Mario Zuniga
Senior Educational Program Director
1313 N. Tampa Street, Room 103
Tampa, Florida, 33602

Phone: 813-224-1920
Fax: 813-224-1926

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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.

Policy Memorandums

• 13-01 - Budget Revisions (PDF, 161KB)
• 13-02 - Eligibility Applications (PDF, 122KB)
• 13-03 - Individual Employment Plan (PDF, 166KB)

News & Current Events

Florida Jobs and Education Program (FJEP) Quarterly Training

Announcing our Florida Jobs and Education Program (FJEP) Quarterly Training, this will be held in Fort Pierce, Florida on February 28 – March 1, 2013. The training will incorporate relevant presentations and information from the federal, state and local levels.

Annual Workshop Information

• 2013 FJEP Quarterly Training Agenda (PDF, 105KB)
• Directions to Training Site (PDF, 27KB)
• Campus Map (PDF, 55KB)
• Hotel Information
  • Hampton Inn & Suites/Fort Pierce for reservation call 772-828-4100
  • Comfort Suites/Fort Pierce for reservation call 772-409-1420

Adult Migrant Program and Services: Monitoring Policies, Procedures and Protocols

Purpose of Monitoring

The purpose of monitoring is to identify the specific areas in which a provider is in compliance or non-compliance with federal law and regulations, state statutes and rules, and OMB Circulars. The timely identification of non-compliance provides a framework to make changes that are expected to result in programs becoming more efficient and effective. However, a comprehensive and multi-dimensional Quality Assurance System is a foundation for continuous improvement of services and systems both internally and externally. Our commitment to excellence supports accountability, collaboration, targeted technical assistance, continuous improvement and positive systemic change.

Risk-Based Monitoring

Risk assessment is a process used to evaluate variables associated with workforce education grants and assign a rating for the level of risk to the Florida Department of Education and the Division of Career and Adult Education associated with each provider. The risk assessment is conducted by the Quality Assurance Team to determine the monitoring strategy appropriate for each provider. A range of monitoring strategies includes conference calls, improvement plans, full or partial self-assessment, grant reviews, etc., with the more comprehensive strategy such as an onsite visit, designated for providers deemed to be at higher risk.

Protocols

Protocols have been developed for Farmworker Jobs and Education Program and their fiscal components. The protocols include interview questions aligned with the regulatory requirements; forms and checklists to be used for the on-site visits and other monitoring strategies are included; additional documents addressing the individual processes have also been developed.

Special Projects

As deemed necessary by the Chancellor or Bureau Chief, special projects are completed that address areas of compliance including special investigations of specific grant awards. Collaboration and cooperation with Grants Management, the Inspector General's office, the Comptroller's office and others, as appropriate, is fundamental to the success of the Quality Assurance System.

• Adult Migrant Program Services: Monitoring Policies, Procedures, and Protocols (PDF, 795KB)
• Risk Assessment Factors (PDF, 155KB)
• Review of Program and Processes (PDF, 220KB)
• Monitoring Checklist (PDF, 74KB)
• Contract Elements and Performance Review (PDF, 30KB)
• Individual Employment Plan Training (PDF, 264KB)
• Customer Record Database Training (PDF, 363KB)
• Retention Strategies Training (PDF, 287KB)
• Reports

Resources

• Green Book
• Red Book
• DOE 599 (Excel, 83KB)
• DOE 101S (Excel, 34KB)
• Part 669, §669.110, of the Federal Register
• Title 29 Part 95
• OMB
• GEPA Section 427
• Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
• Attachment D Progress Report Form (Excel, 33KB)
• Attachment E Staffing Breakout Form (Excel, 34KB)
• Proposed Participant Carry-Over Form (Word, 138KB)

Glossary of Terms

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