Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington (doing business as Yakima Valley OIC) $5,049,516 under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (CFDA 17.264) for the program year July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This Project Grant funds comprehensive workforce development and support services designed to strengthen the employment prospects and economic self-sufficiency of migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their dependents across multiple counties in central Washington.

The organization delivers services through a case management approach emphasizing customer choice, including basic and individualized career services, occupational skills training, youth workforce development activities, and related assistance services such as allowance payments and short-term direct assistance to help farmworkers retain agricultural employment or participate in training programs. Additionally, the grant supports housing assistance initiatives, including direct payments for emergency and temporary housing and indirect assistance to increase or maintain housing stock available to farmworkers in underserved communities. All services and outcomes are subject to Department of Labor performance measurement requirements and compliance with federal accounting and participant record-keeping standards under the Uniform Guidance.