Program purpose awardto strengthen the ability of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWS) and their dependents to obtain or retain unsubsidized employment, stabilize their unsubsidized…

Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded the Florida Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, a Project Grant of $3.34 million under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (CFDA 17.264) for the performance period of July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award funds comprehensive workforce development and support services designed to strengthen the economic self-sufficiency of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their dependents across Florida. Core services include basic and individualized career services, occupational skills training leading to industry-recognized credentials, youth workforce development activities for participants aged 14-24, and supportive services including allowance payments for emergency and temporary assistance that enable farmworkers to retain agricultural employment or participate in training programs.

In addition to employment and training services, the award supports housing assistance activities to address critical safe and sanitary housing needs for the farmworker population. Services are delivered through a case management approach emphasizing customer choice, with grantees required to collect and report performance data to the Department of Labor on standard Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) metrics including employment rates, earnings outcomes, credential attainment, and measurable skill gains. All program activities are subject to compliance with the Uniform Guidance requirements codified at 2 CFR Parts 200 and 2900, with administrative costs limited to 15 percent of total funding.

Program purpose awardto strengthen the ability of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWS) and their dependents to obtain or retain unsubsidized employment, stabilize their unsubsidized employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency, including upgraded employment in agriculture, and housing grant recipients work to meet a critical need for safe and sanitary permanent and temporary housing. Grantees may be any entity familiar with the workforce challenges of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Congress appropriates separate funding for nfjp employment and training grants and for nfjp housing grants. Grants run on a program year from july 1ST september 30TH and a grant competition is held every four years for state service areas.activities to be performedto ensure that all services are focused on the customers needs, services are provided through a case management approach emphasizing customer choice to include: basic and individualized career services training services - eligible MSFWS are not required to receive career services prior to receiving training services youth services, as available in the wioa youth program related assistance services which includes allowance payments which includes short-term direct assistance that helps farmworkers and their family members to retain their agricultural employment or to participate in career or training services and supportive services. Nfjp housing grantees provide farmworkers with housing assistance, including direct payments for emergency and temporary housing. Other indirect assistance includes leveraging services to increase or maintain housing stock available to farmworkers and housing development designed to improve living conditions for underserved farmworker communitiesdeliverables expected outcomeall wioa adult funded programs require states to collect and report data to DOL on performance measures. The targets for the states are negotiated between DOL and the states. Wioa programs have performance outcomes of employment rate second quarter after exit, employment rate fourth quarter after exit, median earnings second quarter after exit, measurable skill gains, credential attainment rate, and effectiveness in serving employersintended beneficiary(IES)eligible migrant farmworker whose agricultural labor requires travel to a job site such that the farmworker is unable to return to a permanent place of residence within the same day and a low income seasonal farmworker who for 12 consecutive months out of the 24 months prior to application for the program who has been primarily employed in agricultural or fish farming industries thats characterized by chronic unemployment or underemployment. Eligible msfw youth is aged 1424 who is individually eligible or is a dependent of an eligible msfw.subrecipient activitiesyes, grant recipients can sub to other local agencies and non-profit organizations.