ABSTRACT
Several bodies have provided a measure of coordination among Migrant & Seasonal Farmworkers service programs at the national level. Frustration at the slow pace or modest ambitions of the Interagency Committee helped spur the creation of a second coordination forum beginning in mid-1990. Although they usually express the view that coordination is improving, officials and service providers frequently voice dissatisfaction with the current arrangements for national-level coordination. Many service providers and officials objected to our laying too much stress on the objective of reducing or eliminating overlaps or otherwise pruning or reorganizing programs in the service of a supposed efficiency. The National Center would then focus its efforts on publicizing the resources available, easing the use of such resources by local service providers, and perhaps providing a central telephone exchange which would refer inquirers to the appropriate clearinghouse. The director is charged with developing, modifying, and insuring the implementation of a national drug control strategy.
