The ACE grants program is intended to improve the supply of skilled agricultural workers and bring greater stability to the workforce in this sector.
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This stability will be realized through services specifically designed to assist farmworkers in securing, retaining, upgrading or returning from agricultural jobs. Such services include the following: • agricultural labor skills development; • the provision of agricultural labor market information; • transportation; • short-term housing while in transit to an agricultural worksite; • workplace literacy and assistance with English as a second language; • health and safety instruction, including ways of safeguarding the food supply of the United States; and • other such services the Secretary deems appropriate.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Nov 15, 2011
| Expected Number of Awards: | 8 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Christine Chavez
National Farmworker Coordinator
202-205-4215
Christine.Chavez@osec.usda.gov
