The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) will provide $36 million in relief payments and outreach services to over 53,000 farmworkers through October 2024 under a Block Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. Administered through the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181), the grant will support NCFH's partnership with 24 farmworker-serving organizations across 20 states. Since 2020, the network has...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $97.8 million Block Grant to the UFW Foundation under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). The UFW Foundation will coordinate efforts with seven subrecipients to provide $600 disaster relief payments to approximately 144,943 eligible farm workers across the United States for pandemic safety expenses and other costs incurred due to COVID-19. Subrecipients include the...
The National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association (NMSHSA) will receive $57,374,541 under a Block Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. The funding supports the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181), which aims to assist food-related entities in responding to COVID-19, including protecting farm and food workers. Through its existing network of 26 federally funded Migrant and Seasonal...
The Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation (CRHDC) received a $6.6 million block grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). CRHDC will provide $10,000 payments to 10,000 qualified farm and meat packing plant workers across Colorado, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona who have incurred COVID-19 related expenses. CRHDC will lead outreach and...
The US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) a $34,637,242 block grant under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). PASA will use the funding to provide relief and support services to agricultural and food processing workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic across 14 states through October 2024. Working with 14 nonprofit and state agency partners, PASA will...
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...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Catholic Charities USA a $9,021,306 Block Grant under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) to distribute one-time funds to meatpacking and farm workers from October 4, 2022 to October 4, 2024. As the national office for 167 Catholic Charities agencies across the U.S., Catholic Charities USA will oversee subawards to 12 member agencies and Escucha Mi VOZ Iowa to provide...
The Hispanic Federation Inc. will use a $44.3 million block grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) to provide financial assistance and outreach to farm and meatpacking workers impacted by COVID-19. Hispanic Federation established partnerships with 39 community-based organizations across 19 states, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands to conduct an estimated...
Chicanos POR La Causa, Inc. was awarded a $10 million Block Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). The funding will support Chicanos POR La Causa's CPLC Food Worker Relief Program, which will distribute one-time $600 payments to approximately 26,667 eligible grocery store workers in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas for safety-related expenses...
The United Ways of California (UWCA) will receive $41,965,538 from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) from October 2022 through October 2024. UWCA will utilize existing digital systems and relationships with 16 local United Ways to identify and issue $600 payments to over 61,000 farm and food workers across 23 California counties. UWCA will provide subawards to partners to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $48.2 million Block Grant under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) to Alianza Nacional De Campesinas Inc. on October 4, 2022 for a two-year period ending October 4, 2024.
The grant will support delivering $600 relief payments to approximately 69,249 eligible farm and meatpacking workers across 15 states to defray costs incurred preparing for, preventing exposure to, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as personal protective equipment, quarantine and testing expenses, and dependent care. Alianza Nacional De Campesinas will implement the project through four of its member organizations and community outreach partners. Sub-awards were provided to conduct culturally appropriate outreach and education activities to inform workers of relief payment availability and distribute funds totaling $10.1M to 10,126 workers in California, $9.3M to 9,290 workers in Arizona and California, $30.9M to 30,965 workers across eight states and Puerto Rico, $557K to 557 workers in New York, and to Migrant Clinicians Network Inc. for program evaluation and database management.