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Migrant Farmworker Housing
Health Issues
The objective of this program is to reduce the risk of communicable
disease transmission and injury among migrant farmworkers by establishing comprehensive
and uniform procedures for permitting and inspecting migrant housing. Brochures
providing an overview of the program have been produced in
English (823kb PDF)
and Spanish (552kb PDF)
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The text from the spanish language version is also available in
html.
Business Issues
150,000 to 200,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families annually
travel and work in Florida. The migrant labor camp program currently issues
over 700 permits in 33 counties ensuring that 34,000 migrant and seasonal farmworkers,
and families live in housing that meets or exceeds standards set by law.
County health departments ensure uniformity and continuity with
the Migrant Labor Camp Program rule and procedures by providing:
- Plan Review and Permitting
- Pre-Inspection and Routine Inspections
- Investigations
- Education
- Enforcement of State Laws and Rules
Apply for a Permit
Application for Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing
Permit is required by law. Permits for migrant farmworker housing are issued by
the Environmental Health office of your
county's health department.
A Migrant Farmworker Housing guideline document is
available to provide basic knowledge of the rules and regulations applying to Migrant
Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing. The governing rules, Chapter
64E-14 (80kb PDF)
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provide sanitation and health standards relating to construction, operation, and
maintenance of migrant labor camps and residential migrant housing. You can view
and print this chapter as a pdf file by clicking on the Chapter Number. If you can
not read pdf files, you must first download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe
Internet site at http://www.adobe.com/.
Adobe offers this product at no charge.
Forms
Application Form DH 4082 (11kb PDF)
Citation Form DH 4084
Links
Department of Community Affair
FL Administrative Codes
FL Statutes 381.008
FL Department of Education - Adult Migrant Education
Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations
Onyx Magazine - Agricultural and Labor Program
The Farmworker Association of Florida
FL DBPR Farm Labor Registration
FL AWI Alien Labor Certification
Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services
US Department of Labor
(DOL)
US DOL Migrant And Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
US DOL Farm Labor Contractor (Employee) Ineligibility List
US HUD Housing Quality Standards
US HUD Farmworker Housing
Contact Florida Division of Environmental Health
If you have any general questions related to migrant farmworker
housing, contact Sharon Saulter at the Bureau of Community Environmental Health,
HSEC, 4052 Capital Circle SE, BIN A08, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-1710. Ms.
Saulter can be reached by telephone at (850) 245-4277,or SC 205-4277. Additional
contact information for Ms. Saulter is available from the
State of Florida Directory
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