Farm and meat packing plant workers are the backbone of the american economy, as they put food on our tablesevery day

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 verification efforts through partnerships with six organizations serving agricultural communities. Partners will help identify and verify eligible beneficiaries, while CRHDC will issue direct payments. Outreach will target housing for farm workers, communities with high populations of agricultural workers, and existing employer relationships at meat packing plants and farms. This funding aims to support farm and food workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in line with the grant program's purpose.

Covid 19 had a negative impact on agricultural communities and farm and meat packing plant workersand in response, community resources and housing development corporation (crhdc) will provide 10,000PAYMENTS to qualified beneficiaries that are farm and meat packing plant workers who have incurred covid 19RELATED expenses in collaboration with its partners comite DE bien estar, guadalupe economic servicescorporation, tierra DEL SOL, neighborworks salt lake, SAN luis farm workers housing, guadalupe economicservices corporation and community counsel of idaho. These beneficiaries will be targeted in colorado, idaho, utah, new mexico, texas, and arizona. Crhdc will lead the efforts to target communities and employers of farmand meat packing workers. Crhdc will work with its partners to verify the credentials for the beneficiaries and issuepayments directly to the beneficiaries. Outreach efforts will include working with housing providers that havededicated housing for farm workers, marketing in communities that have a high population of farm and meat packingplant workers and working with our pre existing relationships with employers of farm and meat packing plant workersto be able to conduct direct outreach at meat packing plants and farms. Crhdc began in 1971 as a derivative ofcolorado migrant council to address the intolerable housing and living conditions plaguing migrants and seasonalfarm workers in colorado. Continuing to provide services to farm workers aligns strongly with crhdc s vision andmission.