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Schmitt, Ann M.; Horner, Sherri L.; Lavery, Matthew R. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
Children of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) in the United States face educational challenges from language barriers and disjointed schooling due to migration and other factors. This quasi-experimental pretest/posttest study investigated whether summer Migrant Education Programs (MEP) could help prevent summer learning loss in English…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Migrant Children, English (Second Language)
Pena, Anita Alves – Education Economics, 2015
Job training and employment assistance programs aim to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents locate steady employment and develop job skills. This study investigates effects of educational programs on wages, annual time allocations, and poverty of male and female farmworkers and their families using regression analysis in…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Agricultural Laborers, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness
Oregon State Dept. of Employment, Salem. – 1973
With increasing national and regional emphasis on serving the needs of rural people, especially migrants and farmworkers, increased effort was expended to provide services as effectively as possible. Problems remain, however, in clearly identifying and tallying these services so that efforts to provide equal access can reach all of the rural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Delivery Systems, Human Services
Fields, Patricia, Comp. – 1985
In 1981, the Governor's Commission on Migratory and Seasonal Farm Labor began an initiative to develop and enhance communication and coordination linkages among migrant labor service providers. The Commission serves as a forum for farm laborers to share information and concerns, monitors programs, conducts inspections, promotes coordination, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Cooperative Planning
Weseman, Marcus – 1980
The United States Departments of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) have cosponsored a number of demonstration programs to train economically disadvantaged migrant and seasonal farmworkers for energy-related technical and skilled occupations. A descriptive study of the first DOE/DOL demonstration was made to determine the impact of training on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Johnston, Janet W. – 1987
With minor exceptions, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program is working well and is meeting its legislative mandates. The public-private partnerships that have emerged at the local community level and the strong leadership role assumed by the private sector representatives on the State Job Training Coordinating Councils and Private…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers, Educational Legislation