Mr. Speaker. it is my privilege and honor to call your attention and that of my colleagues to a special anniversary celebration of the founding of La Cooperativa Campesina De California. a Sacramentobased statewide association of migrant and seasonal farmworker organizations. On August 20. 1986. La Cooperativa will celebrate its ninth year of providing effective. critically needed programs in job training. employment. housing. migrant education. child care. elderly nutrition. vocational rehabilitation. and energy conservation programs and services for farmworkers and other rural poor. An umbrella group of four private. nonprofit organizations. it includes the Santa Rosabased California Human Development Corp.. the Center for Employment Training in San Jose. the Central Valley Occupational Center in Merced and Visaliabased Proteus Employment and Training. Inc. Its two public agencies are the Employers Training Resource of Bakersfield. and representation from the Employment Development Departments Office of the Monitor Advocate. Together. they provide a variety of human and social services for refugees. handicapped. frail elderly. minority women. veterans. exoffenders. and outofschool youth. La Cooperativas member agencies are awarded grants and contracts to provide programs and services from six Federal agencies and three State agencies. The association operates 64 service and training centers with 900 professional and technical staff.
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