Third-grader Jaime of Denver, Colorado, was having a hard time concentrating in school. The son of Mexican immigrants, he had learned to speak English perfectly in his dual-language public school, but reading and writing was another story. When her mother, Xochitl Rico, knew about Cesar Chavez Academy, a new tuition-free charter school where the…

This report of Colorado's 1987 Migrant Education Health Program details activities under the program, a cooperative undertaking by the state Health and Education departments. The report was written to provide: (1) assurance that the program's services have been within the scope and financial estimates of the interagency agreement; (2) a body of…

Students at Tucson High School in Arizona, part of Tucson Unified School District's highly successful Mexican American Studies (MAS) K-12 program, the largest in the nation, are taught Indigenous concepts, including Panche Be (seek the root of the truth), and the Aztec and Maya calendars. The author speaks to the students about the relationship…

This report details specific 1989 activities of the Migrant Education Health Program in Colorado. The state health department wrote the report to demonstrate that the health services it provided to migrants that year were within the scope of a contractual agreement with the Colorado Department of Education. The report was also designed to share…

During 1984 the Colorado Migrant Health Program, together with the Colorado Migrant Education Program, provided students enrolled in migrant summer schools with a continuum of care which included screening and physical assessment for detection of existing and potential health problems, referral for diagnosis and treatment of identified…

During 1982 the Colorado Migrant Health Program, together with the Colorado Migrant Education Program, provided students enrolled in migrant summer schools with a continuum of care which included screening and physical assessment for detection of existing and potential health problems, referral for diagnosis and treatment of identified…

During 1983 the Colorado Migrant Health Program, together with the Colorado Migrant Education Program, provided students enrolled in migrant summer schools with a continuum of care which included screening and physical assessment for detection of existing and potential health problems, referral for diagnosis and treatment of identified…

Educational and supportives services are made available to migrant children through the efforts of Colorado's Recruitment and Identification of Migrant Children Project. (NQ)

During 1985 the Colorado Migrant Education Program and the Colorado Migrant Health Program provided a comprehensive health program for students enrolled in migrant summer schools. A total of 1,889 migrant children through age 21 (60% between 5 and 10 years of age) received health screening and physical assessment, referral for diagnosis and…

Describes the nutrition component of the migrant health program in Colorado during 1974-76. Also evaluates aspects of programmatic and cost effectiveness. Tables accompany the text. (CS)

The Colorado Migrant Health Program recruits, hires, trains, and supervises seasonal health practitioners in summer migrant education schools throughout the state. The health services provided include comprehensive health screening of all migrant school enrollees, treatment and follow-up for identified health problems, preventive dental services,…

The article presents a program planning model for getting the most "bang for the buck" out of migrant health services delivery in Colorado. Elements of the model offer promise as viable short-term solutions to complex care delivery problems, including overlapping manpower, inadequate hospital care linkage and information flow issues.…

During the 1989-90 school year 14 local migrant education projects, conducted by 5 Colorado school districts and 9 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), served 1,500 migrant students in 579 schools. In the summer of 1990, of 13 migrant education projects, 4 were conducted by Colorado school districts and 9 by BOCES. Summer programs…

Because migrant students are among the most educationally disadvantaged students in our nation, Congress created the Migrant Education Program in 1966. Identification and recruitment are critical activities since migrant funding is based, in part, on an annual count of eligible migratory children. Funds come directly to the state, which contracts…

Designed to provide information about the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) which was started in 1972, this study describes the opportunities, encouragement, and support which migrant and seasonal farmworker youth in pursuit of an education at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado, receive. The study details student recruitment methods,…