Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program
Department Of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service
In 2022 USDA awarded grants to 14 non-profit organizations and 1 tribal entity to provide pandemic relief to farm and food workers through October 2024. This Program is no longer making new awards, but funded projects may still actively report expenditures. The Farm and Food Worker Relief (FFWR) Program provided $600 relief payments to eligible farm and food workers who incurred expenses preparing for, preventing exposure to, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Agricultural and meatpacking
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Gives front-line farm and food workers a one-time payment of $600 for COVID-related expenses. This is for those who worked during the pandemic from January 2020 to May 2023.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
One-time $600 relief payment to defray worker expenses incurred preparing for, preventing exposure to, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: agriculture, food processing
Region: U.S.
Other Criteria: front-line workers, hired for and worked in an eligible front-line job in the U.S. during the public health emergency (January 20, 2020 – May 11, 2023), provide proof of identity and employment, incurred expenses preparing for, preventing exposure to, and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Apply to one of the approved organizations listed.
- Provide valid proof of identity and employment.
- Submit an application stating incurred COVID-19 related expenses.
- 🌐Application Portal
- www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/ffwr/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- October 2022 - October 2024Funding availability
- 🔄Intake Type
- continuous
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- Application stating incurred expenses
- Proof of identity
- Proof of employment
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- personal protective equipment (masks, testing, etc.)
- costs for quarantine (hotel rooms, private transit, etc.)
- child or elder care during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- Yes
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Not specified
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Workers must provide proof of identity and employment...
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $600 (minimum $600).
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