MET operates National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) in four states: Texas, Louisiana, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Click "addresses and phone numbers" for a list of our centers.

NFJP provides job training and placement services to "eligible farmworkers". To qualify as eligible for the NFJP under WIA, Section 167, an individual on the date of application for enrollment must be: an "eligible farmworker" or a "dependent" of an eligible farmworker, and a citizen, a national of the United States, a lawfully admitted permanent resident alien, a refugee, an asylee, a parolee, or other immigrant authorized by the Attorney General to work in the United States and male applicants must have not violated Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act by not presenting and submitting to registration as required.

"Eligible farmworker" is a person who, during the 12-month "eligibility determination period", is a "seasonal farmworker" and whose family is disadvantaged. "Seasonal farmworker" is a farmworker who, during the 12-month "eligibility determination period", has been "primarily employed in agricultural labor" that is characterized by chronic unemployment or underemployment (WIA 167(h)94)). "Primarily employed in agricultural labor" means the farmworker depended on farmwork performed within the United States or Puerto Rico for his/her support during the 12-month "eligibility determination period"; by earning at least 50 percent of his/her total income from farmwork or was employed at least 50 percent of his/her total work time in farmwork, by working at least 25 days in farmwork or by earning at least $800 in farmwork, and by receiving 50 percent or less of his/her total financial support from a parent or guardian during the "eligibility determination period". "Eligibility determination period" is any consecutive 12-month period within the 24-month period immediately preceding the date of application for enrollment in the NFJP by the applicant (WIA 167(h)(1)).

The above material was extracted from the NFJP Bulletin No. 01-0X, "Participant Eligibility Policy Guidance", dated May 11, 2001. See the U.S. Federal Registry for more complete information on the NFJP under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 167.