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Are you between the ages of 16 to 24? | Let's help you land the career you want!

Please click the link below and complete this short form to get more information about our available

scholarship opportunities and how you can gain job readiness skills for in-demand jobs.

 

 

Available for those in:

Exeter, Farmersville, Woodlake, Ivanhoe, Three Rivers, or Lemon Cove

 

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We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Mike McCann Scholarship🎓. If you were a Proteus customer within the last four years and are planning on enrolling to a four-year College or accredited post-secondary institute, you may qualify for a $500 scholarship. For more information call: 1-888-776-9998, or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
Applicant Criteria:
  • Applicant family must be low income: Please refer to attached Poverty Guidelines
  • Applicant and/or their parents must have received a service from Proteus within the last 4 years
  • Must live in either: Kern, Kings, Fresno, or Tulare Counties
  • Your enrollment status must be full time or part time for 2023-2024 school year
  • Plan to attend a two or four-year College, or an accredited Post –secondary institute
  • Student not eligible to apply for scholarship are: Proteus employees or their immediate relatives

 

Requirements:

  • Scholarship Application Form must be signed by applicant/ parent or legal guardian if under the age of 18
  • Typed personal Statement
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Completed application and attachments must be postmarked by March 31, 2023
  • If awarded and prior to scholarship disbursement an enrollment and payment verification will be requested to demonstrate full-time or part time college enrollment

 

Application:

  • Download 2023 Mike McCann Scholarship Application (FILL & SIGN ONLINE)
  • Download Scholarship Criteria
  • Download Qualifying Income 2023  
  • Submit application by post mail, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or in person to the following address below by March 31, 2023. If all requirements are not met applications will not be considered. Please submit applications to:
    Attn: Scholarship Committee
    Proteus, Inc.
    1830 N. Dinuba Blvd., Visalia, CA 93291 
 
 
 
 
Mike McCann was an integral part in making Proteus what it is today. He was a great Ambassador to our sister agencies and partner organizations as well as a mentor to many of us at Proteus. He will be dearly missed.
 
Mike joined Proteus in 1984 and brought with him an open mind and heart to assist and mentor others. His educational and work experience background enhanced by his natural leadership ability led to his acceptance of employment as a Data Systems Manager where he brought the organization into the 21st century with new reporting and accounting systems. Although he was a “technical” person, Mike’s passion to serve others led him to become well versed in the needs of the communities being served by Proteus as well as programs being operated by the organization in order to understand how the needs were being met and in what other areas these communities could be served.
 
After 10 years, armed with technical, fiscal, and program knowledge, Mike moved into the position of Chief Financial Officer. He served in this position long enough to gain assets for Proteus that brought them more stability. In 2000, Mike succeeded his longtime friend and mentor, Bill Maguy, as the CEO of Proteus, Inc. Under his leadership Proteus, Inc. received the California Award of Performance Excellence (CAPE) Prospector Award in 2004 and the California Award of Performance Excellence (CAPE) Eureka Award in 2007. Mike McCann’s compassion to serve others extended beyond Proteus, Inc. He served on the Board of Directors of La Cooperativa, an alliance made up of Organizations who serve Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the Western United States. He also served as Treasurer of the Western Alliance Farmworker Advocates (WAFA), and on the California Association Reentry and Employment Services.
 
Mike’s heart for the Migrant and Seasonal Farm workers as well as Disadvantaged Adult and Youth comes from his own personal life experiences. Prior to coming to Proteus, Mike worked in many areas. As a young man he even spent some time as a farm worker himself in Oregon and even served in the Navy. The time spent on a “pear orchard” and the people he met there and during his time in the Navy, etched memories in his mind that he recalls to this day. Undoubtedly, those memories provide him with insight into the needs of today’s farm workers, underemployed, and unemployed. All of his past life experiences have built the core foundation of Mike’s continual values and goals to serve and assist those in need.
 
 
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Proteus is one of the 5 member agencies implementing and administering the Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program through the USDA and La Cooperativa Campesina de California. "This program is a relief payment of $600 for qualifying frontline farm, grocery, and meatpacking workers for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic."

 

 

These offices have filled all of the 1260 slots that were available for our USDA Farmworker Relief program:

  • Delano Service Center (Employer Training Resources) Kern County residents only.
  • Visalia Service Center
  • Selma Service Center
  • Kerman Service Center
  • Dinuba Service Center
  • Fresno Service Center
  • Hanford Service Center
  • Sanger Service Center
  • Porterville Service Center

 

 

These offices have slots available for our USDA Farmworker Relief program:

No offices are taking appointments at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Updated 1/23/2023, 11:10am

 

 

Due to the high demand for applications, high number of calls, and limited office staff; customers may experience a delay in obtaining a service and/or appointment. We apologize for any inconvenience. Our service center offices are open Monday-Friday, 8-5 pm, and walk-ins are welcome. Please click here to find the center nearest you. Or try our toll-free number: 1-888-776-9998.
Debido a la gran demanda de solicitudes, el alto número de llamadas y el personal de oficina limitado; los clientes pueden experimentar un retraso en la obtención de un servicio y/o cita. Nos disculpamos por cualquier inconveniente. Las oficinas de nuestro centro de servicio están abiertas de lunes a viernes de 8 a. m. a 5 p. m. m., y se aceptan visitas sin cita previa. clic aquí para encontrar la oficina más cercana. por favor llama: 1-888-776-9998.

 

 

Ayuda para el trabajador o trabajadora del campo-fil, nersería, o empaques.

Usted podría calificar para una ayuda de $600 dólares si trabajó en el 2020 en el campo o trabaja en el campo todavía.  La ayuda se le dará si tiene papeles o no!

La Cooperativa Campesina de California recibió fondos de la Secretaría de Agricultura para repartirlos  a los trabajadores y trabajodoras del campo.

Pagos en efectivo en tarjeta ya han comenzado a distribuirse. Comuníquese con las siguientes agencias miembro de La Cooperativa que prestan servicios en las distintas regiones de California:

 

agencia condado numero de telefono
Central Valley Opportunity Center Stanislaus, Merced, Madera  1-209-356-7176
California Human Development Lake Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Yolo, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Contra Costra, Butte, Colusa 1-916-371-8220
PROTEUS Fresno, Kings, Kern, Tulare and Los Angeles 1-888-776-9998
CET Santa Clara, Monterrey, Sacramento, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara 1-800-533-2519
Employers Training Resources Kern, Inyo, Mono 1-661-632-6822

  

 

To learn more about cash payments for farmworkers, please visit:

https://lacooperativa.org/press-release-la-cooperativa-is-selected-as-1-of-15-entities-nationwide-to-administer-usdas-600-relief-payments-to-frontline-farmworkers/

https://lacooperativa.org/600-farmworker-cash-payment/

 

 

 

 

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The US Department of Labor, through the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), awarded Proteus with a grant that will provide education, training, supportive services to migrant, seasonal farmworker youth, and young adults.
 
"As much as Americans depend upon young migrant and seasonal farmworkers to supply fruits and vegetables to their households, few may realize the difficulties these workers face on farms throughout the nation."
 

Recipient

City

State

Amount

California Human Development Corp.

Santa Rosa

CA

$148,033

Proteus

Visalia

CA

$148,033

Rural Employment Opportunities

Montana City

MT

$29,134
 
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Let's Get to Work!

We are partnering with Elevo to host a JOB FAIR. It will take place on Tuesday, January 17th at the Proteus Visalia Center, 223 NW 3rd Ave. The second Job Fair at the Proteus Dinuba Center has been cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience.
 
Elevo works with local Elementary and Middle School districts to use physical activity as a vehicle to engage students. They are hiring for Coaches, Classroom Leaders, and Program Managers.
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