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The Farmworker Career Development Program assists eligible migrants and seasonal farm workers and their families with educational costs. The program offers free, counseling, tutoring, free health services and job training, financial aid, technical training and help finding work.
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Farmworker Career Development Program (FCDP)
The Farmworker Career Development Program (FCDP), provides, free of charge, education, appropriate training, and career services leading to year-round High Skill/High Wage employment to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Our goals are to help farmworkers, nursery workers, packing house workers, and their children increased knowledge of nonagricultural career opportunities and employability skills, obtain the education and/or job skills to prepare them to enter or advance in the nonagricultural workforce, and provide supportive services to help them reach their goals. We also provide emergency stabilization services such as food, rent, etc. to those who choose to stay in farm work.
The program offers free, counseling, tutoring, free health services and job training, financial aid, technical training and help finding work.
Our mission is at no cost, to provide educational, support and emergency services to families of agricultural workers and underemployed who qualify and who need to find a career.
Our goal is to help agricultural workers and their families at no cost, to learn about other non-agricultural career opportunities. In addition, obtain education, acquire skills for a job and in that way prepare them to enter and advance in the non-agricultural work force. This in turn will help stabilize families, increase social skills and family involvement, strengthen health and safety areas, and provide support to help them achieve their goals.
The Farmworker Career Development Program (FCDP) is a government organization that helps people who have worked or are employed in agriculture, nurseries, dairy farms, or a packing plant for the past two years.Funded by the US Department of Labor.
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- Counseling and Evaluation
- Tuition Assistance
- Basic Skills Tutoring
- Book Loan Program
- General Education Development (GED)
- Career Training in areas such as Automotive Service Technology; Certified Nursing Assistant, Cosmetology; Welding Technology; Early Childhood Education, Air Condition, Refrigeration & Heating Technology; Law Enforcement; Medical Assistant as well as Business certificates and more.
- Job Placement Assistance
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Eligibility for participation in the program is limited to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and/or their dependents who meet the following criteria:
- Must be a United States citizen, permanent Resident Alien, DACA Employment Authorization Card or other Alien approved by the Immigration and Naturalization Services; and
- Must have done farm work or have a spouse or parent that has done farm work during the past 24 months (2 years) from date of pre-application; and
- Must meet income guideline requirements.
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Community Agencies Providing Financial Aid to Eligible Students
Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations, Inc. (COFFO)
1255 N. 15th St. Suite #1, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239) 657-7272- Provides emergency services to farmworker families in Collier, Hendry, Glades, and Palm Beach Counties.
- Provides financial assistance for farmworkers wishing to obtain skills, training, or continue their educational goals.
Farmworker Career Development Program
508 N. 9th Street Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239) 377-1193- Comprehensive Career Counseling
- Job search assistance
- Referral to educational and social services
- Assistance in completing financial aid forms, including the PELL Grant.
- Financial aid for tuition, books, supplies, transportation, and childcare.
The Immokalee Foundation
908 Roberts Ave W, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239)657-2461- Provides financial assistance for tuition, books, uniforms, etc.
Vocational Rehabilitation Center
750 S. 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239)658-3314- Provides financial assistance for your educational goals.
- Helps receive your educational accommodations
Additional Location and Contact Info:
- Immokalee: 750 S. 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239)658-3314
- Naples: 10681 N. Airport Pulling Road, Suite 19, Naples, FL 34109-7337 | (239)593-2543
- LaBelle: 825 East Cowboy Way, Suite 101, LaBelle, FL 33935-4491 | (863)674-4157
- Ft. Myers: 5264 Summerlin Commons Way, Suite 404, Ft. Myers, FL 33907-2154 | (239)278-7150
Career Source Southwest Florida
750 S. 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239) 658-3300Additional Location and Contact Info:
- Immokalee: 750 South 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239)658-3300
- Clewiston: 215-B South Francisco Street, Clewiston, FL 33440 | (869) 983-6183
- Fort Myers: 4150 Ford Extension, Fort Myers, FL 33916 | (239)931-8200
- Naples: 3050 HorseShoe Drive North, Building B, Suite 290, Naples, FL 34104 | (239)436-4301
- Port Charlotte: 1032 Tamiami Trail, Unit 9, Port Charlotte, FL 33953
Training Opportunities with Career Source of Southwest Florida
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Graduate with Career Ready Skills
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Completion Length: Education programs may last from several weeks to 2 years.
Certificate of Completion: A certificate is awarded to students who successfully complete the program’s competencies and satisfy basic skill requirements in accordance with state guidelines.
Career Opportunities
This program prepares students for employment based on their own basic skills and assessment results.
The Farmworker Program supports participants in achieving their career goals with the following;
- Determining what the participants pre-training ability is using various tests like TABE, Interest and Work Values test, and face to face interview.
- Assisting the participant with locating a career with a good income.
- Assisting the participant with guidance for mastering the training program.
- Financial Aid to purchase items needed for either the training program or employment.
- Upon completion of the training program assisting the participant with applying for employment using EmployFlorida.com or other employment services.
Our goal is help you find a career, not just a job.
Salary Range
The average salary of all placed participants exceeds $11/hr. This includes a range from minimum wage entry level to $15.00/hr, depending on skills attained and career choice.
* The Farmworkers Career Development Program is funded by a grant from the Florida Department Education, Adult Migrant Program, WIOA, Sec. 167.
* No person in this district, shall, on the basis of race, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, religion, or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity, or in employment conditions or practices conducted by The District School Board of Collier County.
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