Federal Grant Award Summary

Motivation Education & Training Inc. (Met) received a Project Grant of $349,894 from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the National Farmworker Jobs Program (CFDA 17.264) for the program year July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports comprehensive workforce development services designed to strengthen the employment prospects and economic self-sufficiency of migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) and their dependents in Wyoming. The grantee delivers services through a case management approach that emphasizes customer choice and includes basic and individualized career services, occupational skills training, youth services consistent with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth Program requirements, and related assistance services including allowance payments to help farmworkers retain agricultural employment or participate in training activities.

In addition to employment and training services, the award supports housing assistance for eligible farmworkers, including direct payments for emergency and temporary housing as well as indirect assistance focused on leveraging resources to increase or maintain the housing stock available to farmworkers. Met is required to establish Memoranda of Understanding with Local Workforce Development Boards and State Workforce Agency officials, maintain comprehensive accounting and participant records in accordance with federal uniform guidance requirements, and report performance data to the Department of Labor against negotiated state performance targets. All services are delivered with a focus on addressing the chronic unemployment and underemployment characteristic of agricultural labor and facilitating transitions to stable, higher-wage employment.