Healthy Harvest Home is a new program that will offer temporary hotel housing to agricultural & food production workers who need to isolate due to testing positive or are a person under investigation (PUI) exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. For the purposes of this program, agricultural workers are defined as employees in occupations or industries (Canning, Freezing and Preserving Industry; Industries Handling Products after Harvest; Industries Preparing Agricultural Products for Market, on the Farm; and Agricultural Occupations) or similar industries and occupations.
Program Eligibility (participants must meet all criteria):
Work in California food processing or agriculture
Meet FEMA non-congregate sheltering criteria for COVID-19:
Have tested positive; or
Been exposed as documented by a state or local public health official, or medical health professional)
Be unable to self-isolate or quarantine at home
How does the program work?
The Merced County Healthy Harvest Home Program will secure a room at a local hotel for those individuals who have been referred by Public Health. Case Managers will serve as the primary point of contact for those that will be self-isolating. The program will provide temporary housing (up to 14-days) for recovery isolation or quarantine from the date the individual tested positive for COVID-19.
Healthy Harvest Home Staff will:
Verify participant eligibility
Coordinate with the hotel to book room(s)
Provide services at the hotel site including meals and wellness checks
Ensure services are provided in the participant’s language
With acceptance into Healthy Harvest Housing the participant voluntarily agrees to placement in the Healthy Harvest Home temporary shelter. The participant must:
