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Testimony on Fiscal Year 2009 budget |
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Daniel Santo Pietro delivered testimony on Fiscal Year 2009’s budget to Sen. Baraba Buono and other members of the State Senate on March 12 at Rutgers University- New Brunswick. To read the testimony in its entirety click here. |
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Protect the Working Poor as We Restructure Finances |
In an op/ed calling for the protection of the working poor, HDANJ executive director Daniel Santo Pietro wrote, "In our rush to debate these important and substantial issues let us not forget those who may suffer the most as a result of these proposals: the Working Poor. The sacrifices will be substantial for all of us, but without some modifications the greatest financial hardship will be borne by those struggling to feed and clothe their families."
To read more, click here.
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An Act for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools… |
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Chairmen, Assembly Budget and Education Committees: December 27, 2007 at Statehouse in Trenton The Hispanic Directors Association brings together Hispanic led social service agencies from all parts of New Jersey. Our thirty-one member community-based organizations serve and improve the lives of seven hundred thousand low-income families with diverse services including preschool education, after school programs, weatherization, housing assistance, workforce development training and mental and primary health services. Each agency is fully bicultural and bilingual, which gives us a special role in working to strengthen Hispanic families that include many recent immigrants. Since this population is the fastest growing segment of our school population, I want particularly to bring you this perspective. The Governor deserves praise for tackling head on what is the most difficult yet far reaching issue of our day. The fate of our public schools is particularly important to Hispanics because according to the 2006 American Community Census Survey, 3 of each 10 Hispanics in New Jersey are under 18. It should not be lost on us that children of color are rapidly outpacing the rest of the population that are entering our public schools. This future workforce faces new challenges. When my immigrant grandparents came to this country early in the last century, middle level manufacturing jobs offered the easiest path to the middle class. These jobs have greatly diminished, so for immigrants today a thorough education of their children so they can qualify for higher skilled jobs is the only hope for advancement. The failure of our education system is to accept a permanent underclass of workers.
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HDANJ - Abbott Action Alert 8-22-08 (2)