| Agency/Office |
Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration |
| Program Name |
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (National Farmworker Jobs Program) |
| CFDA Number |
17.264 |
| Program Description |
The National Farmworker Jobs Program provides individual employability development assistance and related assistance for migrant and seasonable farm workers, including their dependents, who are primarily employed in agricultural labor that is characterized by chronic unemployment and underemployment. |
| Eligible Grantees |
Eligible grantees for migrant and seasonal farm worker jobs programs are (1) Public agencies and units of government (State and local); and (2) private nonprofit institutions/organizations authorized by their charters or articles of incorporation to operate employment and training programs. |
| Eligible Beneficiaries |
The beneficiaries are low income individuals and their dependents who have, during any consecutive 12 month period in the 24 months preceding their application for enrollment, been primarily employed in agricultural labor that is characterized by chronic unemployment or underemployment due to the seasonal or migratory nature of the work. |
| Historic Appropriation Level (in 000s) |
$79,252 |
| Eligible Activities |
Programs offered to eligible seasonal farm workers and their dependents may include WIA core services (including initial assessment, One-Stop Center services, job placement and eligibility determination) intensive services developed under a case management system (such as objective assessment, individual employment planning, basic education, allowance payments, dropout assistance, and work experience) training services (such as classroom training that is occupationally specific and on the job training) and related assistance (such as emergency assistance and other supportive services that allow a farm worker to stay employed or continue his or her participation in program activities). |
| Program Contact |
Division of Seasonal Farmworker Programs
Office of National Programs
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
Room S-4206
200 Constitution Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20210
Telephone: (202) 693-3843
Fax: (202) 693-3945 |
| Program URL |
http://www.doleta.gov/msfw/ |
