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Download full textEducational Projects, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1967
IT WAS STATED IN THE INTRODUCTION THAT 7.5 MILLION MIGRANTS AND OTHER SEASONAL FARM LABORERS COMPRISE ONE QUARTER OF THE NATION'S POOR. LITTLE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MELIORATE THE POOR CONDITIONS OF THESE WORKERS UNTIL PASSAGE OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964. OEO HAS APPROVED GRANTS FOR FARM WORKER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS IN 35 STATES. THE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Day Care, Health Services, Migrant Adult Education
REGAN, TIMOTHY F.; SCARTH, PETER – 1968
CURRENTLY, FEDERAL AGENCIES AND VARIOUS STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION ARE CONDUCTING LITERACY PROGRAMS AND PROGRAMS IN ESOL (ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES) FOR SOME 1,500,000 MEXICAN-AMERICAN MIGRANT WORKERS. TO A GREAT EXTENT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TO SOME DEGREE UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE DISREGARDED THE LEARNER'S PSYCHOLOGICAL…
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Educational Programs, English (Second Language), Literacy Education
Bradtmueller, Weldon; Ulmer, Curtis – 1970
A program of adult academic education and prevocational training for unemployed adult migrant and seasonal workers in central and south Florida is described. Classes were held at nine centers 5 days a week for a total of 420 hours of instruction, and a stipend was awarded to participants. The results of tests that sought the educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
DOUGHERTY, WILLIAM J.; MORGAN, LEILA – 1965
THE 20,000 AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS WHO CONVERGE ON NEW JERSEY EACH SUMMER LIVE IN 2,000 LABOR CAMPS. THESE PEOPLE ARE IN POOR HEALTH AND LIVE IN HOUSING WHICH IS SUBSTANDARD. TO ALLEVIATE THIS SITUATION, THE MIGRANT LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS ORGANIZED IN THE SUMMER OF 1965 BY THE NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND HAD THE FOLLOWING…
Descriptors: Crew Leaders, Evaluation, Field Trips, Health
Velarde, Servando Jose – 1992
The social, cultural and economic issues of America's migrant farmworkers are producing an ever widening gap between the farmworker community and mainstream society. Comprehensive and coordinated efforts by public and private sectors are needed to stabilize the farm labor force and to permanently resolve the migrant farmworkers problems. The…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Farm Labor, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Villarreal, Oscar L.
Operating various programs, the Texas Migrant Council, a multi-service agency, administers assistance to migrants during their stay in their home base state, as well as on their migrant trek. Its Head Start program serves mobile migrant children from the ages of 0 to 5 and gives continuity of services by following them to the northern states…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education, Educational Programs
MAURER, WAYNE F. – 1967
THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF ADULT MIGRANT EDUCATION, AS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT, IS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY BY PREPARING THE MIGRANT FOR PROFITABLE PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY. THE FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE IMMOKALEE MIGRANT ADULT EDUCATION PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND PRE-VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCES…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Basic Education, College Applicants, Consumer Economics
Texas Migrant Council, Inc., Laredo.
Since 1969 a bright yellow van with "Texas Migrant Council" painted on the side has symbolized hope for progress for thousands of Texas migrants. The van itself is a mobile school that follows migrant families out of their home base state of Texas to northern labor camps each summer. It brings with it books, teachers, health care, hot…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education
