Farmworkers will get better access to child care under a new law by state Sen. Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger.

SB 393, the Farmworker Access to Childcare Act, directs resources to the Migrant Childcare Alternative Payment Program so that such workers can gain access to child care in any county in the state.

Authored by Hurtado and signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the legislation addresses the payment program's "unique operational costs," including the need for five satellite offices allowing farmworkers to get child care, according to a news release by Hurtado. It said the new law also aligns the program's funding stream with other voucher-based child-care programs.

"Our migrant farmworkers uproot their lives to provide the food we eat — they are the backbone of our community," Hurtado said in the release. "Their travel to meet our needs leads to instability and unreliability when it comes to childcare option

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