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Gloria Spradley-Brown
Bureau of Grant Administration and Compliance, Chief
8402 Laurel Fair Circle, Suite 212
Tampa, Florida, 33610

Phone: (813) 744-6303
Fax: (813) 744-6296

About Us

The Florida Department of Education Farmworker Jobs and Education Program (FJEP) is funded through the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Section 167, by the United States Department of Labor, Division of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs. The purpose of the FJEP is to provide workforce training leading to year-round, unsubsidized employment to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers and to provide emergency stabilization services such as food, rent, etc. to those who choose to stay in farm work. The program makes available pesticide safety and heat stress prevention training to eligible farmworkers.

It is the intent and vision of the FJEP to provide educational and supportive services to chronically unemployed and underemployed farmworkers to obtain the education needed to prepare to enter or advance in the workforce; prepare their children for success in school; and exercise their rights as citizens in their communities.

Eligible farmworkers must be disadvantaged, prove a history of farm work, and reside legally in the United States. Most program participants are Florida home-based farmworkers and reside in the state year-round. Florida farmworker and Jobs Education Programs are implemented through sub-recipient agencies located in highly populated farmworker communities. These are non-profit agencies, county governments, state and community colleges, technical centers, and school districts.

News & Current Events

Annual Florida Jobs and Education Program (FJEP) Staff Development Workshops

Announcing our Annual Florida Jobs and Education Program (FJEP) Staff Development Workshops, which will be held in Tampa, Florida on October 24 - 27, 2011. The theme for this year's workshop is "Back to the Basics". The workshops will incorporate relevant presentations and information from the federal, state and local levels.

Workshop attendees must register using the online registration link below.

Annual Workshop Information

Online Workshop Registration
2011 FJEP Annual Workshop Agenda (PDF, 59KB) (Final)
Save The Date (PDF, 82KB)
Workshop Hotel Information
- Embassy Suites Tampa/Brandon for reservation call (813) 653-1905

US Labor Department Announces Nearly $84 Million in Grants

The Florida Department of Education was awarded $4,146,020 by the US Labor Department for career training and housing assistance to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. For more information, please see the US Department of Labor's Press Release.