CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is receiving nearly $1.4 million in federal funds to help seasonal farmworkers with housing and job training.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced the U.S. Department of Labor grant on Monday. It’s part of $81 million in funds being distributed nationwide as part of the department’s farmworker jobs program.
The Illinois Migrant Council will use the money to help agricultural workers and their families learn new skills and have better housing options.
Durbin calls it “good news for farmworkers and agricultural producers.”
He says “It helps ensure that our state has a highly-skilled agricultural workforce, and it honors our promise that those who help bring food to our tables shouldn’t have to struggle to put food on theirs.”
