The Division is sensitive to the preferences, needs and skills of individual migrant and seasonal farmworkers and the availability of job and training opportunities.
Who Can Participate:
The Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Program provides counseling, testing, and job and referral services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
"Seasonal Farmworker" shall mean a person who during the preceding 12 months worked at least an aggregate of 25 or more days or parts of days in which some work was performed in farmwork, and was not employed in farmwork year round by the same employer. For the purposes of this definition only, a farm labor contractor is not considered an employer. Non-migrant individuals who are full-time students are excluded.
"Migrant Farmworker" is a Seasonal Farmworker who had to travel to do the farmwork so that he/she was unable to return to his/her permanent residence within the same day. Full-time students traveling in organized groups rather than with their families are excluded.
"Migrant Food Processing Worker" shall remain mean a person who during the preceding 12 months has worked at least an aggregate of 25 or more days or parts of days in which some work was performed in food processing (as classified in the 1972 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) definitions 210, 2033, 2035, and 2037 for food processing establishments), earned at least half of his/her earned income from processing work and was not employed in food processing year round by the same employer, provided that the food processing required travel such that the worker was unable to return to his/her permanent residence in the same day. Migrant food processing workers who are full-time students but who travel in organized groups rather than with their families are excluded.
"MSFW" shall mean a migrant farmworker, a migrant food processing worker or a seasonal farmworker.
Who to Contact:For more information contact the Division of Workforce Development at 1-800-877-8698.