Farmworker Career Development Program

The Farmworker Career Development Program is a federally funded program assisting seasonal or migrant farmworkers or their dependents. The purpose of this program is to help farmworkers and their dependents attain a high-wage high-demand career and eventually set participants into self-sufficiency.

• Seasonal
  • Dairy
  • Nursery
  • Packing House
  • Cattle
  • Crops
• Migrant = someone whose agricultural labor requires travel to a job site such that the farmworker is unable to return to a permanent place of residence within the same day
  • If a family travels to a different state throughout the year, this is considered migrant work.
• At least 50% of income needs to come from farmwork
• If an individual is a farmworker and receives food stamps, they are automatically eligible for assistance.

• Stipends ($2 for every hour a participant attends class for up to 60 hours)
• Tuition
• Books
• Uniforms
• Tools
• Vaccines
• Medical exam fees
• Testing Fees
• Resume building
• Job search
• Auto repairs
• School supplies

• Outreach and recruiting events
• Program information,
• Potential participants
• Employers for all tri-county region

Edgar Eugenio-Badillo, case data specialist

• Ensures files are in compliance with state and federal regulations
• Oversees textbook loan program and school supplies, as well as participant payroll

Minerva Ortiz, case manager for DeSoto and Hardee counties

• Refers potential participants
• Recruiting and outreach events
• Employers for both DeSoto and Hardee counties

Sarah Alfaro, case manager for Highlands County

• Refers potential participants
• Recruiting and outreach events
• Employers for Highlands County