• One aspect of General Outreach is visiting migrant labor camps and other housing sites to disseminate information about FLSNY and the services we provide.  Within our primary outreach booklet there is general information about domestic violence and sexual assault, which includes the local toll-free hotline number  and the state and national DV/SA Hotline number.
• During general outreach we have the opportunity to identify where women are living, so that we can plan a follow-up visit to the location to talk directly with the woman/women living there.
• During general outreach we also talk about FWI(Farmworker Women’s Institute), generally what it is about, and hand out a flyer that includes contact information to call if they want more information or are interested in attending an FWI meeting/event. 

Targeted Outreach

• Outreach to migrant labor camps and other housing sites that other agencies, such as migrant health, migrant education programs, and/or the migrant head start programs, become aware that there is possible DV and/or SA happening at locations they identify for us to do outreach to.  Migrant labor camps or other housing that has women; i.e. Single or with family.
 
• Outreach to Migrant Health Clinics during clinic hours to reach farm workers that are coming and going for appointments.  This literally means taking a card table with a couple chairs and setting up with information in a designated place at the clinic.
• Outreach to “PAC” meetings (parent advisory committees) at Migrant Educational Outreach Programs and Agri-business Childcare Development Head start Programs that are comprised of farmworkers to present FLSNY’s DV project and services and provide information and material on DV & SA. 
  
• Outreach to ESL classes-Coordinate so that FLSNY DV staff has part of the class period to discuss project & services, and to provide education and material on DV & SA.    

Case Specific Outreach

• Outreach to migrant labor camps and other housing where a woman or possibly more than one woman has identified herself as someone who wants to know about FLSNY’s services provided through the DV Project or have actually identified herself as someone who needs services through FLSNY DV project. 
• Outreach to farm worker women who contact FLSNY and need assistance with a wide range of things.  This could include, assistance with food, clothing, items for their baby/child, translation & interpretation, obtaining or amending social security cards & birth certificates. They also contact us for assistance with civil legal services, such as workers’ compensation, wages, housing & work violations, etc…
• Farmworker women who contact us for support in living and working in a country that is unfamiliar and scary for so many of them.

Community Outreach

• Collaboration with county DV task forces or working groups and SA regional meetings.
• Collaboration with NYS Coalition against DV and SA.
• Collaboration with Western NY Crime Victims Coalition.
• Collaborating with local newspapers, to write articles regarding the work that is being done in regards to DV, SA, and stalking in the farm worker community and with farm worker women.
• The dissemination of posters, flyers, brochures and other awareness materials designed to educate the community about DV, SA, and stalking against farm worker women and the services available to farm worker women who are victims of these crimes.
• Health clinics, hospitals, WIC clinics, and health fairs.

Community Training: Provide training that addresses domestic violence and sexual assault in the farm worker community to our following community partners:

• Members of the faith based community
• County DV & SA programs  
• Crime victim assistance programs
• Law enforcement
• Town & village courts
• Family court personnel
• Health clinics & hospitals
• Universities and colleges
• Human Services Agencies; i.e. DSS & Dept. of Health

Outreach Strategies

• Provide services that accommodate the language, cultural, and logistic needs of farm worker women.
• Door-to-door outreach: Very basic, where outreach workers are distributing pamphlets of information and briefly interacting with the workers living at the camp or housing site.  This involves coordinating an outreach plan of camps and housing locations to visit in different area of NYS.  To do this 
• House meetings:  House meetings are organized to provide a safe environment where farmworker women are able to be together, share  experiences, discuss issues and/or concerns they or their families are facing, discuss DV & SA.  During these meetings guest speakers are invited to attend and present on issues that the women want to know more about, i.e. women’s health, sexual assault, taxes, immigration, etc..  
• Collaboration with agencies and organizations that provide services to farm workers: Coordinate outreach efforts and share locations.
• Group presentations
• One-on-one contacts with agency staff
• Provide culturally-sensitive bilingual material
• Connect with the immigrant agencies in the community where farm workers are living