SECTIONS 12765-12768 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 12765-12768

12765. The purpose of this article is to assist migrant and
seasonal farmworkers and their families to achieve a greater degree
of self-sufficiency within or outside the agricultural industry, or
both, including, but not limited to: skills training and increasing
employment stability; economic development activities that will
continue to provide grantees with revenue to provide necessary
services to the farmworker poor; and program assistance services, as
specified in Section 12767, with highest priority given to the
support of program activities with the greatest potential for
successfully promoting self-sufficiency.

12767. Programs assisted under this article may include projects or
activities to do any of the following:
(a) Meet the immediate needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers
and their families, such as day care for children and elderly
persons, education, health services, improved housing and sanitation,
including the provision and maintenance of emergency and temporary
housing and sanitation facilities, legal advice and representation,
and consumer training and counseling, and assistance in processing
applications for legalization and citizenship.
(b) Promote increased community acceptance of migrant and seasonal
farmworkers and their families.
(c) Equip unskilled migrant and seasonal farmworkers and members
of their families, as appropriate, through education, training, and
developmental programs to meet the changing demands in agricultural
employment brought about by technological advancement and economic
exigencies, and to take advantage of opportunities available to
improve their well-being and self-sufficiency by gaining regular or
permanent employment or by participating in available federally
assisted employment or training programs.
(d) Provide such other services as are permissible under Section
12745 with specific focus on the needs of migrant and seasonal
farmworkers and their families.

12768. Migrant and seasonal farmworker entities funded by the
department shall coordinate their plans and activities with other
eligible entities funded by the department to avoid duplication of
services and to maximize services for all eligible beneficiaries.