Federal Grant Award Summary

Proteus Inc. received a $1,376,058 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (CFDA 17.264), effective July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports comprehensive workforce development and supportive services designed to strengthen the economic self-sufficiency of migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their dependents in Iowa. Services are delivered through a case management approach emphasizing customer choice and include basic and individualized career services, occupational skills training leading to industry-recognized credentials, youth workforce development activities for participants aged 14-24, and related assistance services such as allowance payments to help farmworkers retain agricultural employment or participate in training programs.

In addition to employment and training services, the grant funds housing assistance activities that address the critical need for safe and sanitary permanent and temporary housing for farmworker communities. Proteus will provide direct payments for emergency and temporary housing assistance while leveraging additional resources to increase housing stock availability and support housing development initiatives that improve living conditions for underserved farmworker populations. All activities are structured to meet standard Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) performance metrics, with grantees required to maintain detailed participant records and report quarterly data on employment outcomes, earnings, credential attainment, and other performance indicators to the Department of Labor.