05/19/2026
Highlights and Learnings from the Farm and Food Worker Relief Program. United Way of Imperial County was able to qualifiy over 800 local farm workers for the program resulting in $ 480,000 being distributed to Farm Workers in Imperial County.
Over the course of two years, United Ways of California worked with 15 local United Way partners across the state to provide $600 emergency relief cash payments to more than 60,000 California farm and food workers through a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. We surveyed beneficiaries to evaluate our approach and learn about the impact of the relief payments, how the assistance was used, and what other needs these community members had. As we see with refundable tax credits and guaranteed income programs, this program showed that providing flexible cash to working families makes a significant difference in their financial security.
