The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm and Food Worker Relief (FFWR) Grant Program awarded approximately $667 million in grants to fourteen nonprofit organizations and one Tribal entity through Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 funds. The full list of awarded grant recipients is published on the FFWR description of funded projects.
The purpose of this program is to defray worker expenses incurred preparing for, preventing exposure to, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers may only receive one $600 payment per person, and they must have worked in the U.S. during the pandemic.
Number of Grants Awarded:
15
Amount of Funds Awarded:
$670,984,056
For more information, please visit the grant program’s website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/ffwr
Project Summary:
Grant recipients will provide one-time direct relief payments of $600 to eligible frontline farm, meatpacking and grocery
workers for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic
| Organization | Beneficiary Type | Contact Information |
| Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Inc. | Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers | ffwrcontact@campesinasunite.org 805-738-2364 |
| National Center for Farmworker Health | Farmworkers | Whatsapp: 1-737-414-5121 1-800-377-9968 ffwr@ncfh.org |
| UFCW Charity Foundation, Inc. | Grocery Workers | charityfoundation@ufcw.org 1-844-408-2115 www.ufcwcharityfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook at UFCW Charity Foundation |
| United Migrant Opportunity Services/ UMOS, Inc. | Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers | Sebastian Macias FFWR Program Director Sebastian.Macias@umos.org 956-627-6150 |
| UFCW Charity Foundation, Inc. | Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers | charityfoundation@ufcw.org 1-844-408-2115 www.ufcwcharityfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook at UFCW Charity Foundation |