Alianza Nacional de Campesinas Inc

Farm Labor Stabilization & Protection (FLSP) USDA made a grant funding opportunity for agricultural employers via the Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection (FLSP) pilot program to improve working conditions. The purpose of the FLSP program is to improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency by addressing challenges agricultural employers face with labor shortages and instability. The FLSP Program seeks to advance the following Administration priorities: Drive U.S. economic recovery and safeguard domestic food supply by addressing current labor shortages in agriculture; Reduce irregular migration from Northern Central America through the expansion of regular pathways; and Improve working conditions for all farmworkers. FLSP programming requires grant recipients to allow in-person access to all workers, paying all non-supervisory employees including H-2A Temporary, Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers Program (the H-2A program) time to attend a KYRR session conducted by a USDA cooperator partner at the beginning of workers contracts, on-site, in a conducive environment. KYRR anchors the FLSP goal of improving working conditions on farms by endowing all farmworkers with rights and resources information, including credible connections to community resources (health, safety, faith-based, legal, etc.). KYRR aims to 1) ensure that all workers under the FLSP program fully understand and can advocate for their rights, 2) build a conduit of trusted resources and 3) strengthen trust between worker-serving organizations and employers, thus supporting the long-term resiliency of US farm labor. Alianza and its project partners will conduct on-the-ground KYRR trainings at the site(s) of each grant recipient, facilitate the KYRR curriculum development process, KYRR scheduling, data reporting, working collaboratively with USDA throughout the process, and other partners or federal agencies, as necessary. USDA anticipates that at least 400 KYRR sessions will need to be conducted as part of FLSP, supporting more than 20,000 workers.