California Government Code 12712 – (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall …
(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall establish and administer a grant program for eligible counties to establish and fund farmworker resource centers that provide information and access to services described in subdivision (b) to farmworkers and their families.
(b) Services provided at a center may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Terms Used In California Government Code 12712
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(1) Assistance in filing with all state or local agencies that serve farmworkers, including in filing paperwork with state or local agencies, if deemed appropriate by the county.
(2) Referrals to organizations, including legislative offices and community-based organizations.
(3) Providing resources and answering questions regarding programs related to labor and employment rights, education, housing, utilities, immigration, and health and human services, including, but not limited to, food security, mental health, and childcare assistance.
(c) A center may provide services to farmworkers at a brick and mortar location that is in an area accessible to the farmworker community being served in the county or through a mobile center to conduct outreach where farmworkers live and work.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 203, Sec. 1. (AB 941) Effective January 1, 2022.)