US Department of Labor Awards $6.5M in grants to support delivery of temporary, permanent housing services to farmworkers, dependents

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $6.5 million in National Farmworker Jobs Program Housing Services Grants to help seven organizations in eight states ensure migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents have proper housing solutions. 

While seasonal and migrant farmworkers are essential to the nation’s agriculture industry, many live in poverty and face substandard living conditions, overcrowding and lack basic amenities. The NFJP Housing Services Grants will enable seven recipients to develop and use creative solutions to offer farmworkers and their families access to affordable, safe and sanitary housing. 

Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, the NFJP Housing Services Grants announced today will support delivery of permanent and temporary housing services in eight states with at least 70 percent of funding for permanent housing. 

NFJP Housing Services Grants are authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The grants aim to facilitate the delivery of housing solutions that respond to the immediate and near-term needs of eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. 

Learn more about the department’s National Farmworker Jobs Program.

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US Department of Labor Awards Nearly $5 million to local nonprofit focused on workforce development and housing

We are thrilled to announce that the US Department of Labor has awarded ANPH with the National Farmworker Jobs Program Career Services & Training grants for Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. Funded at nearly $5 million per year, the program focuses on improving skills for better employment opportunities for workers and filling in-demand jobs for employers. 

At Alabama Non-Profit Housing, Inc., our mission has been to provide decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing to farmworkers throughout the southeast. We are excited to expand our mission to include Workforce Development and Career Services and Training to our mission.  

It is important to note that outside of Alabama, our organization operates under the name Southeast Non-Profit Housing, Inc. (SENPH). While the name may differ, our commitment to service remains steadfast across all regions.

ANPH Board Chairman, Jerry Reaume, said, “We are incredibly excited for ANPH to offer Career Services to people throughout Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina! Over the last four years, we have served more than 4,000 people with housing services throughout our six-state service area.”

CEO, Jacob Rogers, said, “Focusing on Career Services & Training will provide the quality workforce that companies are looking for today and moving into the future!”

For more information, contact us at 919-390-1827 or visit our website at www.senph.org.

SENPH Profile: Silvia (Garland, NC)

This is Silvia. She is poultry farm worker from Garland, NC. Silvia is a single-mother of four girls and the sole care-taker of her elderly mother. She heard about our program through a family friend and decided to apply. Her kitchen needed to be upgraded because the floors were sinking in and the walls were falling apart.

Our program was able to help her completely remodel her kitchen. Her excitement and gratitude of picking out her preferred colors, cabinets, and floors made this particular project such a pleasure to complete! Her mother is back to cooking in a safe kitchen and the family is back to eating all together at a dinner table!

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“Mi cocina se estaba cayendo, ahora gracias a este programa temenos una cocina en la que todas podemos cocinar y comer bien agusto. Es mi lugar favorito en la casa!”

“My kitchen was falling apart, now thanks to this program we can all cook and eat comfortably. It is my new favorite part of the home!”

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Reynolds American, Inc. makes a large donation to expand farmworker housing program in NC

At Southeast Non-Profit Housing, Inc., our mission is to provide decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing to farmworkers in the southeast. We accomplish this through funding provided by the US Department of Labor’s National Farmworker Jobs Program - Housing. SENPH provides funding for improvements to farmworker housing in North Carolina and five other southeastern states. Since 2020, SENPH has helped improve the living conditions of over 4,000 farmworkers and members of their families in the southeast.

Jacob Rogers

We are thrilled to announce that Reynolds American, Inc. has donated $50,000 to expand our farmworker housing program in North Carolina. This funding will help farmworker families in North Carolina by providing matching funding to make improvements and upgrades to housing units owned or occupied by farmworkers and their families.

SENPH CEO, Jacob Rogers, said, “We are excited to be able to help more farmworkers in North Carolina due to the generous support from Reynolds American, Inc. Over the last three years, we have helped more than 3,000 farmworkers and their families in North Carolina with much needed housing improvements such as roof replacements, kitchen and bathroom remodels, flooring repairs, and much more. We appreciate Reynolds’ commitment to the agricultural workers in North Carolina!”

Our first community: Casa Bonita

We’ve worked with thousands of farmworkers and their families to improve living conditions. Whether providing technical assistance to organizations to develop housing or providing a grant for repairs and upgrades, we’ve partnered with many organizations and individuals to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing to the Southeast’s farmworkers!

Built in 2011, Casa Bonita is a ten unit community in Oneonta, Alabama. Funded by USDA Rural Development, this community provides long-term leases to individuals and families who work in agriculture, retired from agriculture, or disabled from agriculture.

>> At our apartment community, we’ve housed over 100 families over the last 10 years.