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Contreras, Frank; Meyertholen, Patricia – ESL Magazine, 1999
Describes the Texas Migrant Education Program, which seeks to help migrant children graduate and break the cycle of migrancy, expanding their opportunities beyond work in the fields. The history of the program, the goals, critical areas to providing migrant students with what they need, and success stories are discussed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Migrant Children
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
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
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Poblete, Patricia – 1990
This report describes a 3-year project (1987-1990) implemented to assist migrant families and their children in transition to public school kindergarten and developmental kindergarten classes. The project served 30 children and 24 families in Ft. Pierce, Florida, approximately 75 percent of whom were Hispanic and 25 percent were Haitian. Goals…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Groups, Kindergarten, Migrant Education
Vega, Jaime I., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Part of the"Comprehensive National Survey of Migrant Programs" series, this directory was prepared for use by agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the midwestern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. Programs, services, and resources providing educational, health,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Directories, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Movin' On Up = Progreso, 1995
This document consists of the first six issues (year 1) of a bilingual newsletter (English and Spanish) that provides information about available programs and services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in New York State. The goal is to help migrant farmworkers achieve self-sufficiency and obtain permanent employment through job training…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Careers, Health Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Documentation Center for Education in Europe. – 1974
The Council of Europe is based on the principle that each member state is responsible for its use of foreign labour and for determining the number and nature of such workers to meet the needs of its own economy. Therefore, the Council has never assumed the task of organising the free movement of manpower nor of encouraging movements of workers in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adult Education, Educational Experiments
Vega, Jaime I., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Compiled for use by agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworkers, this directory lists programs and services available to these farmworkers during their stay in Ohio and Wisconsin. Data were obtained from Federal, State, and local agencies in each State. Special emphasis was placed on information and data current as of summer 1973.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Directories, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
National Migrant Information Clearinghouse, Austin, TX. Juarez-Lincoln Center. – 1974
Part of the "Comprehensive National Survey of Migrant Programs" series, this directory lists services and resources available to migrant and seasonal farmworkers during their stay in the Northwestern states of Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. Prepared for use by agencies working with…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Directories, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
National Migrant Information Clearinghouse, Austin, TX. Juarez-Lincoln Center. – 1974
Part of the "Comprehensive National Survey of Migrant Programs" series, this directory was prepared for use by agencies working with migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the Southwestern states of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The directory lists programs, services, and resources available to migrants in these…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Directories, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Migrant Council, Inc., Laredo.
In 1969 the Texas Migrant Council Mobile Head Start began a program of year-round day care/head start services that would follow migrant children from their South Texas winter home to certain northern states during the summer. Services included educational, medical and nutritional help. Prime grantee for the project was initially the Colorado…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Average Daily Attendance, Day Care, Enrollment
Illinois Committee on Agricultural Migrant Workers, Springfield. – 1967
A survey was conducted in Illinois to determine services available for the health, education, day care, housing, and welfare of agricultural migrant families. Further purposes of the survey were to determine changes in migration patterns within the State, and to examine the effect of family services on the recruiting and holding of migrant…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Community Programs, Day Care Centers, Migrant Children
Martin, Philip L.; Martin, David A. – 1994
Twelve federal migrant programs currently provide over $600 million annually to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families. Four programs (the Migrant Education Program, Migrant Head Start, Migrant Health, and job training and ancillary services under the Job Training Partnership Act) account for 90 percent of federal migrant…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Data Collection, Databases
Arnold, John D. – 1985
Program rationale, goals, and strategies are outlined in this description of Arizona-based centers which trained migrant workers in the use of microcomputers for business and clerical applications. Topics include the need to create new jobs for displaced farm workers, the assets farm workers bring to the business world, the training-related…
Descriptors: Data Processing Occupations, Job Training, Migrant Adult Education, Migrant Programs
Migrant Action Program, Mason City, IA. – 1972
The philosophy behind and the operations of the Iowa Migrant Action Program (MAP) are discussed in this 1972 annual report. In developing its programs, MAP emphasizes self-determination as a key factor in redirecting the migrant to a life style different from the one he has known. MAP's various projects are intended to economically upgrade the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annual Reports, Clinics, Day Care Centers
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