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2013 significant farmworker and bilingual job centers
Summary ETA designated American Job Centers with significant migrant and seasonal farmworker activity and bilingual service needs for program year 2013. It described those centers' responsibilities and attached the nationwide office list. ETA now labels the period-specific advisory Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 3-13
Date issued
August 19, 2013
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this advisory Canceled as of 2026-10-24; its PDF prints Expiration Date: Continuing and Rescissions: None. It names program year 2013 centers; no cancellation instrument is identified.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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Accessible letter PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2013/tegl3-13acc.pdf
CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION OWI
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MSFW
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
August 19, 2013
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 3-13
TO: ALL STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
ALL STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
ALL STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS
FROM: ERIC M. SELEZNOW /s/
Acting Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Designation of Significant Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW)
and Bilingual American Job Centers (AJCs) for Program Year 2013
1. Purpose. To publish the nationwide list of AJCs that the Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) has designated as significant MSFW and bilingual local offices.
2. Reference.
• Wagner-Peyser regulations, 20 CFR 651.10, 653 subpart B, and 658 subpart G.
3. Background. Federal regulations published at 20 CFR 651.10 require ETA to designate as
“significant” local offices where MSFWs account for 10 percent or more of annual
participants in the Wagner-Peyser program. These regulations also require ETA to designate
as “significant” bilingual MSFW local offices where 10 percent or more of MSFW
participants are estimated to require service provisions in Spanish (or other languages). State
Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or the Administrator of ETA’s Office of Workforce Investment
may determine that additional local offices should be designated as significant
MSFW/bilingual offices due to special circumstances, such as an estimated large number of
MSFWs in the local office service area.
The attachment to this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) contains the list
of AJCs designated by ETA as significant MSFW/bilingual local offices.
4. Responsibilities for Significant MSFW and Bilingual Offices. The following is a list of
responsibilities associated with AJCs designated as significant MSFW/bilingual local offices:
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
• Each significant MSFW local office must provide staff assistance to each MSFW
participant in order for MSFWs to effectively obtain specific and general information
on where and how to find employment.
• Those offices designated as significant MSFW bilingual offices must explain the
services available through the local office to the MSFW in Spanish (or other
language), if necessary or requested during any period of substantial MSFW activity,
such as when there is an increase in MSFW applications or an increase in agricultural
job order activity. Significant MSFW local offices must conduct especially vigorous
outreach in their service areas, which may include thorough and extensive outreach
efforts so that a large number of MSFWs in the area are aware of the full range of the
employment and training services offered through the AJCs.
• SWAs must assure that all significant MSFW local offices not reviewed onsite by
Federal staff are reviewed at least once a year by state staff to the extent possible.
Also, if necessary, state staff should review those local offices in which significant
problems, such as compliance findings, are revealed by required reports, management
information, the Job Service complaint system, or otherwise, as soon as possible.
• When SWAs conduct reviews of significant MSFW local offices, SWAs must submit
a copy of the onsite local office formal monitoring review report and corrective action
plan to the appropriate ETA regional office.
5. Action Required. SWAs must comply with the procedures outlined in this TEGL and the
regulations set forth at 20 CFR Parts 651, 653, and 658. SWA Administrators should ensure
that State Monitor Advocates, AJC managers, and all other appropriate staff are familiar with
the requirements in this TEGL.
6. Inquiries. Please direct any questions concerning this TEGL to the ETA Regional Monitor
Advocate for your state, or the National Monitor Advocate:
• Region 1 – George J. Kincannon, at [email protected] or (617) 788-0135
• Region 2 – Nicole Duchman, at [email protected] or (215) 861-5208
• Region 3 – Toni Buxton, at [email protected] or (404) 302-5367
• Region 4 – Jesus Morales, at [email protected] or (972) 850-4616
• Region 5 – Eric Hernandez, at [email protected] or (312) 596-5419
• Region 6 – Krister Engdahl, at [email protected] or (415) 625-7960
• National Monitor Advocate – Juan M. Regalado, at [email protected] or (415) 625-7904
7. Attachment. Nationwide list of significant MSFW/bilingual local offices
Attachment 1: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2013/tegl3-13a1.pdf
Attachment
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2013
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
Arizona Casa Grande * **
Arizona Douglas * **
Arizona Phoenix Southwest * **
Arizona San Luis * **
Arizona Yuma * **
California Salinas *
California Gilroy * **
California Watsonville * **
California Hollister * **
California Napa * **
California Santa Rosa * **
California Ukiah * **
California Sacramento * **
California Lakeport * **
California Marysville * **
California Oroville * **
California Merced * **
California Los Banos * **
California Modesto * **
California Turlock * **
California Stockton * **
California Manteca * **
California Oxnard * **
California Fresno * **
California Mendota *
California Hanford *
California Santa Maria * **
California Porterville *
California Visalia *
California San Luis Obispo * **
California Bakersfield *
California Delano *
California Indio * **
California Blythe *
California Oceanside * **
California Chula Vista * **
California Calexico *
California El Centro *
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2013
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
Colorado Brighton AJC (Adams Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Colorado Delta AJC (Western Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Colorado Greeley AJC (Weld Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Colorado Monte Vista AJC (South Central Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Colorado Rocky Ford AJC (Southeast Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Colorado Lamar AJC (Southeast Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Delaware Dover *
Florida Plant City *
Florida Wauchula *
Florida Belle Glade *
Florida Homestead *
Florida Clewiston *
Florida Immokalee *
Florida Quincy * **
Florida Winter Haven * **
Florida Bradenton * **
Florida Sebring * **
Florida Port Saint Lucie * **
Georgia Americus **
Georgia Bainbridge **
Georgia Cordele **
Georgia Douglas **
Georgia Dublin **
Georgia Moultrie **
Georgia Tifton **
Georgia Valdosta **
Georgia Vidalia **
Georgia Waycross **
Idaho Canyon County *
Idaho Rexburg *
Idaho Blackfoot *
Idaho Pocatello *
Idaho Mini-Cassia *
Idaho Mountain Home **
Idaho Idaho Falls **
Idaho Magic Valley **
Idaho Payette **
Idaho Bonners Ferry **
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2013
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
Illinois Champaign *
Illinois Peoria *
Iowa Iowa City *
Iowa Burlington
Iowa Waterloo
Iowa Marshalltown *
Iowa Council Bluffs **
Michigan Sparta *
Michigan Shelby *
Michigan Holland *
Michigan Mason
Michigan Dowagiac
Minnesota Faribault *
Minnesota Mankato *
Minnesota Rochester *
Minnesota Wilmar *
Montana Dillon AJC
Montana Glasgow AJC
New Jersey Vineland **
New Jersey Hammonton **
New Mexico Deming AJC (Southwestern Local Workforce Investment Area) *
New Mexico Sunland Park AJC (Southwestern Local Workforce Investment Area) *
New Mexico Las Cruces AJC (Southwestern Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
New York Pine Island: Satellite to Middletown (Orange County)
New York Albion (Orleans County)* **
New York Rochester/Lyons (Wayne County)* **
New York Riverhead/Spanish Apostolate: Satellite to Patchogue (Suffolk County)* **
New York Dunkirk (Chautauqua County)* **
New York Plattsburgh (Clinton County)* **
New York Hudson (Columbia County)* **
New York Kingston (Ulster County)* **
New York Lockport (Niagara County)* **
New York Syracuse (Onondaga County)*
North Carolina Clinton *
North Carolina Edenton *
North Carolina Kenansville *
North Carolina Lincolnton *
North Carolina Lumberton *
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2013
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
North Carolina Rocky Mount *
Oregon Ontario *
Oregon Hermiston *
Oregon The Dalles *
Oregon Woodburn *
Oregon Salem * **
Oregon Hillsboro/Beaverton * **
Oregon Medford * **
Pennsylvania Gettysburg *
Puerto Rico Humacao
Puerto Rico Ponce
Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Puerto Rico San German
Puerto Rico Arecibo
Puerto Rico Guayama
South Carolina Beaufort *
South Carolina Charleston *
South Carolina Greenwood *
South Carolina Spartanburg *
South Carolina Sumter *
Texas Mission AJC (Lower Rio Grande Workforce Development Area) *
Texas Edinburg AJC (Lower Rio Grande Workforce Development Area) *
Texas Weslaco AJC (Lower Rio Grande Workforce Development Area) *
Texas Raymondville AJC (Lower Rio Grande Workforce Development Area)
Texas Eagle Pass AJC (Middle Rio Grande Workforce Development Area)
Texas Floydada/Plainview AJC (South Plains Workforce Development Area)
Texas Muleshoe AJC (South Plains Workforce Development Area)
Texas Fabens AJC (Upper Rio Grande Workforce Development Area)
Virginia Onley *
Virginia Winchester **
Washington WorkSource Sunnyside *
Washington WorkSource Central Basin *
Washington WorkSource Okanogan – Omak *
Washington Wenatchee WorkSource Affiliate *
Washington WorkSource Walla Walla *
Washington WorkSource Columbia Gorge *
Washington WorkSource Columbia Basin *
Washington WorkSource Yakima *
Washington WorkSource Skagit * **
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2013
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
West Virginia Martinsburg
Wisconsin Beaver Dam *
Wisconsin Wautoma *
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