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National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP)

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Have you worked on a farm or ranch for 30 days and/or earned at least $800 within the last two years? If so, you might be eligible for the National Farmworker Jobs Program. NFJP is a job training and employment assistance program for farmworkers and their families. Our Case Managers provide assistance in finding employment, job training, educational opportunities and support services. This assistance is offered at no cost to the participants.

Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc., is a nonprofit organization that is administering the National Farmworker Jobs Program statewide. The National Farmworker Jobs Program is a statewide program and is 100% funded by the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration.

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MEO National Farmworker Jobs Program

10 months ago

MEO National Farmworker Jobs Program
In her The MEO Minute debut, Uilani Ah Chan discussed heat stress and pesticide safety training on Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island as part of her work as a National Farmworker Jobs Program case manager. The segment on Akaku's The Maui Daily on July 20 appears at about the 9-minute mark. cloud.castus.tv/vod/akaku/video/62d8b7bfa0a447000828ebd7?page=HOMEChivo Ching-Johnson led into The Minute with a segment on Youth Services' Town Hall on Suicide Prevention on Wednesday, July 27, in Kaunakakai. ... See MoreSee Less

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MEO National Farmworker Jobs Program

10 months ago

MEO National Farmworker Jobs Program
*MEO NFJP conducts pesticide safety, heat stress protection trainings*About 80 farmworkers on Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island were trained in pesticide and heat stress protection last week by Maui Economic Opportunity’s National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) trainers.The Worker Protection Standard, Heat Stress Prevention and Pesticide Safety trainings are required annually for all agricultural operations. MEO offers the training for no cost to farms across the state; the federally funded NFJP is the only program MEO offers statewide.MEO certified trainers Uilani Ah Chan, Suzette Bacarro, both NFJP case managers, and Cassi Yamashita, Community Services Director, conducted classes for 10 workers at Royal Kona Coffee Mill and 70 workers at Kauai Nursery and Landscape. At the end of each session, all workers received bandanas.In addition to Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island, NFJP supports farmworkers and farms on Maui, Moloka‘i, Lana‘i and Oahu.The trainings teach that water, rest and shade are essential to preventing heat problems. For workers handling pesticides, it is important that they wear a button-down shirt. Should a worker be contaminated by pesticides, removing the shirt by unbuttoning reduces the spread of the exposure.NFJP supports farmworkers, their families and farms that employ them. For workers, NFJP seeks to generate greater economic stability by connecting farmworkers to job training, better opportunities and supportive services for themselves and their families. For the farms, NFJP supports on-the-job training with subsidies and defrays the cost of required certifications, such as the Worker Protection Standard.For more information about the heat stress and pesticide prevention training, contact NFJP at (808) 344-5550 or email cs@meoinc.org. ... See MoreSee Less

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