NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Garcia, Jodan D.; Frank, Rachael A. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Interdisciplinary service learning opportunities are recognized as valuable educational tools for health care students. The Farm Worker Family Health Program, based on a community academic partnership model, enables health care students to treat migrant workers in rural Georgia during the annual farmworker migration. The present article describes…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Interprofessional Relationship, Service Learning, School Community Programs
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Migrant Education Programs. – 1997
This directory provides information on federal programs and national organizations that serve migrant farmworkers and their families. Specifically, the directory lists programs administered by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Justice, and Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The directory also…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Harrison, Patricia – California Agriculture, 1994
Examines how officials in Arvin, a small rural California community, developed a family housing project to reduce the housing shortage among agricultural workers. Suggested guidelines for similar programs include assessing area needs; matching housing types to needs; maintaining affordability; supervising construction; consulting with local…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Government Role, Housing, Housing Deficiencies
National Migrant Resource Program, Inc., Austin, TX. – 1993
The 1993 recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on migrant health emphasize that all available federal and state public service programs be mobilized to also serve farmworkers, and that coordination of efforts among federal agencies and departments take place. The following recommendations offer approaches to secure…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Family Programs
Slaughter & Associates, Woodland Hills, CA. – 1991
As the result of an extensive survey of the literature, analysis of current state plans for educating migrant farm workers, and site visits to nine programs serving adult farm workers in California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, a two-volume final technical report on adult migrant farm worker education is presented. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Agricultural Laborers, Basic Skills
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Bale, Richard L.; Sprague, C. Fremont – 1977
The Mountain-Plains Education & Economic Development Program, which exemplifies the comprehensive, residential family-centered approach to serving the economically disadvantaged, was compared to four similar programs in the United States: Arizona Job Colleges (AJC) in Arizona; Madera Employment Training Center (METC) in California; Manpower,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors