Source: PRESS RELEASE,

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.

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