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Extension of agricultural outreach plans and farmworker office designations
Summary ETA extended states’ existing agricultural outreach plans and migrant and seasonal farmworker state and local office designations through June 30, 2016. States did not need to submit updated plans for Program Year 2015. Two attachments list the designated states and offices; ETA now labels the change Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 13-13, Change 1
Date issued
April 27, 2015
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this change Canceled as of 2026-10-24. It prints Expiration Date: June 30, 2016 and Rescissions: None; no later instrument expressly rescinding this change is identified.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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Letter
Official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_13-13_Change1_Acc.pdf
CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION MSFW
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OWI-DNPTTA
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
April 27, 2015
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 13-13
Change 1
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS
FROM: PORTIA WU /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: One-Year Extension of the Program Year (PY) 2014 Agricultural Outreach
Plans (AOP), the Designation of Significant Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker
(MSFW) States, and the Designation of Significant MSFW and Bilingual Local
Offices through PY 2015
1. Purpose. To inform the State Workforce Agencies of the extension of the approval period
for the AOPs, the designation of MSFW states, and the PY 2014 designation of Significant
MSFW and Bilingual Local Offices through June 30, 2016. This means that current AOPs,
designated MSFW states, and Significant MSFW and Bilingual Local Offices will remain the
same through June 30, 2016. States do not need to submit updated AOPs.
2. References.
• Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49, et seq.);
• Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), as amended (29 U.S.C. 2801, et seq.);
• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (29 U.S.C. 3101, et seq.), sec.
503;
• W-P regulations, 20 CFR 653 and 651.10;
• Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 13-13, Instructions and
Planning Guidance for the Agricultural Outreach Plans (AOP) for Program Year (PY)
2014; the Designation of Significant Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker (MSFW)
States; and the Designation of Significant MSFW and Bilingual Local Offices
• TEGL No. 21-11, Requirements for 2012 State Workforce Plans; and
• OMB control number 1205-0398, Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission
of Strategic State Plan and Plan Modifications for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act
and Wagner Peyser Act.
3. Transitioning from WIA to WIOA. The Department of Labor (Department) is granting a
one year extension to states for their PY 2014 AOP in order to assist states in their transition
from WIA to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This action is being
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None June 30, 2016
taken under the transition authority at WIOA sec. 503(a) and (d) to provide for the orderly
transition from WIA to WIOA. State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are not required to
submit a new AOP for PY 2015. The Department will consider the PY 2014 AOPs active
through June 30, 2016. However, if there are changes to the status of Significant Local
Offices, State Monitor Advocates are strongly encouraged to inform the appropriate Regional
Monitor Advocate.
The Department will be extending the designation of MSFW states and the PY 2014
designation of Significant MSFW and Bilingual Local Offices through June 30, 2016. This
means that current AOPs, designated MSFW states, and Significant MSFW and Bilingual
Local Offices will remain the same through June 30, 2016. This is to help provide for an
orderly transition from WIA to WIOA pursuant to the Department’s WIOA transition
authority. WIOA sec. 503(d).
4. Inquiries. Please direct questions regarding the extension or implementation of the AOPs to
the appropriate Regional Monitor Advocate, listed at
http://www.doleta.gov/programs/msfw.cfm, or to the National Monitor Advocate, at
[email protected].
5. Attachments.
• Attachment I: List of Significant MSFW States and the Five States with the Highest
Estimated Year Round MSFW Activity for PY 2015
• Attachment II: Nationwide List of Significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices
Attachment I
Official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_13-13_Change1_Attachment_I.pdf
Attachment I
LIST OF SIGNIFICANT MSFW STATES FOR PY 2015
MSFW
STATE Applicants 1
1 CALIFORNIA 50,863
2 FLORIDA 19,251
3 WASHINGTON 15,632
4 TEXAS 9,537
5 OREGON 9,325
6 MICHIGAN 8,409
7 NORTH CAROLINA 6,649
8 GEORGIA 5,127
9 IOWA 2,730
10 ARIZONA 2,507
11 OHIO 2,457
12 IDAHO 2,387
13 SOUTH CAROLINA 1,907
14 UTAH 1,755
15 ILLINOIS 1,703
16 PUERTO RICO 1,477
17 WISCONSIN 1,354
18 NEW MEXICO 1,339
19 PENSYLVANIA 1,278
20 VIRGINIA 978
STATES WITH HIGHEST ESTIMATED MSFW ACTIVITY FOR PY 2015 2
California
Florida
Washington
Texas
Oregon
1 Data used to designate significant MSFW states was obtained from ETA Report 9002A for PY 2012, except for the states of
PA and TX. The data for these two states was obtained from the Standardized Quarterly Performance Report, ETA Report 9132
for PY 2012.
2 Data used to identify the five states with the highest estimated MSFW activity is based on data on services provided to MSFWs
through the Wagner-Peyser program as reported on the ETA 9002A report for PY 2012.
Attachment II
Official PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_13-13_Change1_Attachment_II.pdf
Attachment II
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2015
* = 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 *
Colorado Brighton AJC (Adams Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Colorado Delta AJC (Western Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
Colorado Greeley AJC (Weld Local Workforce Investment Area) * **
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2015
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
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 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 **
Illinois Champaign *
Illinois Peoria *
Iowa Iowa City *
Iowa Burlington
Iowa Waterloo
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2015
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
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 *
North Carolina Rocky Mount *
Oregon Ontario *
Oregon Hermiston *
Oregon The Dalles *
Oregon Woodburn *
List of significant MSFW/Bilingual Local Offices for Program Year 2015
* = Bilingual Offices ** = Special Circumstance Offices
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 * **
West Virginia Martinsburg
Wisconsin Beaver Dam *
Wisconsin Wautoma *
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