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a. Receive a report in response to Board Referral No. 2021.19 seeking to create a Farmworker Resource Center that provides services and referrals in the community of Greenfield CA.
b. Identify and provide funding for staff to move forward with the creation of a farmworker Resource Center in the community of Greenfield, CA.
c. Direct staff to pursue AB 941 funding
d. Provide further direction, as appropriate.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a report in response to Board Referral No. 2021.19 seeking to create a Farmworker Resource Center that provides services and referrals in the community of Greenfield CA.
b. Identify and provide funding for staff to move forward with the creation of a farmworker Resource Center in the community of Greenfield, CA.
c. Direct staff to pursue AB 941 funding
d. Provide further direction, as appropriate.
SUMMARY:
Board Referral No. 2021.19 (Lopez) In order to better serve the farm working population of Southern Monterey County, this referral directs the Agricultural Commissioner's Office to research and come back to our Board of Supervisors with options and feasibility for locating a Farmworker Resource Center in the community of Greenfield to leverage the opportunity of matching dollars in the recently signed AB941, at a 3:1 ratio, provides a great incentive for our County to develop a resource center in a community that lacks direct access to County services, while continuing to face access barriers, such as transportation.
Additional Information:
AB 941- Farmworker Assistance: Resource Centers.
A recently signed Assembly Bill (AB) 941 (Bennett and Rivas) requires the Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) to establish a grant program for counties to establish farmworker resource centers that provide farmworkers and their families information and access to services related to labor and unemployment rights, education, housing, immigration, and health and h...
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