Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker

Migrant and seasonal FARMWORKERS face distinct

obstacles to long-term, sustainable employment.

 

The U.S. Department of Labor directs programs to provide job training and employment assistance to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The goal is to help workers and their families acquire new job skills in occupations that offer higher wages and a more stable employment outlook.

What makes someone a Migrant or Seasonal Farmworker?

  • Low income
  • Employed primarily in agricultural or farm-fishing labor for one full year
  • Your work is frequently marked by periods of unemployment or under-employment
  • Your work requires a residential stay at the job site (migrant farmworker)
  • Your work does not require residential stay at the job site (seasonal farmworker)

 

Take advantage of employment services available to you:

  • Labor market and employer information
  • Resume writing
  • Career counseling
  • Job-search assistance
  • English language proficiency
  • Financial literacy
  • Career Readiness Certificate attainment
  • Other skills assessments

 

 

 

 

 

You could qualify for additional employment and training services.
Visit your Arkansas Workforce Center. (Click the link to find your local center.)

 

Other sources of help:

Arkansas Human Development Corporation

Mexican Consulate in Little Rock

Arkansas Division of Education ESOL Program

Legal Aid of Arkansas



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Arkansas State Jobs
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AHTD Jobs
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College & Career Planning 
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Occupational Skills Assessment
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Job Hunting Tactics
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ABOUT ADWS

The focus of the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services is to provide individuals the tools they need to enhance and sustain their employability. And, through the education and skills training offered to jobseekers, employers are reducing hidden costs associated with lost production time and turnover rates by hiring qualified workers.

Products and services can be categorized into three main groups: Unemployment Insurance, Employment Assistance (Jobseeker services and Employer services), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. ADWS offers these services at Arkansas Workforce Centers located throughout the state.

ADWS continues to build effective partnerships with other organizations to better serve customers. Through these partnerships, ADWS and its partners are able to leverage each other’s core competencies and resources.

Because the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services is a state agency, it does not earn a profit and does not measure success by business growth and expansion. The agency is unique from other Arkansas state agencies in that it is 99 percent federally funded with taxpayer dollars.

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Telephone Number:
501-682-2121

Street Address:
#2 Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201

Mailing Address: 
P.O. Box 2981
Little Rock, AR 72203

Email Address: 
ADWS.Info@arkansas.gov

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