Centro De Los Derechos Del Migrante Inc

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT AND CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

PARTNERING WITH RURAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES: A COHORT LEARNING MODEL - CENTRO DE LOS DERECHOS DEL MIGRANTE (CDM), INC. PROPOSES A MODEL THAT WILL BUILD A COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COHORT COMPOSED OF SEVEN RURAL LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS (LHDS) IN THE MID-ATLANTIC. THE COHORT WILL COMPLETE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANNING AND TRAINING WITH CDM, AND, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROJECT, LHDS WILL HAVE A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION. LHD STAFF WILL DEMONSTRATE IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO SERVE LEPS AS A RESULT OF THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANNING AND TRAINING PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO ADDRESSING THE LANGUAGE ACCESS NEEDS OF LHDS, CDM WILL LEVERAGE ITS EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF CBO PARTNERS AND CONNECTIONS TO MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO INFORM AND EDUCATE 15,000 MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN LHD CATCHMENT AREAS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS TO LANGUAGE ACCESS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES RELATED TO COMMUNITY INTERPRETER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. LASTLY, CDM WILL ENSURE THAT THE MODEL IS REPLICABLE FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND CBOS WHO WISH TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS LANGUAGE ACCESS CHALLENGES AND EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR RIGHT TO BE SERVED IN A LANGUAGE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND.

PROGRAM PURPOSE AWARD: EACH YEAR, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN TRAVEL TO THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FROM MEXICO AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE GLOBAL SOUTH TO WORK IN THE FOOD SYSTEMS INDUSTRY,INCLUDING SEAFOOD AND AGRICULTURE. THESE IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WOMEN FACE WIDESPREAD ANDSYSTEMIC GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT, AND OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AT WORK, WITHFAR-REACHING DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS FOR THEIR ECONOMIC STABILITY, HEALTH, AND WELL BEING. THEIRIMMIGRATION STATUS AND LIMITED ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OFTEN PREVENT THEM FROM REPORTINGABUSE AND ACCESSING CRITICAL LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICESACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THROUGH THIS DOL FUNDED PROJECT CENTRO DE LOS DERECHOS DEL MIGRANTE, INC. (CDM) WILLSUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WORKER WOMEN IN HOLDING THEIR EMPLOYERS ACCOUNTABLE FORDISCRIMINATION BY PROVIDING AND FACILITATING CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS, ACCESS TOLEGAL SERVICES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE AS FOCAL POINTS AND SHARE RIGHTS INFORMATION WITH THEIRCO-WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE WILL TAILOR INFORMATION AND RESOURCES PRIMARILY TOWOMEN WHO PRIMARILY SPEAK SPANISH, MIXTEC AND OTHER INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, AND WITHTEMPORARY VISAS (H-2A, H-2B, AND TN). OUR OUTREACH WILL TARGET WOMEN WHO WORK, HAVEWORKED, OR INTEND TO WORK IN GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND, STATES THAT HAVESEEN AN INCREASE IN INTERNATIONALLY RECRUITED WORKERS IN THE FOOD SECTOR WITHOUT THE NECESSARYEXPANSION OF ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFORMATION AND SERVICE.DELIVERABLES EXPECTED OUTCOME: THE GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO DISSEMINATE CRUCIALKNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS INFORMATION TO GUESTWORKER WOMEN AND MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGHIN PERSON ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS DISTRIBUTE 1,000 PRINTED MATERIALS DISSEMINATE DIGITALINFORMATION THROUGH CONTRATADOS.ORG AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO 500,000 USERS CONDUCT INTAKES TOEVALUATE AND REFER CLAIMS FROM IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WOMEN WHO HAVE FACED DISCRIMINATION INTHEIR WORKPLACES REPRESENT WOMEN IN LEGAL CASES TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS OF THEIR RIGHTS ANDPOTENTIALLY SET NEW PRECEDENTS AND WORK ALONGSIDE MIGRANT WORKER WOMEN SO THEY CAN BE FOCALPOINTS OF INFORMATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.THROUGH THIS PROJECT WE ANTICIPATE THAT IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WORKER WOMEN WILL HAVEINCREASED ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACROSS BORDERS, THAT CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AT JOB SITES AND THATRECRUITMENT FOR THOSE JOBS WILL BE MORE EQUITABLE, AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WILL ACCESSTRUSTWORTHY KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY WORKERS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND ACCESSRELEVANT COMPLAINT MECHANISMS AND LEGAL SERVICES.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): NASUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: NA