Continual Funding and Reauthorization of the United States Department of Labor National Farmworker Job Training
WHEREAS, farmworkers toil the fields to put food on our nation's tables, and
WHEREAS, these (adults and youth) farmworkers desperately need job training and affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, USDOL does not presently fund the Rocky Mountain States region for farm labor housing programs, farmworker youth programs nationwide and Youth Build in lower
Yuma County; and
WHEREAS, USDOL by not funding these two critical programs that directly affect the
productivity of US agribusiness now and in the future; and
WHEREAS, 5.1 million primarily Latino farmworkers will be positively affected if funding is
made available; thereby, creating hundreds of housing jobs and preparing our youth for
green jobs; and
THEREFORE, we request that President Obama fund the National Farmworker Job
Training and Housing program to $124,000,000 for adults, $20,000,000 for migrant youth
and $1,000,000 for farm labor housing technical assistance to the 2011 budget.
Approved this 1st day of July 2011.
Margaret Moran
LULAC National President