2008 farmworker housing grant plans

Accessible letter PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2008/TEGL27-07acc.pdf

CLASSIFICATION
      EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION         OWI/DAS
                  ADVISORY SYSTEM                    CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
             U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                NFJP
                Washington, D.C. 20210
                                                     DATE
                                                     April 30, 2008



TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 27-07

TO:              NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM HOUSING GRANTEES

FROM:            BRENT R. ORRELL /s/
                 Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:         Planning Guidance for Program Year (PY) 2008 for
                 Housing Assistance Grantees

1. Purpose. To provide instructions and procedures for the preparation and submission of
   The Section 167 Housing Assistance annual grant plans for PY 2008.

2. References. Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 76, April 20, 2007, Notice of Initial
   Announcement of Program Year (PY) 2007 grant competition for operating the Housing
   Assistance portion of the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), under Section 167 of
   the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), 29 U.S.C.9201.

3. Background. Pursuant to the above-referenced Notice, Housing Assistance grants were
   awarded in July 2007. These grants, competed in a biannual basis, were funded for PY
   2007, pending availability of funds in PY 2008. Funds for Housing Assistance activities in
   PY 2008 are available through the NFJP appropriation included in the Fiscal Year (FY)
   2008 Omnibus Appropriation bill. The total amount available is $4,888,000 (post-
   rescission); per the language in the Appropriations statute, 70 percent, or $3,421,600 will
   be available for permanent housing assistance, and 30 percent, or $1,466,400 will be
   available for temporary/emergency housing assistance. A table with the PY 2008
   allocations is attached.




RESCISSIONS                                        EXPIRATION DATE:
None
                                                   June 30, 2009

                                            -2-

  Housing assistance is a supportive service offered to assist migrant and seasonal
  farmworkers to retain employment or enter into or complete training. For more details on
  Definitions and Guiding Principles, please refer to the Federal Register Notice listed
  above.

4. PY 2008 Annual Plan Requirements. For PY 2008, housing assistance grantees are
   required to submit a grant package that includes the following:

   A. Standard Form (SF) 424: Grantees must submit a new SF 424, “Application for Federal
      Assistance,” (Appendix A), with the required DUNS number (OMB Rev. 9-2003); as
      well as the SF 424-A (Appendix B). In preparing the budget form, grantees are
      reminded they must provide a narrative to support the request; said narrative must
      also include a breakdown of any subgrants that are part of the grant.

   B. Grant Annual Plan Narrative: Grantees must provide a grant annual plan narrative
      that describes the housing assistance activities to be undertaken for PY 2008. Separate
      annual grant plans are required for permanent housing activities and for
      temporary/emergency housing activities, for those grantees providing both kinds of
      services. The annual grant plan should include a discussion of progress accomplished
      from the PY 2007 grant, a detailed discussion of the strategies to be pursued in PY 2008
      to continue that progress, and a detailed timeline for the entire PY that depicts, by
      month and/or quarter, the start and end dates for milestones inherent in the strategies
      described in the plan narrative.

      Housing assistance grantees are reminded that housing assistance grants are guided by
      the Definitions and Guiding Principles published in the SGA for PY 2007 (Federal
      Register Vol. 72, No. 76, April 20, 2007). For a copy of the SGA, please visit our Web
      site at www.doleta.gov/msfw.

5. Submission Requirements. Please prepare the PY 2008 annual grant plan as instructed,
   above, and submit four (4) copies, three (3) of which must have original signatures on the
   SF 424, to:

      Alina M. Walker, Program Manager
      U.S. Department of Labor, ETA
      Office of Workforce Investment
      Division of Adult Services,
      200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room C-4311
      Washington, D.C. 20210

   Your grant package should be received no later than May 15, 2008.

6. Attachments. PY 2008 Housing Allotments.

Attachment PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2008/TEGL27-07a1.pdf

National Farmworker Jobs Program
                                                        Housing Assistance Awards
                                                            Program Year 2008

                                                          PERM Total Availibility    $3,421,661
                                                          TEMP Total Availability    $1,466,426
                                                               Total Availability    $4,888,087

                                                                                                            PERM         TEMP
           Grantees                                         States Covered and Areas Served                 Amount       Amount        Total
Motivation Education and Training, Inc.       TX   Louisiana and Texas                                       $420,751     $133,538     $554,289
Black Hill Special Services Cooperative       SD   South Dakota                                               $90,617      $16,777     $107,394
                                                   New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Rural Opportunities, Inc.                     NY                                                             $628,881     $114,306     $743,187
                                                   and Puerto Rico
La Cooperativa Campesina de California        CA   California, Oregon, and Washington                        $151,029     $559,221     $710,250
ORO Development Corporation                   OK   Oklahoma                                                        $0      $39,145      $39,145
                                                   Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia,
Telamon Corporation                           NC                                                             $502,144     $122,455     $624,599
                                                   West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
                                                   Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
United Migrant Opportunities, Inc.            WI                                                             $309,815      $98,330     $408,145
                                                   South Dakota, Wisconsin
Self Help Enterprise                          CA   San Joaquin Valley, CA                                    $132,150           $0     $132,150
People's Self-Help Housing Corporation        CA   San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties       $67,963           $0      $67,963
Rural Community Assistance Corporation        CA   California and Hawaii                                      $86,806      $22,488     $109,294
Tennessee Opportunity Programs, Inc.          TN   Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, and Warren Counties                $37,757           $0      $37,757
Florida Non-Profit Housing d/b/a Southeast
                                              FL   Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Virginia        $427,391     $135,645     $563,036
Housing Consortium
Michigan Department of Agriculture            MI   Michigan                                                  $377,571           $0     $377,571
Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm
                                              FL   Palm Beach County, FL                                           $0     $224,521     $224,521
Beach County, Inc. (FWCC)
Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing        WA   Washington and Oregon                                     $188,786           $0     $188,786
                                     Totals                                                                 $3,421,661   $1,466,426   $4,888,087