Financial Assistance Programs

Farmworker Career Development Program

• Assists migrants and seasonal farm workers and their families with educational costs.

Pell Grant

• Provides federal Title IV funds to assist qualified students with costs of attendance, based on financial need in approved programs.

Refugee Adult Education

• Provides financial support to eligible refugees and asylees enrolled in occupational skills training classes at iTECH. Expenses covered include tuition, books, supplies, uniforms, and testing fees. English classes are also available.

Workforce Development Assistance (WDA)

• Provides financial assistance in the form of tuition and lab fee scholarships to eligible students.

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

• Assists low income individuals, welfare recipients including those receiving food stamps, and dislocated workers with educational costs such as books, uniforms, testing fees. In addition, some child care and travel expenses may be covered. WIOA may pay the initial tuition costs, but participants are required to apply for the Pell Grant.

Veterans’ Benefits

• Approved by the Bureau of State Approving Agency of the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs – Upon enrollment, veterans and veterans’ dependents are required to pay all regular fees and charges. Veterans and veterans’ dependent students using GI Bill® benefits are eligible for a tuition/ fee deferment upon enrollment. Once certified in an approved program by the Veterans Administration, the student receives a monthly educational allowance.

Vocational Rehabilitation

• May pay educational and supportive services costs for students with disabilities that present an impediment to employment.

Florida Prepaid College Program

• This certificate indicates that a student’s education has been prepaid at a guaranteed fixed rate. Students should bring their certificates to the Financial Aid Office for processing at least six (6) weeks prior to the start date of class. Prepaid certificates cover tuition only and do not include lab fees, books, uniforms or other costs of attendance.

Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations, Inc. (COFFO)
1255 N 15th St. Suite #1 Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239) 657-7272

• Provides emergency services to farmworker families in Collier, Hendry, Glades, and Palm Beach Counties.
• Emergency assistance for farmworkers may include financial assistance for the prevention of evictions, temporary emergency lodging, prevention of utility cut off, transportation, medical assistance, emergency food vouchers, and food pantry.
• For any of these services in Florida City/Homestead area email us at inquiries@coffo.org with your information and a case manager will assist you. In Collier County,  Immokalee@coffo.org. 
• For more information visit coffo.org

Farmworker Career Development Program
508 N. 9th Street Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239) 377-1193

• Comprehensive Career Counseling
• Job search assistance
• Referral to educational and social services
• Assistance in completing financial aid forms, including the PELL Grant.
• Financial aid for tuition, books, supplies, transportation, and childcare.
• For more information, visit Farmworker Career Development Program

The Immokalee Foundation
908 Roberts Ave W, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239)657-2461

• Provides financial assistance for tuition, books, uniforms, etc.

Vocational Rehabilitation Center

• Provides financial assistance for your educational goals.
• Helps receive your educational accommodations

Additional Location and Contact Info:

• Naples Unit 24C: 3001 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 102(Collier Place II) Naples, FL 34103 | (239)593-2543
• Ft. Myers Unit 24BA: 5264 Summerlin Commons Way, Suite 404, Ft. Myers, FL 33907-2154 | (239)772-6983
• Ft. Myers Unit 24D: 5264 Summerlin Commons Way, Suite 404, Ft. Myers, FL 33907-2154 | (239)278-7150
• Port Charlotte Unit 24B: 18501 Murdock Circle, Suite 404 (Charlotte County Center) Port Charlotte, FL 33948 | (941)613-0900
• Palmetto Unit 18A: 600 8th Avenue West, Suite 201 Palmetto, FL 34221-5162 | (941)721-2850
• Sarasota Unit 18B: 3660 N Washington Blvd., Suite 216 Sarasota, FL 34234-6258 | (941)359-5670
• Venice Unit 18BA: 871 Venetia Bay., Suite 220 Venice, FL 34285 | (941)882-7730

Career Source Southwest Florida
750 S. 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239) 658-3300

Additional Location and Contact Info:

• Immokalee: 750 South 5th Street, Immokalee, FL 34142 | (239)658-3300
• Clewiston: 215-B South Francisco Street, Clewiston, FL 33440 | (863) 983-6138
• Fort Myers: 4150 Ford Extension, Fort Myers, FL 33916 | (239)931-8200
• Naples: 3050 HorseShoe Drive North, Building B, Suite 290, Naples, FL 34104 | (239)436-4301
• Port Charlotte: 1032 Tamiami Trail, Unit 9, Port Charlotte, FL 33953 | (941)235-5900