Cinco de Mayo Celebration

Farmworker Education Program

For Immediate Release                           Contact:  Esperanza Gamboa      

                                                                        (941) 751-7900   Ext: 2165                                                                               gamboae@manateeschools.net

Cinco de Mayo Celebration

        (Bradenton, FL—March 28, 2012) The Farmworker Education and Services Program, the Latino community, and Manatee Technical Institute are proud to present the Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May) Celebration which will take place on Friday, May 4, 2012, from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Manatee Technical Institute North Campus located at 801 Ninth Street West in Palmetto, FL 34211.

        The Cinco de Mayo Celebration and MTI North Open House offer a unique experience to showcase our cultures, give the public the opportunity to enjoy a tour of the new MTI North Campus facilities and learn more about career opportunities.

        The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the cultural diversity in our community, the 47^th anniversary of the Farmworker Education Program in Manatee County, and to raise money for the Farmworker Emergency and Scholarship Fund. This fund is used to support farm worker families in crisis situations to provide them with food, shelter, and health services and to provide scholarships for our students.

        The event is open to the public free of charge. A live band will play Latin music; folkloric dancers will perform; and various vendors will provide ethnic food.  If you would like more information, please call the Farmworker Education Program at 751-7947, or 751-7900 ext. 2165, or stop by our office on the MTI main campus (5603 34^th Street West) in Bradenton.

Esperanza Gamboa, Coordinator

Farmworker Education & Services Program

WIA 167 Youth Program

Manatee Technical Institute

5603 34th Street West. Bradenton, Fl 34210

Phone: 941-751-7947

Phone: 941-751-7900 Ext: 2168

Fax: 941-751-7951

" If you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted,

then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday".

                                                                                  Isaiah 58:10

ALASS Board Dissolves Corporation

ALASS as a corporation was dissolved in January.  Remaining funds were donated to Harvest of Hope for specified scholarships for farmworker participant students.  A voluntary committee is developing criteria and application processes for the potential recipients.

Accomplishments and groundwork for ALASS will make the next corporate/non-profit organization attempt more likely to experience long-term success.  The intentions and goals were admirable.  Infrastructure was put in place: email, web, blog, database, online registration, online membership, logo, by-laws framework, goals and partnership in one exciting conference.  The potential for a future, viable organization remains.  The infrastructure will remain; this blog may still be used as a communication vehicle for articles and meetings of interest to programs to support farmworkers.

Notices may be sent to alasslinks@gmail.com

Kneeling Pilgrimage Seeks to Draw Attention to Need for Immigration Reform

PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Santos De La Rosa, hipoteca1@comcast.net

KNEELING PILGRIMAGE SEEKS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO NEED FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM

Sebring, Florida, Sept. 7, 2011 - Santos De La Rosa plans to leave home at
sunrise on September 10, headed for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC -
on his knees.

"Traveling a thousand miles on my knees is nothing," De La Rosa says,
"compared to what immigrants in the U.S. have to bear, especially immigrants
who are farmworkers." His journey is intended to draw attention to the
reasons many people want to come to the United States, and the hardships
they suffer. Ultimately, he hopes to see immigration laws reformed to make
it easier for them to come to the U.S., work here, and remain here.

De La Rosa, age 56, is a third generation American; he and his parents were
born in the U.S. As migrant farmworkers, he says, they gained an
understanding of the difficulties facing immigrants, particularly
undocumented farmworkers. He believes others may not have learned the same
lessons.

"U.S. citizens who complain about undocumented immigrants are not bad
people," De La Rosa says. "But they have never been poor and they also don't
know how hard it is for poor people to get here legally. You can't wait 10
or 15 years to get a visa before you start providing for your family. Others
would probably do the same thing in the same situation. People know they may
die trying to get into the U.S., but they feel they have to try anyway. Then
when they get here they don't mind taking the jobs no one else wants, like
hard farm labor."

De La Rosa has great faith in humanity, as well as in God. He is sure that
others will help him through his "Knee-a-Thon" and will even join in for at
least part of his travels. He estimates the journey will take years because
he cannot set aside the rest of his life to make this trip. He will travel
on Saturdays and Sundays, while keeping his full time job for a nonprofit
organization in Sebring. Every weekend he will drive farther from home to
begin at the point where he finished the previous weekend. (He will not
travel on November 12 because of a prior commitment.)

"I want to say thank you and God bless to all the millions of good people in
this great nation that believe in human rights," De La Rosa states. "Thank
you for understanding the obstacles that undocumented immigrants face and
for helping them because it's the right thing to do. I thank those who are
in the military also, for preserving American rights so that we can express
our opinions, as I am doing with this pilgrimage."

De La Rosa plans to use his Facebook page to let others know about his
progress as he moves toward the Lincoln Memorial.

HHS Funding Opportunity - Jobs Creation

Subject: FW: Federal Grants - for Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
Importance: High

FYI, if you have not seen this grant funding opportunity from HHS.

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The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 06/03/2011 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.

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. The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.

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Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2011-ACF-OCS-EO-0163
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Jun 03, 2011
Creation Date:	Jun 03, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 03, 2011    See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 03, 2011    See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.
Archive Date:	Mar 14, 2014
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Income Security and Social Services
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:	4
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,160,000
Award Ceiling:	$290,000
Award Floor:	$0
CFDA Number(s):	93.593  --  Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
 

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) or a 501(c)(4) status with the IRS, organizations, other than institutions of higher education. Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Agency Name

Administration for Children and Families

Description

The Office of Community Services' (OCS) will award up to $1.16 million through the Job Opportunity for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program to support business development and expansion opportunities, including micro-enterprise and self-employment opportunities, in an effort to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. JOLI grantees create jobs through provision of technical and financial assistance to private employers in the community in order to create sustainable employment and business opportunities. Financial assistance to low-income individuals may be provided through the use of revolving loan funds or the provision of direct cash assistance to a micro-enterprise or self-employed business owner. Funded projects should focus on one of the following three program strategies: (1) new business ventures, (2) business expansion, and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise projects. Grantees must ensure that TANF or RCA recipients and other low-income individuals are recruited to participate in business development and expansion activities and to fill positions created under the program. The program must help TANF recipients and other low-income individuals overcome personal or community barriers, and ensure that the businesses and jobs remain viable for at least one year after the end of the grant. OCS will strongly encourage applicants to propose projects that support child care and early childhood education as such projects create jobs for low-income participants and support other working families. In addition, OCS would encourage projects that coordinate support services for participants with a program that provides Individual Development Accounts.

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2011-ACF-OCS-EO-0163

 

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

ACF Applications Help Desk
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ACF Applications Help Desk

Synopsis Modification History

There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.

Florida Department of Education Receives Farmworker Funding

News Release

ETA News Release: [06/29/2011]
Contact Name: David Roberts or Joshua Lamont
Phone Number: (202) 693-5945 or x4661
Release Number: 11-0998-NAT

US Labor Department announces nearly $84 million for career training and housing assistance to migrant and seasonal farmworkers

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $83,941,360 in grants through the National Farmworker Jobs Program to combat the chronic unemployment and underemployment experienced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers who depend primarily on agricultural labor jobs. A total of $78,253,180 will go to 52 organizations nationwide to provide training, employment and support services for farmworkers and their families. An additional $5,688,600 will go to 16 organizations to provide temporary or permanent housing assistance.
The National Farmworker Jobs Program helps eligible workers improve their agricultural job skills, and train for careers in emerging industries and occupations that offer higher wages and more stable employment. The program also offers services such as child care, health care and transportation assistance.
"Agricultural workers face significant barriers to stable employment, and all too often it is their families who pay the price," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "These grants address this reality by not only helping workers improve and expand their job skills, but also by providing housing and other crucial support services."
The housing assistance grants will provide permanent housing assistance, temporary and/or emergency housing assistance, or a combination of both. Permanent housing assistance services include pre-development and development services; project management; and resource development to secure acquisition, construction or renovation, and other operating funds for farmworker housing. Temporary housing assistance services include housing units for temporary occupancy, the management of such housing units, emergency housing payments and case management. Services typically are provided in more than one state or areas of a single state.
The National Farmworker Jobs Program is authorized by Congress in Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and grants are allocated through a formula that estimates the number of eligible workers in each state or territory. Puerto Rico and 45 states each have one grantee. California has five grantees. There are no grantees in Alaska. Connecticut and Rhode Island are considered a combined service delivery area, as are Maryland and Delaware.
The grants cover a two-year period but are funded on an annual basis. The awards announced today are for July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012. Second year allocations will be dependent on the funds available through the fiscal year 2012 appropriations process and on grantees' compliance with all current and future departmental guidance.
Editor's Note: A chart listing the grantees, their locations and award amounts follows this news release.

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National Farmworker Jobs Program Grant Awards

Grantee	State	Amount
Telamon Corp.	Ala.	$791,926
Arkansas Human Development Corp.	Ark.	$1,144,854
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc.	Ariz.	$2,132,576
County of Kern	Calif.	$2,107,959
Central Valley Opportunity Center Inc.	Calif.	$1,927,835
Center for Employment Training	Calif.	$8,208,464
California Human Development Corp.	Calif.	$3,790,340
Proteus Inc.	Calif.	$3,950,219
Rocky Mountain SER/Jobs for Progress Inc.	Colo.	$999,986
New England Farm Workers' Council	Conn./R.I.	$391,109
Florida Department of Education	Fla.	$4,146,020
Telamon Corp.	Ga.	$1,532,229
Maui Economic Opportunity Inc.	Hawaii	$330,485
Proteus Inc.	Iowa	$1,176,640
Community Council of Idaho Inc.	Idaho	$1,074,827
Illinois Migrant Council	Ill.	$1,437,203
Telamon Corp.	Ind.	$923,526
SER Corp. of Kansas	Kan.	$1,074,936
Kentucky Farmworker Programs Inc.	Ky.	$1,210,852
Motivation Education & Training Inc.	La.	$910,782
New England Farm Workers' Council	Mass.	$322,032
Telamon Corp.	Md./Del.	$489,431
Eastern Maine Development Corp.	Maine	$293,084
Telamon Corp.	Mich.	$1,399,272
Motivation Education & Training Inc.	Minn.	$1,234,045
United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS Inc.	Mo.	$985,854
Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities	Miss.	$1,297,176
Rural Employment Opportunities Inc.	Mont.	$597,263
Telamon Corp.	N.C.	$2,690,959
Motivation Education & Training Inc.	N.D.	$607,492
Proteus, Inc.	Neb.	$1,088,204
New England Farm Workers' Council	N.H.	$101,931
PathStone Corp.	N.J.	$696,249
HELP - New Mexico Inc.	N.M.	$946,732
Oregon Human Development Corp.	Nev.	$179,751
PathStone Corp.	N.Y.	$1,656,708
PathStone Corp.	Ohio	$1,259,904
ORO Development Corp.	Okla.	$1,272,692
Oregon Human Development Corp.	Ore.	$1,971,923
PathStone Corp.	Pa.	$1,544,889
PathStone Corp.	Puerto Rico	$3,058,359
Telamon Corp.	S.C.	$966,905
Black hills Special Services Cooperative	S.D.	$620,254
Tennessee Opportunity Programs Inc.	Tenn.	$857,418
Motivation Education & Training Inc.	Texas	$6,673,042
PIC Inc.	Utah	$289,213
Telamon Corp.	Va.	$927,817
PathStone Corp.	Vt.	$190,798
OIC of Washington	Wash.	$3,090,088
United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS Inc.	Wis.	$1,250,652
Telamon Corp.	W.Va.	$196,339
Motivation Education & Training Inc.	Wyo.	$233,936
Total		$78,253,180.00

National Farmworker Jobs Program Housing Assistance Grant Awards

Grantee	State	Areas Served	Permanent	Temporary	Total
PPEP Microbusiness & Housing Development Corp.	Ariz.	Yuma County, Ariz.	$176,232	$178,669	$354,901
People's Self-Help Housing	Calif.	California's central coast	$75,551		$75,551
Rural Community Assistance Corp.	Calif.	Oahu, Hawaii	$112,996	$2,791	$115,787
SELF Help Enterprises	Calif.	California's San Joaquin Valley, including Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties	$188,877		$188,877
South County Housing Corp.	Calif.	Unincorporated areas of Monterey County, Calif; city of Soledad, Calif.	283,316		283,316
Community Resources and Housing Development Corp.	Colo.	Alamosa, Crowley, Delta, Gunnison, Las Animas, Mesa, Montrose, Otero, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties in Colorado; Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Mohave, La Paz, and Yuma counties in Arizona; Canyon, Bannock, Bonner, Bingham, Cassia, Clark, Gooding, Jerome, Minidoka, Power, Twin Falls and Owyhee counties in Idaho; and Dona Ana, Chaves and Luna counties in New Mexico	$76,118	$311,116	$387,234
Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County Inc.	Fla.	Belle Glade, Pahokee, Canal Point and South Bay, Fla.		$297,105	$297,105
Florida Non-Profit Housing Inc.	Fla.	Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi and Virginia	$519,247	$188,514	$707,761
Proteus Inc.	Iowa	Des Moines, Fort Dodge and Iowa City, Iowa		$65,295	$65,295
Telamon Corp.	Mich.	Michigan		$55,686	$55,686
Telamon Corp.	N.C.	Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, West Virginia, Virginia	$671,878	$165,907	$837,785
Pathstone	N.Y.	New York, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Puerto Rico	$748,346	$146,718	$895,064
ORO Development Corp.	Okla.	Altus, Miami, Muskogee, Clinton and Oklahoma City, Okla.		$42,588	$42,588
Tennessee Opportunity Program Inc.	Tenn.	Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb and Warren counties in Tennessee	$41,557		$41,557
MET	Texas	Louisiana, Texas	$463,382	$145,244	$608,626
Office of Rural Farmworker Housing	Wash.	Benton, Grant, Okanogan, Skagit and Yakima counties in Washington; Clatsop, Jefferson, Marion, Morrow, Tillamook and Washington counties in Oregon	$283,316		$283,316
United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS Inc.	Wis.	Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota	$341,204	$106,947	$448,151
Total			$3,982,020	$1,706,580	$5,688,600

Happy Valentine's Day!

May your day be filled with romance whether alone or in the company of those who share your heart.

ALASS Membership Form

ALASS Membership:

Association to Link Advocacy and Support Services (ALASS) to Farmworkers is a membership organization to provide advocacy and enhance employment, educational and training services to farmworkers and low income families in the State of Florida.

Membership is open to agencies funded under federal and state provisions of the Workforce Investment Act  that specifically target farmworkers as "Agency Memberships" and to other agencies, individuals and corporate sponsors who support the organization's purpose.  The following form is a combined form for annual (July through June) membership dues and for attendance at the annual conference.

Some fields with asterisks (*) require information.  If that field is not applicable to the purpose, type an "X" in the field.  All individuals who are members and/or attend the annual conference will be included in the ALASS membership/conference attendee database to receive ALASS updates.  ALASS members may submit their individual information using this form.

Membership requires sending the fees as described in the form.  Agency Memberships (those operating under Workforce Investment Act funding) include all agency staff that are funded by the grant.  All staff members included need to submit their information on this form to receive ALASS updates, but their agency fee is paid by the Coordinator's Agency Membership fee.

ALASS BLOG:

This blog is for sharing information among ALASS members; but the blog is subject to Internet searches.  Therefore, any information that members would like to share in the blog needs to be submitted to Alasslinks@gmail.com for approval before it is posted.  Information may include general meetings of interest; mandatory meetings; reference to pertinent legislation and resources for members; recommendations for advocacy efforts;success stories for programs, participants and people serving this population and more.  It is the membership's blog and will be as useful as members provide exciting and current information.

ALASS MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION: