginia $833,048 PathStone Corp.
NY Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico and Vermont $835,586 Motivation, Education and Training Inc.
TX Louisiana and Texas $653,474 Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing WA Oregon and Washington $295,334 United Migrant Opportunity Services Inc.
WI Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin $532,005 Total $6,122,000
