An Assessment of the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Situation in the United States. Volume I: Executive Summary and Conclusions.

Institution	InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC.
Titel	An Assessment of the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Situation in the United States. Volume I: Executive Summary and Conclusions.
Quelle	(1976), (54 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agency Cooperation; Agricultural Laborers; Ancillary Services; Coordination; Delivery Systems; Demography; Economic Development; Employment Programs; Federal Programs; Labor Force Development; Labor Legislation; Migrant Education; Migrant Employment; Migrant Health Services; Migrant Housing; Migrant Problems; Migrant Workers; Needs Assessment; Seasonal Laborers; Social Services; Socioeconomic Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agricultural labourers; Landarbeiter; Koordination; Auslieferung; Demografie; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Arbeitskräftebestand; Labor law; Arbeitsrecht; Wanderarbeiter; Bedarfsermittlung; Seasonal worker; Seasonal workers; Seasonal laborer; Seasonal labourer; Seasonal labourers; Saisonarbeiter; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	From August 1975 to January 1976, a study was conducted to provide an assessment of the migrant and seasonal farmworker situation. Inquiry was along the topic divisions of demographics, employment and manpower, housing, education, health, supportive services, economic development, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) 303 and other manpower training programs, and legislation. Data were obtained via a literature review; nine conferences held throughout the country to solicit geographic information; a national questionnaire survey of respondents who were conversant with farmworker affairs; and a telephone survey to supplement primary data and to identify service deliverers and extent of service to farmworkers at the state and local levels. The principal finding was that while there have been marginal improvements or deteriorations in the situation of these farmworkers, their situation remains substantially unchanged in the last two to five years. Farmworkers remain locked in a cycle of poverty and agricultural work, guaranteeing the presence of a substantial number of these workers well into the future. Further, they remain members of a population that is relatively small, and often spurned and ignored despite their direct contribution to the agricultural productivity of the nation. Recommendations were formulated in the areas of CETA, health, education, housing, supportive services, and economic development; and consisted of proposed studies, program or policy changes, new programs or policies, redirected efforts, and coordination of services. (NQ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC