17.264: National Farmworker Jobs Program

17.264

Active

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) [DOL]

Aug. 12, 2022

Aug. 12, 2022

To help individuals, and their dependents, who are primarily employed in agricultural and fish farming labor that is characterized by chronic unemployment and underemployment, obtain and retain unsubsidized employment, or stabilize their unsubsidized employment, including upgraded employment in agriculture. Grant organizations provide career services, job training, housing assistance, and other related assistance.

A - Formula Grants

The provisions of WIOA, Section 167(b), describe entities eligible to receive a grant as those that have: 1) an understanding of the problems of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (including their dependents); 2) a familiarity with the area to be served; and 3) the ability to demonstrate a capacity to administer and deliver effectively a diversified program of workforce investment activities (including youth workforce investment activities) and related assistance for eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Entities such as state government agencies, state workforce investment boards, local government agencies, local workforce investment boards, faith-based and community-based organizations, institutions of higher learning, and other entities are examples of organizations that could be eligible to apply for NFJP grants.

Beneficiaries are low-income individuals and their dependents who, for 12 consecutive months out of the 24 months prior to application for the program, have been primarily employed in agricultural or fish farming labor that is characterized by chronic unemployment or underemployment, and who face multiple barriers to economic self-sufficiency. Male NFJP Participants must not have violated section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453).

17.258 - WIOA Adult Program

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