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News Release
U.S. Department of Labor Announces Award of More Than $80 Million To Provide Grants for Training and Safe Housing for Farmworkers
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:
|
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:
|
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 |
