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2015 National Farmworker Jobs Program grant planning
Summary ETA instructed National Farmworker Jobs Program grantees on their program year 2015 plans and performance goals as the program moved from WIA to WIOA. Three attachments provide employment, training, and housing grant allocations. The letter printed a June 30, 2016 expiration date, and ETA now labels it Canceled.
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Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 24-14
Date issued
April 7, 2015
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this advisory Canceled as of 2026-10-24; its PDF prints Expiration Date: June 30, 2016 and Rescissions: None. No cancellation instrument is identified.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION OWI
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NFJP
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
April 7, 2015
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 24-14
TO: NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM GRANTEES
FROM: PORTIA WU /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Program Year 2015 Planning Guidance for National Farmworker Jobs Program
Employment and Training and Housing Grantees
1. Purpose. To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees
for preparing and submitting program plans for Program Year (PY) 2015, establishing PY
2015 performance goals, and to convey the grant fund allocations for the program year.
2. References.
• Federal Register, February 12, 2013, Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for
Grant Applications for National Farmworker Jobs Program Grants.
• Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), as amended (Pub. L. 105-
220);
• Section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
• 20 CFR Part 669.
• Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 15-14 Implementation of the New
Uniform Guidance Regulations.
3. Background. The current period of performance for all NFJP grants was scheduled to end
June 30, 2015. However, to facilitate the transition of the NFJP from the WIA to WIOA,
which takes effect on July 1, 2015, the Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is extending all current NFJP grant awards for an additional year,
through June 30, 2016. This action is being taken under the transition authority at WIOA
Section 503(b) to provide for the orderly transition from WIA to WIOA.
Funding for grantees in PY 2015 is dependent upon a grantee’s submission of a program plan
and ETA’s approval of that plan; any grantee submission delays may delay individual grant
awards. This TEGL provides instructions to current NFJP grantees to prepare and submit
their program plans for PY 2015. Additional operational guidance regarding implementation
of WIOA will be forthcoming from the Department.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None June 30, 2016
4. Instructions for Employment and Training Grantees
A. Employment and Training Grantee Program Plan Requirements. To receive PY
2015 funds, NFJP employment and training grantees must submit a program plan and
have that plan approved by ETA. The program plan must contain 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 grantee’s Data Universal Numbering
System number. Grantees must use the current version of SF-424 available at:
http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424_2_1-V2.1.pdf.
b. SF-424A Budget Information Form and Budget Narrative. Grantees must include
a SF-424A and a narrative explanation to support the funding. Grantees must use
the current version of SF-424A available at:
http://www.doleta.gov/Farmworker/pdf/sf424a.pdf.
c. ETA Form 9094, Program Planning Summary. Grantees must provide a Program
Planning Summary (PPS), which depicts planned participant levels and outcomes.
In addition to submitting as part of the program plan, grantees must enter the PPS
into the grantee on-line reporting system, the Enterprise Business Support System
(EBSS), by July 31, 2015. Grantees must use the current PPS Form 9094, which
is available at:
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL_32_12_Att2.pdf.
d. ETA Form 9093, Budget Information Summary. Grantees must provide a Budget
Information Summary (BIS), which depicts the budget plan for quarterly
expenditures for administrative and program costs. Administrative costs are
limited to 15 percent of the total grant amount. In addition to submission as part
of the program plan, grantees must enter the BIS into the grantee on-line reporting
system, EBSS, by July 31, 2015. Grantees must use the current BIS Form 9093,
which is available at:
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL_32_12_Att1.pdf.
Additionally, if there are any planned changes for PY 2015 to the following components
of a current approved program plan, grantees should also submit proposed updates to:
• Program Design
• Partnership Strategies
• Outcomes
• Organizational Chart
• Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
If the above sections have not changed from the PY 2014 program plan submission,
grantees do not need to submit these sections for PY 2015.
B. Grantee Performance Goals. In PY 2014, ETA implemented a new approach for
establishing grantee performance goals for the three common performance measures –
entered employment, retention in employment, and average earnings. ETA established
grantee performance goals through a statistical regression model that accounted for
economic conditions and participant characteristics, and through a negotiation process, as
required in Federal regulations for the NFJP requirements under WIA (20 CFR Part 669).
New primary indicators of performance were established in WIOA and will be
implemented in the WIOA Final Rule. However, the new performance indicators are not
effective until July 1, 2016 (WIOA Sec. 506(b)(1)). As part of the transition to WIOA,
ETA will use the PY 2014 performance goals as the PY 2015 goals. Grantees may
request re-negotiation for PY 2015 by contacting their Federal project office by May 15,
2016. Grantees must present compelling data during re-negotiation to justify a change to
a performance goal.
5. Instructions for Housing Grantees
A. Housing Grantee Program Plan Requirements. To receive PY 2015 funds, NFJP
housing grantees must submit a program plan and have that plan approved by ETA. The
program plan must contain 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 grantee’s Data Universal Numbering
System number. Grantees must use the current version of SF-424 available at:
http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424_2_1-V2.1.pdf.
b. SF-424A Budget Information Form and Budget Narrative. Grantees must include
a SF-424A and a narrative explanation to support the funding. Grantees must use
the current version of SF-424A available at:
http://www.doleta.gov/Farmworker/pdf/sf424a.pdf.
Grantees that receive funds for both permanent and temporary housing assistance
must submit: 1) three SF-424As – one for the total amount of grant funds, one for
permanent housing funds, and one for temporary housing funds; and 2) separate
budget narratives for permanent and temporary housing.
Additionally, if there are any planned changes for PY 2015 to the following components
of a current approved program plan, grantees should also submit proposed updates to:
• Housing Analysis
• Program Activities
• Partnership Strategies
• Outcomes
• Timeline
• Organizational Chart
• Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
If the above sections have not changed from the PY 2014 program plan submission,
grantees do not need to submit these sections for PY 2015.
6. Instructions for All Employment and Training and Housing Grantees
A. Implementation of the New Uniform Guidance Regulations. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) streamlined the Federal government's guidance on
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
awards, and issued Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards Final Rule (Uniform Guidance). On December 9,
2014, DOL released TEGL No. 15-14 Implementation of the New Uniform Guidance
Regulations announcing that the Uniform Guidance will apply to all funding actions and
new Federal awards made on or after December 26, 2014. Therefore, all NFJP grantees
who receive funding for PY 2015 activities will receive new terms and conditions
applying the Uniform Guidance to these new funds. For the new money only, these new
terms will supersede the previous Notice of Award conditions applying 2 CFR 220, 225,
or 230, 29 CFR Parts 95 and 97, and the audit requirements at 2 CFR Part 96 and 99.
TEGL 15-14 also encourages current grantees who receive annual allotments or other
incremental funding in PY 2015, such as NFJP grantees, to follow the new Uniform
Guidance for all funds. However, a modification to the current grant is necessary to
officially apply the new guidance to existing grant awards with funds issued prior to
December 26, 2014. Grantees should review TEGL 15-14 for specific instructions on
requesting this type of modification.
B. Indirect Cost Rate. Any grantee that includes indirect charges on the SF-424A must
have a valid Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (ICRA) or Cost Allocation Plan (CAP)
supplied by the Federal Cognizant Agency on file. For any grantee that chooses to
include estimated indirect costs in its budget, and that either does not have an ICRA/CAP
or has a pending ICRA/CAP, the Grant Officer will release funds in the amount of 10
percent of salaries and wages to support indirect costs at the time of award. Within 90
days of award, a grantee must submit an acceptable indirect cost proposal or CAP to its
Federal Cognizant Agency to obtain a provisional indirect cost rate.
Under the Department of Labor’s Uniform Guidance, any non-Federal entity that has never
received a negotiated indirect cost rate, except for those non-Federal entities described in
2 CFR Part 200 Appendix VII, may elect to charge a de minimis rate of 10 percent of
modified total direct costs which may be used indefinitely.
If a grantee meets the requirements to use the 10 percent de minimis rate as described in 2
CFR 200.414(f), the grantee must include a description of the modified total direct costs
base (see 2 CFR 200.68 for definition) used in the calculation along with the amount of
the base, and the total indirect costs requested based on the 10 percent de minimis rate. If
a grantee chooses this option, this methodology must be used consistently for all Federal
awards until the grantee negotiates for an indirect cost rate, which a grantee may apply to
do at any time. (See 2 CFR 200.414(f) for more information on use of the de minimis
rate.)
C. Use of PY 2014 Funds. The period of performance for current NFJP grants is extended
until June 30, 2016. In order to support transition to WIOA, grantees may use PY 2014
funds through the end of the period of performance, June 30, 2016. ETA expects
grantees to spend the majority of their PY 2014 funds in PY 2014.
Grantees must continue to file each quarter a Federal Financial Report (ETA Form 9130)
for PY 2014 funds until those funds are fully expended or the balance is returned to the
Department.
D. Grant Allocations.
a. The total amount available for NFJP employment and training grants for PY 2015
is $75,885,000. The PY 2015 allocations are included in Attachment I and II of
this TEGL.
b. The total amount available for NFJP housing grants for PY 2015 is $5,517,000.
The PY 2015 allocations are included in Attachment III of this TEGL.
E. Submission Requirements. Grantees must submit their PY 2015 program plan to ETA
no later than May 15, 2015. Please submit program plans electronically to the NFJP
program e-mail address [email protected] with the subject line “Program plan submission –
[Employment and Training or Housing] – [State] – [organization]” and an electronic “cc”
to the appropriate regional Federal Project Officer.
F. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Statement. According to PRA, no persons are required
to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB
Control Number. The Department notes that a Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information, nor is the public required to respond to a collection of information,
unless the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the PRA, approves it and it
displays a currently valid OMB control number (44 U.S.C. 3507). Also, notwithstanding any
other provisions of law, no person shall be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information if the collection of information does not display a currently valid
OMB Control Number (44 U.S.C. 3512). The currently valid OMB Control Number for this
collection is OMB 1205-0425, which expires May 31, 2016.
G. Inquiries. Please address questions regarding this guidance to the appropriate Federal
Project Officer.
7. Attachments.
• PY 2015 NFJP Employment and Training Grant Fund Allocations
• PY 2015 NFJP California Employment and Training Grant Fund Allocations
• PY 2015 NFJP Housing Grant Fund Allocations
Attachment I: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_24-14_Attachment_I_Acc.pdf
PY 2015 NFJP Employment and Training Grant Fund Allocations – Attachment I
State Total
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,885,000
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $767,959
Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,068,038
Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,110,208
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,380,015
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $969,723
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $341,748
Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $123,076
District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,020,549
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,485,859
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 320,484
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,042,300
Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,393,708
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 895,577
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,141,031
Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,042,405
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,174,208
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $883,219
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $284,214
Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $351,544
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $312,287
Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,356,926
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,196,700
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,257,920
Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $956,019
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $579,189
Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,055,272
Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $174,311
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $98,846
New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $675,178
New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $918,080
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,606,571
North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,609,522
North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $589,107
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,221,776
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,234,177
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,912,247
Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,498,136
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,965,804
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37,525
South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $937,644
South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $601,483
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $831,470
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,471,095
Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $280,460
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,024
Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $899,738
Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,996,573
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190,396
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,212,803
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $226,856
Attachment II: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_24-14_Attachment_II_Acc.pdf
PY 2015 NFJP California Employment and Training Grant Fund Allocations–Attachment II
PY 2015
Grantee Distribution
Allocation
Center for Employment Training, Inc. 41.0735% $7,960,050
Central Valley Opportunity Centers, Inc. 9.6465% $1,869,493
County of Kern, Employers Training Resource 10.5478% $2,044,165
Proteus, Inc. 19.7661% $3,830,673
California Human Development Corporation 18.9661% $3,675,633
TOTAL CALIFORNIA ALLOCATION 100.00% $19,380,015
Attachment III: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2015/TEGL_24-14_Attachment_III_Acc.pdf
PY 2015 Housing Grant Fund Allocations – Attachment III
Grantee State Areas Served Permanent Temporary Total
PPEP Microbusiness and Housing AZ AZ : Yuma County
Development Corp. $170,916 $173,279 $344,195
People’s Self-Help Housing CA CA: Central Coast $73,272 $73,272
Rural Community Assistance Corp. CA HI: Oahu $109,587 $2,707 $112,294
SELF Help Enterprises CA CA: San Joaquin Valley, including Stanislaus, Merced,
Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Kern counties $183,179 $183,179
South County Housing Corp. CA CA: unincorporated areas of Monterey County, City of Soledad $274,770 $274,770
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, $73,822 $301,731 $375,553
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
Palm Beach County, Inc. $288,143 $288,143
Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc. FL Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, and Virginia $503,584 $182,827 $686,411
Proteus Inc. IA IA: Des Moines, Fort Dodge, and Iowa City $63,325 $63,325
Telamon Corp. MI Michigan $54,006 $54,006
Telamon Corp. NC Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware,
Georgia, West Virginia, and Virginia $651,610 $160,902 $812,513
Pathstone NY New York, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, and Puerto Rico $725,772 $142,292 $868,064
ORO Development Corp. OK OK: Altus, Miami, Muskogee, Clinton, and Oklahoma City $41,303 $41,303
Tennessee Opportunity Program Inc. TN TN: Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb and Warren counties $40,303 $40,303
Motivation Education and Training, Inc. TX Louisiana and Texas $449,404 $140,863 $590,266
Office of Rural Farmworker Housing WA WA: Benton, Grant, Okanogan, Skagit, and Yakima counties.
OR: Clatsop, Jefferson, Marion, Morrow, Tillamook, and $274,770 $274,770
Washington counties.
United Migrant Opportunity Services WI Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South
/UMOS Inc. Dakota, and Minnesota $330,911 $103,721 $434,632
Total $3,861,900 $1,655,100 $5,517,000
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