Foundation for Farmworkers

There are more than three million farmworkers in the United States whose labor is essential to our country’s ability to access healthy, secure and affordable fresh fruits and vegetables. Without benefits, steady work, or guaranteed wages, the majority of farmworkers are financially unstable and have difficulty overcoming unexpected hardships and expenses. 

To provide farmworkers with opportunities to improve the quality of life for their families, they need targeted, sustained services and support that meet their unique, challenging needs in order to overcome the barriers they face.  Moreover, investments in the farmworker community can ensure academic success for the children of farmworker families, and with it, access to opportunities.

While East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP) continues to be the premier provider of high-quality Head Start services to farmworker families, the federal funds cannot be used to support the other services our farmworker families desperately need. The Foundation for Farmworkers will raise funds that allow ECMHSP to meet the immediate needs of farmworker families that extend beyond the classroom.

Create Success

The Foundation for Farmworkers is generating funds to provide services and support for farmworker families to be free from fear of family separation, to recover from disaster, and to pursue higher education. 

Funds raised target the areas that achieve the highest impact on the lives of migrant farmworkers in the United States. East Coast Migrant Head Start Project, its sister organization, developed a system to gather information from parents and community stakeholders on the most urgent needs of farmworkers. 

Through funds generated by The Foundation for Farmworkers, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project will invest in:

• immigration services program to provide families with support and guidance as they explore their immigration options;
• an emergency assistance program will be able to help farmworker families recover from unexpected financial hardships;
• and scholarships to support the educational goals of farmworkers and their children.