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After 27 years of service, FLAP has achieved the following:

• Educated more than 3.0 million low-wage people on their human and legal rights with focus on cannabis expungement, employment law, eviction law and immigration law;
• Partnered with more than 573 organizations, including business, churches, Consulates, farms, foundations, private law firms, legal aid organizations, public libraries, other non-profit organizations and workers centers, to improve working conditions and opportunities for the low-wage communities;
• Endorsed and sent more than 1,823 petitions and letters advocating for low-wage workers with focus on those in the food supply chain, greenhouse, landscaping, nursery and snow removal industries;
• Distributed more than 6,110,848 of community outreach and education material with resources and information, including legal and social services, technology and financial assistance available to low-wage workers;
• Delivered more than 367,028 “Know Your Rights” presentations;
• Educated more than 300,000 low-wage people on cannabis expungement.
• Provided more than 1,500 immigrations in house law services by FLAP.
• Referred more than 5.0 million of low-wage people to private immigration attorneys and/or immigration legal aid organizations.
• Referred more than 278,576 employment potential cases to employment legal aid organizations and private employment law firms that resulted in 4,583 employment lawsuits filed in federal and state courts. From those, FLAP filed 273 in-house employment lawsuits in federal and state courts-90% representing multiple workers as class actions or collective actions.
• Connected to and educated more than 1.2 million of low-wage people on Eviction legal process;
• Sent 1196 employment law demand letters. Of those, 94 are in-house employment demand letters sent on behalf of very low-wage workers and their households in the food supply chain, greenhouse, landscaping, nursery, and snow plowing industries;
• Recovered more than $13 million dollars in back wages and damages for low-wage workers. From those FLAP in house attorneys recovered more than $5.0 million. More than $8.0 million was recovered by other law firms and legal aid organizations that FLAP partners with for referrals;
• Distributed more than $6.9 million in financial assistance to very low-wage individuals benefiting approximately 52,873 low-wage family members specifically in the food supply chain, greenhouse, landscaping, nursery and snow removal industries. These distributions paid for low-wage families’ bills, including medical expenses;
• During the COVID-19, FLAP secured $2,483,035 in financial assistance to very low-income individuals benefiting approximately 26,0000 low-wage family members;
• Distributed 2,987,909 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment, of which 1,095,263 units went directly to low-wage farmworkers and 25,677 to low-wage immigrant children and youth;
• Secured $314,984 worth of technology and educational supplies so low-wage immigrant children and youth could participate effectively in distance learning and are not behind on school. This is an opportunity, to their low-wage family members, to find online jobs that otherwise FLAP low-wage community never will have access to. In doing this, FLAP shows a strong commitment to economic empowerment and mobility;
• Through Memorandum of Understandings with Consulates 127,373 low-wage families were informed by FLAP on how to secure “Dual Citizenship” for their low-wage immigrant children, youth and families, preventing family separations;