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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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1984
This congressional report contains the majority views as well as minority and additional views of members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce pertaining to the Health Professions and Services Amendments of 1984. (These are intended to amend Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend the programs of assistance for the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Cost Estimates, Educational Finance
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
Searfoss, Lyndon W.; And Others – 1983
The annual review and evaluation of the Arizona Migrant Child Education Program (1982-83) includes an overview of Arizona's migrant student population; program needs, objectives, and scope; evaluation of migrant student progress; responses to earlier recommendations; and recommendations for the coming year. During the year, the Program served…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Consultation Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Programs
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1987
The condition of migrant students is detailed in this report, which points out that the problems facing migrant students are shared by many at-risk students and the recommendations for migrant students apply to many segments of the at-risk population. Chapter 1 outlines migrant student demographics noting racial and ethnic minority status, limited…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Change
Young, Eileen, Ed. – 1986
The 20th annual report describes federally-funded compensatory programs for educationally disadvantaged children (migrants, handicapped, neglected, and delinquent) provided in Ohio through Chapter I of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and presents statistics for fiscal 1985, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditure…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Silva, Santiago – 1982
The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at Pan American University (PAU) in Edinburg, Texas, which recruits migrant students into higher education and provides quality support services (tutoring, counseling, follow-up, and financial assistance), served 202 freshmen during the 1981-82 academic year. The CAMP recruitment effort visited 34 high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Role, College Students
Robertson, James M. – 1984
In Fiscal Year 1984 Louisiana's allotment for the education of children of migratory workers ($6,334,119) was used to conduct 39 regular school term programs and 14 summer school programs. An estimated 13,059 migrant children were served during the 1983-84 school year. Of all migrant children enrolled in Louisiana schools, 78.5% received services…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, County School Districts
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Bennett, Donald G. – 1977
In an effort to lessen the social and economic dysfunctions many California farm workers suffer because of the migratory and seasonal nature of their jobs, a three-phase study was conducted to research, develop, and implement a new career system for the farm worker. During the project's first phase, a job task analysis was conducted on four…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Career Development, Career Ladders
Hansen, William E.; Resendez, Ignacio V. – 1981
Migrant Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the state of Washington have brought several agencies together to provide low cost dental services to migrant children. The program, initiated in 1980 and serving 138 children that year, has focused on the provision of preventative and emergency services. Migrant Education has…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Data Collection, Dental Clinics
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1980
The bilingual (English-Spanish) handbook explains the established rights that parents with children enrolled in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Migrant Education Program have and presents ways in which parents can use these rights to help ensure that their children receive a quality education. Chapters discuss: (1) content of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Ancillary School Services, Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal)
New Jersey Office of Economic Opportunity, Trenton. – 1965
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE REPORT OF THE FIRST YEAR OF NEW JERSEY'S ANTIPOVERTY EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964. DISCUSSED ARE COMMUNITY ACTION IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS AND SUCH STATE PROGRAMS AS RURAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, MIGRANT OPPORTUNITIES, HEALTH SERVICES FOR POOR YOUTH, WORK EXPERIENCE FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Business, Community Action, Federal Aid
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Duarte, Georgianna; Rafanello, Donna – Young Children, 2001
Describes hardships of Hispanic migrant workers and their families living and working in the United States, and how these conditions effect young children. Focuses particularly on Migrant Head Start and discusses components of programs and services offered; special challenges of migrant education; how teachers respond to migrant children's special…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education
Martinez, Art; Gonis, Marla – 1992
The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) at Milwaukee Area Technical College, in Wisconsin, is designed to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents obtain General Educational Development (GED) degrees, and gain employment or enroll in postsecondary educational programs outside of the agricultural setting. Before enrolling in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
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