ms. hogan, another stellar individual that we've just been thrilled to be working with, at acting assistant administrator for u.s. agency for international development bureau for latin america and the caribbean. previously she served as the director of the haiti task team overseeing reconstruction efforts after the 2010 earthquake, and we thank you for being here. mr. robert kaplan is the president and c.e.o. of the inter-american foundation. he worked at the development bank in the division for mexico, central america, dominican republic and haiti. we also have ms. weisner, the deputy assistant secretary, and she's here in an advisory capacity, and we appreciate that. she is deputy assistant secretary in the bureau population at the state department. previously she worked at the pentagon in african affairs division and as a consultant in the field of humanitarian process. you all understand and know the lighting system. it will be green until the last minute, and then it will go amber, and it

sorry, ms. hogan, sorry. >> ranking member, members of subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to share how u.s. aid is respond together challenge of unaccompanied minors, migrating from central america to the u.s. lowereder. our response to this challenge is consistent with u.s. aid's mission to partner, end poverty and resilient democratic society while advancing our security and positive parity. in recognition of the gravity of the development challenges in central america and impact of those challenges could have on the united states, usa has maintained funding levels in central america even in a constrained budget environment. in fact, we've shifted approximately $100 million over the last five years from the usa programs in south america to central america. however, as a recent spike of unaccompanied minors over the summer clearly demonstrates, more needs to be done. this is why the administration requested additional resources in the fy 2014 supplemental budget. we believe these additional resources will result in security and development ga

ms. hogan, kaplan and wisner, i'm pleased you're hear as well. look forward to hearing how assistant programs can be hearing on economic development to help provide empowerment and to the citizens of central america anyway, i would like ton comments to representative duncan. >> thafrnk you, chairman salmon. very timely hearing. i'm encouraged by el salvador and honduras working together. we saw on our southern border which saw 68,500 unaccompanied minors between last year and september 30 this year. 77% increase compared to fiscal year 2013. while there's a lot of good in the plan, i'm worried it doesn't consider corruption. that does not empower municipalities or the approach where three different countries with varying political wills. additionally, jean and vice president biden announced help in central america. i'm interested in knowing what the administration strategy for central america latin-america and caribbean region in general is before we start increasing the flow of money. i'm deep

ms. hogan, another stellar individual that we've just been thrilled to be working with, at acting assistant administrator for u.s. agency for international development bureau for latin america and the caribbean. previously she served as the director of the haiti task team overseeing reconstruction efforts after the 2010 earthquake, and we thank you for being here. mr. robert kaplan is the president and c.e.o. of the interamerica foundation. he worked at the development bank in the division for mexico, central america, dominican resandub haiti. we also have ms. weisner, the deputy assistant secretary, and she's here in an advisory capacity, and we appreciate that. she is deputy assistant secretary in the bureau population at the state department. previously she worked at the pentagon in african affairs division and as a consultant in the field of humanitarian process. you all understand and know the lighting system. it will be green until the last minute, and then it will go amber, and it will l

today by the seattle international foundation, it shows that from 2010 to 2012, this is for you, ms. hogan, u.s. foundation invested $488 million in central america system of moving forward, how will the obama administration work with private donors to leverage these resources and ensure that federal government's dollars are maximized? also, are you currently coordinate anything public-private partnership in el salvador, guatemala, or honduras focused on vocational programs and work force competitiveness? if so, can you tell us ho how they work and huh they impact economic prosperity in the communities where they're administered? >> thank you for that question. i'll start with the work we're doing with the private sector on work force development that we do in central america as well as mexico and the caribbean and we've seen some really great successes as a result of that combination of resources that the private sector brings to bear along with the training we can provide. what the private sector is looking for are people that have the kind of kills that can go into the jobs that they ha

released today, by the seattle international foundation, it shows from 2010 to 2012, this is for you ms. hogan, u.s. foundations invested $488 million in central america. so moving forward, how will the obama administration work with private donors to leverage these resources, ensure that federal government scholars are maximized. also, are you currently coordinating any public-private partnership, el cal have a doer, guatemala, honduras. can you tell us how they work with economic prosperity in the community. >> thank you very much for that question. i will start with the work we're dwog the private sector on work force development that we do in central america as well as mexico and the caribbean. and we have seen some really great successes as a result of that combination of resources at the private sector brings to bear along with the training that we can provide. and what the private sector is looking for are people that have the kind of skills that can go into the jobs that they have opening for. and so, with work life skills, computer skills, with market sore yented training, what we hav