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HRD-92-30R 1 (1992-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacjzx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-248170 April 10, 1992 The Honorable Vic Fazio 146351 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Fazio: As requested by your staff, this letter summarizes our recent reports and testimony related to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. As you know, one of your constituents has expressed concern about the adequacy of federal, state, and local programs that serve migrant and seasonal farmworkers and the availability of data for effectively administering these programs and formulating farm labor policy. Our February 1992 report and our testimony given last year provide information on the extent to which federal laws, regulations, and programs protect the health and well-being of farmworkers, many of whom are migrant and seasonal.1 Information that relates to your constituent's specific concerns follows: -- Federal program$ that serve the general population or workers in general do not provide assistance to many farmworkers. For example, many, particularly migrant and season~l farmworkers, do not receive medical assistance from Medicaid because of eligibility and administrative requirements. Also, farmworkers are more likely than workers in other occupations to receive fewer Social Security benefits because their employers do not report all their earnings. Some farmworkers do not receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) because they are unaware of the SSI program or their potential eligibility. Farmworker advocacy groups as well as agricultural employer representatives said the principal federal job placement program--the Department of Labor's Employment Service--is not as effective as it should be in helping farmworkers find jobs. 1Farmworkers Face Gaps in Protection and Barriers to Benefits (GAO/T-HRD-91-40, July 17, 1991) and Hired Farmworkers: Health and Well-Being at Risk (GAO/HRD-92-46, Feb. 14, 1992). GAO/HRD-92-30R, Summary Information on Farmworkers c/

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