Program Year 2006 farmworker housing grant planning

TEGL34-05.pdf (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2006/TEGL34-05.pdf)

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Washington, D.C. 20210
CLASSIFICATION: OWI/DAS/DSFP
CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL: 34-05
DATE: June 09, 2006
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 34-05
TO: NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM HOUSING GRANTEES
FROM: EMILY STOVER DeROCCO, Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Planning Guidance for Program Year (PY) 2006 Annual Plans for Housing Assistance

1. Purpose. To provide instructions and procedures for the preparation and
submission of the Section 167 Housing Assistance annual grant plans for PY
2006.

2. References. Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 79, April 26, 2005, Notice of Initial
Announcement of Program Year (PY) 2005 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 June 2005. These grants, competed on a biannual
basis, were funded for PY 2005. Funds for Housing Assistance activities in
PY 2006 are available through the NFJP appropriation included in the Fiscal
Year (FY) 2006 Department of Labor (DOL) appropriation. The total amount
available is $4,950,000 (post-rescission); per the language in the
Appropriations statute, 70 percent, or $3,465,000, will be available for
permanent housing assistance, and 30 percent, or $1,485,000, will be available
for temporary/emergency housing assistance. A table with the PY 2006
allocations is attached. Housing assistance is a supportive service offered to
assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers with retaining employment or
entering into or completing training. For more details on Definitions and
Guiding Principles, please refer to the Federal Register Notice listed above.

RESCISSIONS: None
EXPIRATION DATE: June 30, 2007

4. PY 2006 Annual Plan Requirements. For PY 2006, 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 that they must
provide a narrative to support the request; the narrative must also include
a breakdown of any sub-grants 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 2006. Grantees are reminded that separate plans are required for
permanent housing activities and for temporary/emergency housing
activities if both types of housing are being provided by a grantee. The
annual grant plan should include a discussion of progress accomplished
from the PY 2005 grant, a detailed discussion of the strategies to be
pursued in PY 2006 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 these grants are guided by
the Definitions and Guiding Principles published in the SGA for PY 2005
(Federal Register Vol. 70, No. 79, April 26, 2005). For a copy of the SGA,
please visit our Web site at www.doleta.gov/msfw.

5. Submission Requirements. Please prepare the PY 2006 annual grant plan as
instructed and submit four (4) copies, three (3) of which must have
original signatures on the SF 424, and transmit the package 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 S-4206
Washington, D.C. 20210

Your grant package should be received no later than June 28, 2006.

6. Attachments. PY 2006 Housing Allotments

PY 2006 Housing Allotments (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2006/TEGL34-05_attachnew.pdf)

NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM
Program Year 2006 Housing Assistance Awards

Grantees | State | States Covered and Areas Served | PERM Amount | TEMP Amount | Total
Motivation Education and Training, Inc. | TX | Louisana and Texas | $497,684 | $110,922 | $608,606
Black Hill Special Services Cooperative | SD | South Dakota | $82,959 | $10,786 | $93,745
Rural Opportunities, Inc. | NY | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Ohio, Indiana, and Puerto Rico | $709,493 | $161,148 | $870,641
La Cooperativa Campesina de California Consortium | CA | California, Oregon, and Washington | $0 | $739,480 | $739,480
ORO Development Corporation | OK | Oklahoma | $0 | $52,807 | $52,807
Telamon Corporation | NC | Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virgina, Maryland, and Delaware | $497,812 | $134,331 | $632,143
United Migrant Opportunities, Inc. | WI | Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin | $431,239 | $111,346 | $542,585
Arkansas Employment Security Department | AR | Hope Migrant Labor Center, primarily Mid-west and Eastern Migrant Streams | $0 | $180,746 | $180,746
People's Self-Help Housing Corporation | CA | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties | $39,234 | $0 | $39,234
Rural Community Assistance Corporation d/b/a Pacific Mountain Farmworker Housing Partnership | CA | California, Oregon and Washington | $441,216 | $0 | $441,216
Tennessee Opportunity | TN | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, and Warren Counties | $22,588 | $0 | $22,588
Florida Non-Profit Housind d/b/a Southeast Housing Consortium | FL | Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Virginia | $335,494 | $0 | $335,494
Michigan Department of Agriculture | MI | Michigan | $156,777 | $0 | $156,777
PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Corporation | AZ | Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming | $233,938 | $0 | $233,938
Totals | | | $3,448,434 | $1,501,566 | $4,950,000