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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Descriptions

17.247:  Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

Popular Name:  Migrant and Other Seasonally Employed Farmworker Programs

Objectives:  To provide job training, job search assistance, and other supportive services for those individuals who suffer chronic seasonal unemployment and underemployment in the agricultural industry. To enable farmworkers and their dependents to obtain or retain employment.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

17.247 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  Section 402: (1) Public agencies and units of government; and (2) private nonprofit organizations authorized by their charters or articles of incorporation to operate employment and training programs.

Beneficiary Eligibility:  Limited to those individuals and their dependents who have, during any consecutive 12 month period in the 24 months preceding their application for enrollment, been a seasonal farmworker, including a migrant farmworker, and (a) received at least 50 percent of their total earned income or (b) been employed at least 50 percent of their total time in farmwork, and (c) been identified as member of a family which receives public assistance or whose annual family income does not exceed the higher of either the poverty level or 70 percent of the lower-living-standard income level.

Credentials/Documentation:  Legal ability to receive Federal funds under requirements established for the program, which appear in the regulations (20 CFR 633) referenced below. Cost determinations will be made in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local government applicants, and in accordance with the OMB Circular No. A-122 and the appropriate parts of Circular No. A-110 for other applicants.

17.247 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  Section 402 — The standard preapplication forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102 must be used for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance if the State has selected the program for review.

Application Procedure:  Biennial Competitive process. The next open competition will be for program years 1999-2000.

Award Procedure:  Awards are made directly to eligible applicants by the Employment and Training Administration.

Deadlines:  Section 402 — Announced biennially both for preapplication and Funding Request. Contact Federal agency for deadline dates. (There is a provision for waiver of competition for a maximum 4 year period.)

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  Not applicable.

Appeals:  Petition for reconsideration of nonselection as a potential grantee may be made to an Administrative Law Judge within 21 days of notification of the Department's decision.

Renewals:  Grants may be renewed for a second year if performance for the first year has been satisfactory and other relevant criteria are met. Grants may be renewed for a third and fourth year under the same terms.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  Not applicable.

Examples of Funded Projects:  Not applicable.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  Grants: Section 402 - $120,000 to $6,893,397.

17.247 RELATED PROGRAMS:

None.

17.247 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

In program year 1999, awards were made for 50 farmworker grants and six farmworker housing grants. An estimated 45,000 received job and training and supportive services.

17.247 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Type of Assistance:  Formula Grants; Project Grants.

Obligations:  (Grants) PY 99 $78,517,000; PY 00 est $74,195,000; and PY 01 est $74,445,000. (NOTE: Section 402: Program operates on program year (PY) beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.)

Budget Account Number:  16-0174-0-1-504.

Authorization:  Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, as amended, Title IV, Part A, Section 402, Public Law 97-300, 96 Stat. 1369, 29 U.S.C. 1672.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  20 CFR 633. Further information is available from the Office of National Programs, Division of Seasonal Farmworker Programs.

17.247 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration regional offices listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog can provide limited information on this program. Contact Headquarters Office below for detailed information.

Headquarters Office:  Office of National Programs, Division of Seasonal Farmworker Programs, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, Room N-4641, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone: (202) 219-5500. Contact: Anna Goddard.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

17.247 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  Section 402 — no less than 94 percent allocated among the States on a formula basis using the best data available as to the distribution of the farmworker population among the States as determined by the Secretary. Typically, Bureau of the Census, and other more current data are used. Up to 6 percent may be set aside for a National Account to be used for farmworker housing grants, technical assistance and for special projects funded at the discretion of the Department. This program has no matching requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Awards of no less than 94 percent allocated among the States are made for 2 year, with up to a 2 year renewal subject to satisfactory performance fund availability and other relevant criteria. Awards are released on a notice of obligation.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Under Section 402, farmworkers and their dependents may be offered services such as classroom training, on- the-job training, work experience, job development, job placement and resettlement assistance, education assistance, health services, and other supportive services.

17.247 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Quarterly program and, financial status reports, annual program and financial status reports are required of grantees.

Audits:  Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profits Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend $300,000 or more in a year in Federal awards shall have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 Subpart B- Audits.

Records:  Sponsors are required to maintain complete accounting, personnel, evaluation, and program records in accordance with OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110 and 20 CFR 633-309 and 311.