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…

The speeches and papers presented in this conference report are concerned with the information needs of migrant workers and immigrants and the current provision of this information in the press, radio, television, and educational systems of host countries. National reports on the situation of migrant workers in 14 countries are presented,…

Traditional evaluation designs using standardized achievement tests are not sensitive to the specific skills taught to migrant children in summer programs. This report proposes principles for evaluating summer migrant education programs based on the Federal Register requirements. The paper also offers information for designing evaluation…

California, largest employer of seasonal labor in the United States, employs an average of 119,600 seasonal farmworkers per year. To ease problems of housing this seasonal workforce, the State Department of Housing and Community Development's Office of Migrant Services contracts with local government agencies to provide decent/affordable housing…

Planning and implementing the National Forum for Youth At Risk, extensive work on reauthorization legislation, and dissemination of research and information on migrant education were the major accomplishments of the Interstate Migrant Education Council's (IMEC) 1987-88 project year. IMEC's members, representing 17 states with 85 percent of the…

This report summarizes the participation information provided by state educational agencies for the Migrant Education Program, 1986-87, the third year in which data was submitted in a prescribed format. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and all states except Hawaii submitted data on program participation by ethnic group, migrant status,…

California, largest employer of seasonal labor in the United States, employs an average of 119,600 seasonal farmworkers per year. Since 1966 the State Department of Housing and Community Development's Office of Migrant Services has contracted with local government agencies to provide decent/affordable housing for approximately 50,220 families…

The Colorado Migrant Education Resource Center (CoMERC) was established in September 1979 to provide services to 12 migrant education projects in northern Colorado. The center's objectives were to establish task forces to address the needs of the area and assist in dissemination of expertise and to provide technical assistance to project staff in…

The Washington Secondary Credit Exchange Program allows grade 7-12 migrant students to complete work toward graduation and/or to enhance basic skills during late afternoon or evening classes as they follow the crops from state to state with their families. A Spring Model allows students entering late in the year to complete courses already begun…

Designed to assist persons at the local level in submitting an application for funds under the Migrant Education Program, this guide includes those items in which applicants may need direction in preparing the application and those which have been changed from previous years. After discussing the program's purpose, requirements and limitations,…

To assist directors of local migrant projects in planning/developing a project application and in implementing/evaluating migrant projects, this guide also serves as a reference or checklist for mandated responsibilities, as an outline of good management, as an evaluative instrument to both new and experienced project directors who wish to assess…

Brief descriptions of 7 programs specifically designed to alleviate programs were considered exemplary innovative activities, as defined by the U. S. Office of Education in the migrant evaluation format, and had not been previously tried within the State of Wisconsin. General program effectiveness (statewide) is described, including cooperative…

Little of the profits produced by American agriculture stays in rural America. During 1973, the farmer received less than 46 cents of every food dollar spent at the supermarket even though food prices continued to soar. Farm subsidy payments, originally designed to protect the small farmer's income, were diverted to corporate giants, large…

In 1970, many Americans are examining anew the costs of achieving efficiency in agriculture through bigness. The exodus of small farmers continues--more than 2.7 million farmers have abandoned farming or sold out to bigger competitors since 1950--while Government agricultural policy remains attuned to the interests of large farmers. All small…

The major thrust of Title III-B (Economic Opportunity Act) programs is to prepare migrant and seasonal farm workers for upgraded jobs and to prepare entire farm worker families for alternatives to farm work if they so desire. These alternatives, supported through projects for adult heads of households, emphasize skill training in preparation for…