Campesino de California Outreach Grant – Radio Media Award – PY 24-25

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN24-08

Issued: August 21, 2024

The Employment Development Department (EDD) is pleased to announce the award of $100,000 from the Wagner-Peyser 10 Percent Governor’s Discretionary Fund for the Campesino de California Outreach Grant – Radio Media (CCOG-RM) Program Year 2024-25 (PY 24-25). The awarded organization will develop and implement radio talk shows aimed at reaching domestic and foreign migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) and their families to provide timely information regarding various programs, benefits, and services offered through EDD and their partners.

The CCOG-RM PY 24-25 grant aims to create and broadcast 24 semi-monthly, 30-minute hosted radio talk show programs in Spanish and recorded in video format media. The selected awardee will create complementing media posts to publish on its website and use social media outlets to publicize the radio talk show videos and communicate additional information as necessary. Additionally, the CCOG-RM PY 24-25 awardee will employ best practices to enhance existing outreach channels and supplement the outreach efforts by government, community-based organizations, and partners serving MSFWs in rural and hard to reach communities.

The EDD expects the performance period to be 12 months. The awardee and a description of their project is available on the EDD Workforce Development Solicitations for Proposals webpage.

If you have any questions regarding the CCOG-RM PY 24-25 grant solicitation, please email WSBSFP2@edd.ca.gov.

/s/ Kimberlee Meyer, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division

Federal Funding Disclosure: This Campesino de California Outreach Grant – Radio Media SFP is funded by a grant award totaling $100,000 (100%) from the U.S. Department of Labor, with $0 (0%) financed from non-federal sources.