The Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program provides approximately $665 million in Consolidated Appropriations Act funds to provide grants to State agencies, Tribal entities, and nonprofit organizations with experience in providing support or relief services to farmworkers or meatpacking workers. Awards will generally range from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000. Applicants for farmworkers or meatpacking workers support may request more than the maximum amount when they demonstrate they are a national organization with capacity to deliver funds in excess of $50,000,000 across multiple states and in partnership with smaller farmworker or meatpacking worker organizations. These applicants must justify the requested funding amounts within the Project Narrative, indicating the dollar amount requested, estimating the number of workers they expect to deliver relief payments to, and demonstrating their capacity to manage funds effectively. AMS reserves the right to negotiate budgets and final award amounts based on the number of applications received, available resources, and the need to equitably distribute funds across worker populations and Administration priorities.

Entities receiving awards will then distribute relief payments to frontline farmworkers and meatpacking workers who incurred expenses preparing for, preventing exposure to, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. USDA strongly encourages small organizations to partner together or to partner with national organizations in submitting applications to ensure this support has the broadest reach and distribution possible to America’s farm and food workers. AMS will set aside up to a total of $20,000,000 of this amount for one or more grant agreements to benefit grocery store workers.

For more information or to apply, visit the program website, or email the program administrators.