The Colorado
Department of Labor & Employment is required to administer an
outreach program with bilingual (i.e. English/Spanish) staff because Colorado is
designated as a significant Migrant and Seasonal Farm worker state, and the MSFW
population is predominantly Spanish speaking.
The six significant MSFW Workforce
Centers (Brighton, Greeley, Lamar, Monte Vista, Delta and
Rocky Ford) provide quality employment services and referrals to migrant and
seasonal farm workers. MSFW
outreach efforts are accomplished by personal contacts with
Migrant and Seasonal Farm workers to provide the full range of services
such as full applications, counseling, testing, job training, referral to
supportive service agencies and job placement.
Colorado Workforce Centers
provide Outreach Services to agricultural employers by
effectively communicating information about services available through the
One-Stop Career Centers by providing pre-occupancy housing inspections for
agricultural growers, assisting employers in assessing their labor needs and
making appropriate referrals to their job openings.
Staff provide pertinent information on the labor market; intrastate and
interstate temporary agricultural worker recruitment requirements, including
information on the Foreign Labor
Certification process for the importation of foreign temporary
agricultural workers.
The State Contact for this program is:
Larry Gallegos
(303)318-8802
e-mail: larry.gallegos@state.co.us
CDLE Workforce Development Programs
633 17th St, Suite 700
Denver, CO 80202-3660
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