Located in:
- Program-Specific Requirements for Wagner-Peyser Program (Employment Services)
All Program-Specific Requirements provided for the WIOA core programs in this section must be addressed for either a Unified or Combined State Plan.
e. 1. Assessment of Need. Provide an assessment of the unique needs of farmworkers in the area based on past and projected agricultural and farmworker activity in the State. Such needs may include but are not limited to: employment, training, and housing.
Current Narrative:
Farmworker Unique Needs
These items listed below are based upon comments from employers, association members, community agencies/partners, and outreach workers
Generally, those farmworkers traveling into the state for work may have limited money and community resource information; they require the following:
- language assistance- translation services and ESL classes;
- career assessment /counseling for family members;
- legal assistance in applying for available or new citizenship or visa programs;
- transportation and/or driver’s education/training to obtain valid driver’s license;
- housing and shelters for the homeless;
- assistance obtaining personal loans to purchase housing and land to meet family needs;
- assistance from local food pantries;
- additional work clothing and/or clothing for family members;
- education and training to operate new advanced farming equipment;
- job training/job shadowing beginning which is connected to education educational credit;
- computer classes;
- health assessments;
- dental services;
- information/referrals for self-care-mental health, control of medical issues diabetes, high blood pressure, drug and alcohol counseling and heat related illnesses;
- families may need-education assistance such as tutors, childcare, and special housing;
- appropriate to meet the privacy needs of women and children;
- assistance understanding their farmworker rights;
- assistance recognizing contract violations and filing complaints.