Assistance program
National Farmworker Jobs Program
$724.0 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Employment and Training Administration, Labor, Department of
- Assistance
- Formula Grants
- CFDA number
- 17.264
- What it does
- To help low-income individuals who are primarily employed in agricultural and fish farming labor that is characterized by chronic unemployment and underemployment, obtain and retain unsubsidized employment, or stabilize their unsubsidized employment, including upgraded employment in agriculture. Additionally, dependents of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers may receive services. Grant organizations provide career services, job training, housing services, and other related assistance.
- Who benefits
- To receive NFJP services an individual must be either a(n): A. Eligible seasonal farmworker adult (ages 18 and older), Eligible migrant farmworker adult (ages 18 and older, and Eligible migrant and seasonal farmworker (MSFW) Youth (ages 14-24), as defined in Training and Employment Guidance Letter 18-16, Change 1. B. Additionally, Dependent Adult of an eligible MSFW and Dependent Youth of an eligible MSFW).
- Who applies
- Per section 167(b) of WIOA and 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.
- Authorized by
- Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) (Public Law 113-128) authorizes this program.
- Program site
- https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/agriculture/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$724.0M
100%
Other
$50.0K
<1%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Some recipients aren't itemized
For entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, the government reports one aggregate instead of naming tens of millions of people, so the recipient roster isn't part of the public record.
- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments