The LA cooperativa network (LCN) will use our existing network of five local service providers andnumerous partners in 36 california counties to provide relief payments to over 50,000…

The La Cooperativa Campesina De California (La Cooperativa) will use a $36 million block grant award from the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service to provide pandemic relief payments and outreach to over 50,000 farmworkers through October 2024. Under the Farm and Food Worker Relief (FFWR) grant program (CFDA 10.181), La Cooperativa and its network of five local service providers will determine eligibility and distribute payments to agricultural workers impacted by COVID-19 across 36 California counties. La Cooperativa will partner with Radio Bilingue, a public radio network, to conduct a statewide radio marketing campaign with 1,200 public service announcements annually to inform up to 250,000 weekly listeners about available FFWR program benefits. The block grant funding will support outreach, eligibility determination, and relief payments to beneficiaries through La Cooperativa and sub-awardees Central Valley Opportunity Center, Center For Employment Training, California Human Development Corporation, Proteus Inc., and Kern County Employers Training Resource.

The LA cooperativa network (LCN) will use our existing network of five local service providers andnumerous partners in 36 california counties to provide relief payments to over 50,000 farmworkers.outreach and eligibility determination will be conducted by our local service providers who are wellestablished, trusted providers of information and services to these farmworker communities.additionally, LCN will leverage our existing relationship with radio bilingue, a multilingual latino publicradio network, to develop and implement a statewide radio marketing campaign. Approximately 1,200PUBLIC service announcements will be broadcast yearly sharing information on the ffwr program to apotential 250,000 listeners weekly.local LCN staff will conduct outreach activities to farmworkers where they work, live, and gatherthrough direct in person contact and local community events. LCN staff will set up appointments togather the eligibility information for each person seeking benefits. The LCN will use its casemanagement system (CMS) to gather individual data, determine eligibility, and check for duplications. This system provides a secure environment for protection of beneficiary identity information and ispowerful enough to produce any outcome or performance reports required by the USDA or otherproject stakeholders.payments to beneficiaries will be processed weekly and checks will be mailed or delivered in person ifneeded. LCN central office (LCN CO) staff will conduct monthly desk reviews, BI annual onsite programreviews and annual monitoring reviews to ensure the project s integrity and compliance with its missionof providing ffwr services to eligible farmworkers.