2012 farmworker housing grant plans

Accessible letter PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2012/TEGL_23-11-Acc.pdf

CLASSIFICATION
                                                      OWI/DNPTTA
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
                                                      CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
               ADVISORY SYSTEM
                                                      NFJP
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
             Washington, D.C. 20210                   DATE
                                                      April 2, 2012


ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 23-11

TO:            NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM (NFJP) GRANTEES

FROM:          JANE OATES /s/
               Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:       Planning Guidance for Program Year (PY) 2012 NFJP Housing Assistance
               Grants

1. Purpose. To provide instructions to NFJP housing grantees on preparing and
   submitting PY 2012 grant plans under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act
   of 1998 (WIA).

2. References.
    Federal Register, 76 Fed. Reg. 14695 (March 17, 2011), Notice of Funding
      Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for National Farmworker
      Jobs Program (NFJP), Housing Assistance;
    Section 167 of WIA, as amended (P.L. 105-220); and
    Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 2012, Division F of the Consolidated
      Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. 112-74).

3. Background. NFJP grants are biannually funded grants, which provide funding for
   the second year based on the availability of funds. This guidance provides
   instructions to NFJP housing grantees, selected to operate grants in PY 2011 and PY
   2012 under the March 17, 2011 SGA, to prepare and submit their PY 2012 grant plans
   and provides the PY 2012 grant allocations.

4. Grant Plan Requirements. For PY 2012, grantees are required to submit a grant
   package containing the following:

      A. Standard Form (SF) 424, “Application for Federal Assistance”. The SF-424 must
         clearly identify the grantee, be signed by an individual with authority to enter
         into a grant agreement, and include the applicant’s Data Universal
         Numbering System number.




 RESCISSIONS                                         EXPIRATION DATE:
 None                                                June 30, 2013

      B. SF- 424A Budget Information. In preparing the budget information form, the
         grantee must provide a concise narrative explanation to support the funding
         request. The narrative should include a breakdown of the budget and explain
         how administrative costs support the project goals. Grantees who generate
         program income from NFJP funds must describe, in the budget narrative, the
         activities generating the program income and the use of program income to
         serve more participants or improve program services. Program income must
         be included in the budget outline for approval by the Grant Officer.

      C. Grant Plan Narrative. The grant plan narrative must include the following
         elements:

           i.   Housing Analysis.
                a. Describe the housing needs of the farmworker population to be
                   served.
                b. Explain how the analysis of the housing market, performed as part of
                   the response to the 2011 SGA, has been or will be updated; and, if
                   already updated, how the results were applied to the development of
                   the PY 2012 grant plan.

          ii.   PY 2011 Results.
                 a. Discuss the grantee’s achievements under the plan of services
                     provided for PY 2011.
                 b. Explain the barriers encountered in meeting the goals described in
                     the previous grant plan narrative/application, and the strategies
                     developed to overcome those barriers in PY 2012.

         iii.   Program strategies.
                 a. Describe the housing assistance activities to be undertaken and the
                     strategies to be pursued for PY 2012.
                 b. Provide separate explanation for both the permanent and
                     temporary housing service activities offered by the grantees.

         iv.    Timeframes.
                  a. Include a timeline for the entirety of PY 2012 that clearly depicts,
                      by month and/or quarter, the start and end dates for the
                      milestones inherent in the activities described in the grant plan
                      narrative.

5. Formula Allocations. The PY 2012 allocations for the NFJP have been prepared in
   the same manner as the PY 2011 allocations and are provided as an attachment to
   this Training and Employment Guidance Letter. (Allocations can also be found at:

   http://www.doleta.gov/MSFW/html/docs/StateAllocations.cfm). The total
   amount allocated for NFJP Housing grants in PY 2012 is $5,678,248.

6. Submission Requirements. Grantees must prepare the PY 2012 grant plan in
   accordance with the guidance above and submit to the Employment and Training
   Administration no later than May 18, 2012. Grant plan packages must be submitted
   electronically to the following e-mail address, [email protected], with an electronic “cc”
   to the appropriate regional Federal Project Officer.

7. Inquiries. Questions regarding this planning guidance should be addressed to the
   appropriate regional Federal Project Officer.

8. Attachment. PY 2012 Housing Assistance Allocations.

Attachment I: NFJP Housing Assistance Allocations, PY 2012

Official attachment PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2012/TEGL_23-11-Atta1.pdf

U.S. Department of Labor
                                                    Employment and Training Administration
                                                          National Farmworker Jobs Program
                                                    Housing Assistance Allocations – PY 2012

                Grantee                   State                           Areas Served                           Permanent    Temporary      Total
PPEP Microbusiness & Housing               AZ     AZ : Yuma County
                                                                                                                  $175,911     $178,344    $354,255
Development Corp.
People’s Self-Help Housing                CA      CA: Central Coast                                               $75,414                   $75,414
Rural Community Assistance Corp.          CA      HI: Oahu                                                        $112,790      $2,786     $115,576
SELF Help Enterprises                     CA      CA: San Joaquin Valley, including Stanislaus, Merced,
                                                  Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Kern counties                $188,533                 $188,533

South County Housing Corp.                CA      CA: unincorporated areas of Monterey County, City of Soledad    $282,800                 $282,800
Community Resources and Housing           CO      CO: Alamosa, Crowley, Delta, Gunnison, Las Animas, Mesa,
Development Corp.                                 Montrose, Otero, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties; AZ:
                                                  Cochise, Mohave, La Paz, Graham, Greenlee, and Yuma
                                                  counties; ID: Canyon, Bannock, Bonner, Bingham, Cassia,         $75,979      $310,550    $386,529
                                                  Clark, Gooding, Jerome, Minidoka, Power, Twin Falls, and
                                                  Owyhee counties; NM: Dona Ana, Chaves, and Luna counties
Farmworker Coordinating Council of         FL     FL: Belle Glade, Pahokee, Canal Point, and South Bay
                                                                                                                               $296,564    $296,564
Palm Beach County, Inc.
Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc.           FL     Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, and Virginia          $518,302     $188,171    $706,473
Proteus Inc.                               IA     IA: Des Moines, Fort Dodge, and Iowa City                                    $65,176      $65,176
Telamon Corp.                             MI      Michigan                                                                     $55,585      $55,585
Telamon Corp.                             NC      Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware,
                                                  Georgia, West Virginia, and Virginia                            $670,655     $165,605    $836,260

Pathstone                                 NY      New York, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
                                                  Indiana, and Puerto Rico                                        $746,984     $146,451    $893,435

ORO Development Corp.                     OK      OK: Altus, Miami, Muskogee, Clinton, and Oklahoma City                       $42,511      $42,511
Tennessee Opportunity Program Inc.        TN      TN: Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb and Warren counties                  $41,481                   $41,481
Motivation Education and Training, Inc.    TX     Louisiana and Texas                                             $462,539     $144,980    $607,518
Office of Rural Farmworker Housing        WA      WA: Benton, Grant, Okanogan, Skagit, and Yakima counties;
                                                  OR: Clatsop, Jefferson, Marion, Morrow, Tillamook, and          $282,800                 $282,800
                                                  Washington counties
United Migrant Opportunity Services        WI     Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South
                                                                                                                  $340,583     $106,752    $447,335
/UMOS Inc.                                        Dakota, and Minnesota
Total                                                                                                            $3,974,773   $1,703,475   $5,678,248