Federal Grant Award Summary

Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc. (PPEP) received a $2,695,554 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP, CFDA 17.264) for the performance period July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. PPEP will deliver comprehensive workforce development and supportive services to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their dependents in Arizona. Core services include basic and individualized career services, occupational skills training leading to industry-recognized credentials, youth workforce development services for participants aged 14-24, and related assistance services such as allowance payments and short-term direct assistance to help participants retain agricultural employment or participate in training and career services.

In addition to employment and training activities, PPEP will provide housing assistance services designed to address the critical need for safe and sanitary permanent and temporary housing for farmworker populations. Housing services will include direct payments for emergency and temporary housing, as well as indirect assistance such as leveraging community resources to increase housing stock availability and support housing development initiatives to improve living conditions in underserved farmworker communities. All services will be delivered through a case management approach emphasizing customer choice, with required performance reporting to the Department of Labor on standard WIOA metrics including employment rates, median earnings, and credential attainment.