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California State Office of Economic Opportunity, Sacramento. – 1965
THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964 PROVIDED FUNDS FOR ESTABLISHING MIGRANT SERVICE CENTERS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. THE STATEWIDE PLAN, WHICH ENVISIONED A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE SUPPORT PLAN FOR MIGRANTS AWAY FROM HOME, CONSISTED OF PROGRAMS WITH THE FOLLOWING SERVICES-- (1) HOUSING, (2) HEALTH, (3) DAY CARE, (4) EDUCATION, (5) FIELD AND CAMP…
Descriptors: Migrant Problems, Migrant Programs, Migrant Welfare Services, Migrant Workers
Johnston, Helen J. – Migration Today, 1984
Presents a broad, historical overview of federal legislation and agencies created to improve the health situation of migrant farm workers. Focuses particularly on the Migrant Health Act (of 1962) and its subsequent revisions. Asserts that a need still exists for special arrangements for health care for migrants and other seasonal farm workers. (KH)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Hispanic Americans, Migrant Health Services
Cronemeyer, Cora S. – Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Services, Migrant Adult Education, Migrant Problems
Kleinert, E. John – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Community Programs, Financial Support, Living Standards, Migrant Children
Murphy, Betty – Opportunity, 1971
Describes the history and activities of the United Migrants for Opportunity, Inc. in Michigan, an OEO-sponsored program. (JM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities
Khandelwal, Rajiv; Gilbert, Elon – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
In the context of areas that have little prospect in the medium term of providing even minimal livelihoods locally for their overwhelming poor and increasingly migration-dependent rural populations, what does education for sustainable development (ESD) mean? Do efforts to qualitatively improve migration offer a viable strategy for reducing poverty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Migration, Economically Disadvantaged
National Migrant Resource Program, Inc., Austin, TX. – 1990
Compared to the U.S. population, migrant farmworkers have a low life expectancy, high infant mortality rate, and high incidence of malnutrition and parasitic infection. Drawing on Public Health Service health objectives for the nation, this document proposes farmworker-specific objectives for a health promotion and disease prevention agenda. While…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Long Range Planning, Mental Health, Migrant Health Services
Trotter, Andrew – American School Board Journal, 1992
Migrant education still has not solved the challenge of families moving in and out of many school districts during a school year. Federal funding has lagged behind the number of children identified as eligible for migrant education programs. Describes a database for tracking the nation's migrant students and cites some effective state and local…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Mobility
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1987
Many farmworkers are faced with serious problems such as toxic drinking water, malnutrition, low levels of education and income, and poor health care. Based on statistical review, social surveys, and case studies, this document describes older farmworkers' living conditions, focusing on their housing problems. For many, housing is a luxury item…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Farm Labor, Migrant Housing, Migrant Problems
JORGENSON, JANET M.; AND OTHERS – 1960
FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN 1960 IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS AND IN IOWA TO AUGMENT INFORMATION ON MIGRATORY WORKERS. FACULTY-STUDENT TEAM FIELD TRIPS FOUND MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN PROVIDING A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANT WORKER. CHILDREN OF THE MIGRANTS ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO BREAK…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Freudenberg, Kathy – New Jersey Medicine, 1992
Describes health problems experienced by the 12,000 migrants in New Jersey. Illustrates the needs for more attention and resources from the medical community. New Jersey programs, including school health services, are relatively advanced in protecting the rights and health of migrant workers, but a lack of resources limits the delivery of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Safety, Diseases, Injuries
Plocharczyk, Leah – Journal of Access Services, 2005
The children of Mexican migrants face a number of hardships and difficulties that greatly hamper their ability to succeed in American schools. This paper examines some of the major difficulties and suggests multicultural programs that school librarians can implement in order to help migrant children achieve academic success.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Academic Achievement, Migrant Children, Migrants
National Commission of Migrant Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report, the culmination of a 3-year examination of the federal Migrant Education Program (MEP), is based on research, public testimony, and interviews with migrant community members by the National Commission on Migrant Education. It discusses agricultural trends of the past 25 years and accompanying demographic changes in the migrant…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Farm Labor, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Johnston, Robert L. – Migration World, 1988
Summarizes the findings and recommendations of "Una Vida Dura" ("A Hard Life"), a 1988 study by Charles Kyle and others, that criticizes the services provided to migrant farm workers in Illinois by the Catholic Church. (FMW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Church Programs, Church Role, Economically Disadvantaged
Muench, Carol; And Others – 1980
Current research dealing with selected aspects of migrant education is condensed into two fact sheets and six mini reviews which should be of special interest to migrant program administrators and teachers. Four important areas are emphasized in each fact sheet and mini review: legislation that has been enacted concerning migrants, a statement of…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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