RE: Need info on Colorado Farm Workers

[Guest guest]

Ellen,

I have done a quick search of our library and I can send you all we have

on farmworkers in Colorado. Just e-mail me at shepherd@... with the

address you want the materials sent to, and I will send you what we have.

I can also send you a list of what I have as well, unfortunately, with the

exception of a few articles, a lot of it is fairly old.

Josh Shepherd

Resource Center Manager

National Center for Farmworker Health

(512) 312-5463

Ellen Salvador wrote:

I'm doing a senior thesis on Colorado farm workers, but I am having

trouble finding data and information. I'm looking for demograhic data, wages,

migration routes (where they come from and going to), concentration of FW

in Colorado, and any other useful information. I would appreciate any help

and input. Thank you.

Ellen Salvador

Student, UC Santa Barbara

Intern, Colorado Environmental & Economic Network

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Ellen

I remember talking to you a while back - I work in the Centennial BOCES

Migrant Education Program in Weld, Larimer, and Boulder counties in northern

Colorado. Here are some resources that may be useful:

--Look for farmworker wages in the " " Job Vacancy Surveys " (JVS) from the

Colorado Office of Workforce Development at the following website:

http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/wdc/public.htm -- keep in mind it's a

government website, so it doesn't always take into account what people are

really making " under the table " if they are undocumented, but it's a good

start. You could compare the wages found here with the more detailed report

(not specific to Colorado) from the National Agricultural Workers Survey

(found at http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/agworker/naws.htm)

--An excellent report on adolescent FW:

http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/farmworkersreport/

--A Colorado Impact report on immigration:

http://www.fairus.org/html/042coimpact.html -- good general information on

migration to Colorado

--Good information on migration patterns from the Migrant Clinician's

Network: http://www.migrantclinician.org/background/migpatt.html

I hope that helps a little bit (you still have to read alot!). I know Josh

Shepherd will give you tons of information, too. But he's right -- there's

not alot of recent information out there, especially at the state-by-state

level (and especially in Colorado). If I find anything else, I will send it

along.

Atentamente,

Ruschak, MPH, MA

Community Liaison

_________________________________

Centennial BOCES Federal Programs Dept.

2020 Clubhouse Drive, Suite 230

Greeley, Colorado 80634

Phone: (970) 352-7404

Cell: (970) 302-4120

E-mail: sruschak@... <mailto:sruschak@...>

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Subject: [ ] Need info on Colorado Farm Workers

I'm doing a senior thesis on Colorado farm workers, but I am having trouble

finding data and information. I'm looking for demograhic data, wages,

migration routes (where they come from and going to), concentration of FW in

Colorado, and any other useful information. I would appreciate any help and

input. Thank you.

Ellen Salvador

Student, UC Santa Barbara

Intern, Colorado Environmental & Economic Network

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