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Workforce Development
National Farmworker Jobs Program
-Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act-

The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) is a federally funded workforce development program that provides employment and training services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA).

The NFJP offers a variety of services, including:

• Career counseling and job placement assistance
• Vocational training and education - into in-demand occupations and skill upgrades in agriculture
  
• English language training
• Adult literacy and basic education
• Housing assistance
• Job search assistance
• Legal aid
• Child care assistance
  

The NFJP is an important program for migrant and seasonal farmworkers because it helps them to improve their job skills, find better-paying jobs, and achieve economic self-sufficiency. The program also helps to improve the quality of life for farmworkers and their families.
Here are some of the key benefits of the NFJP:

It helps farmworkers to improve their job skills and find better-paying jobs.

• It helps farmworkers and their families to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
• It improves the quality of life for farmworkers and their families.
• It helps to reduce poverty and unemployment among farmworkers.
• It helps to improve the health and well-being of farmworkers and their families.
• It helps to ensure that farmworkers have access to the same opportunities as other workers.
  

The NFJP is an essential program for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, who are one of the most vulnerable populations in the United States. The program helps farmworkers to improve their lives and the lives of their families.

​NFJP Eligibility Requirements:

• ​You have worked in agriculture or a spouse/dependent of someone that has worked in agriculture work within the last 2 years.
• Your household is low income, must be below the federal income guidelines.
• If male, must have not violated Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act by knowingly and willfully failing to register for Selective Service registration.
  
• You are authorized to work in the U.S.

Please contact one of our field offices for further information on eligibility. 
[see Locations page for the correct OHDC phone number]

Funds provided by the Department of Labor.
We are an Equal opportunity employer/program.
TDD/TTY # 1-800-735-2900
Auxiliary Aides and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

NFJP Youth Program

The NFJP Youth Program helps students who were farmworkers or the dependent of a farmworker pay for college/vocational, apprenticeship studies tuition and fees.
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NFJP Youth Eligibility Requirements: 

• Must be an eligible farmworker, OR dependent or spouse of a farmworker
• Students must be the ages between 16-24 years old
• Be authorized to work in the United States (includes DACA)
• Meet or below the federal income guidelines
• If male, must have not violated Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act by knowingly and willfully failing to register for Selective Service registration. You are authorized to work in the U.S
• Enrolled/enrolling at an accredited community college, vocational school/program, apprenticeship, or 4-year University
  

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