Author Topic: Riverside County allocates another $500K for farmworkers with COVID-19. 'The need is still higher'  (Read 400 times)

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rangerrebew

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Riverside County allocates another $500K for farmworkers with COVID-19. 'The need is still higher'
Rebecca Plevin
Palm Springs Desert Sun



An estimated 200 Riverside County agricultural workers infected with the coronavirus could be eligible for temporary housing, grocery delivery and a $2,000 check to cover lost wages after the county Executive Office last week allocated $500,000 in emergency funding to the Housing for the Harvest program.
The action, taken last Wednesday, is set to be ratified during the county Board of Supervisors' next meeting on Jan. 12.
While farmworker advocates celebrated the news, they said the infusion of funding won't last long. The county agreed to the additional funding about a week after it authorized an emergency allocation of $250,000 to the program around Christmas — money that was used up quickly. There are consistently more than 200 people on the program’s waiting list, and more are likely to contract the virus amid a surge in cases following the holidays.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2021/01/04/riverside-county-allocates-additional-500-k-farmworkers-covid-19/4134239001/

rangerrebew

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I'm just guessing here, but I'll bet there are American citizens there who don't have a pot to p*ss in and need help, too.  What has Riverside down for them? *hmmmm*