Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Mississippi Delta Council For Farm Workers Opportunities Inc. a Project Grant of $975,803 under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP, CFDA 17.264), effective July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The NFJP provides comprehensive workforce development and housing assistance services to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents in the Mississippi Delta region. Through case management-based service delivery, the grantee will provide basic and individualized career services, occupational skills training leading to industry-recognized credentials, youth workforce development services for participants aged 14–24, and supportive services including allowance payments and emergency housing assistance designed to help farmworkers obtain or retain unsubsidized employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

The grantee will deliver services emphasizing customer choice and direct housing assistance, including emergency and temporary housing payments, while leveraging community partnerships to increase safe and sanitary housing stock available to farmworkers. As a minority-founded nonprofit organization with 50 years of experience serving agricultural workers, Mississippi Delta Council For Farm Workers Opportunities Inc. will maintain detailed participant records and report performance data to the Department of Labor on standard Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) metrics, including employment rates, median earnings, and credential attainment, in accordance with federal grant compliance requirements.