The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Career Services and Training Grants and Housing Grants

Agency: Employment and Training Administration

17.264 -- National Farmworker Jobs Program

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The purpose of this program is to counter chronic unemployment and underemployment experienced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents who depend primarily on jobs in agricultural labor performed across the country. NFJP assists eligible Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, including youth and adults, and their dependents, to receive career services, training services, housing assistance services, youth services, and other related assistance services, including emergency services, that help stabilize their current agriculture jobs as well as acquire new skills they need to start careers that provide higher wages and year-round employment. To support better economic outcomes for farmworkers, NFJP also works to meet a critical need for safe and sanitary permanent and temporary housing.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

Per 20 CFR 685.200, to be eligible to receive an NFJP grant, an entity must have: 1) an understanding of the problems of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (including their dependents); 2) a familiarity with the agricultural industries and the labor market needs of the proposed service area; and 3) the ability to demonstrate a capacity to administer and deliver effectively a diversified program of workforce investment activities (including youth workforce investment activities) and related assistance for eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The Department encourages applications from organizations who may not have received NFJP grants.

Grantor contact information

Description

Charese Moore Grants Management Specialist Moore.Charese@dol.gov

Email

Moore.Charese@dol.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
NFJP_FOA-ETA-20-08_Amendment_Three.pdf	FOA-ETA-20-08 Amendment Three	Apr 23, 2020 06:19 PM UTC
National_Farmworker_Jobs_Program_FOA-ETA-20-08.pdf	FOA-ETA-20-08	Apr 14, 2020 03:21 PM UTC
NFJP_FOA-ETA-20-08_Amendment_One.pdf	FOA-ETA-20-08 Amendment One	Apr 14, 2020 07:24 PM UTC
NFJP_FOA-ETA-20-08_Amendment_Two.pdf	FOA-ETA-20-08 Amendment Two	Apr 16, 2020 12:18 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: June 13, 2020

Application process

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Award

$91,896,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$10,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

FOA-ETA-20-08

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Opportunity zone benefits

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

April 14, 2020

Archive date:

June 13, 2020