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Cohn, Nancy; Raphael, David – 1977
The health needs of the approximately three million migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families are clearly among the greatest needs of any population group in the country. In 1962 the Migrant Health Act became the first legislation intended to address some of the health needs of migrants. By 1976 Migrant Health Centers had served 415,000…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Health Needs
Rural America, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
Federal statistical services grossly underestimate the size of the farmworker population; as a result, the current federal farmworker programs (CETA, Migrant Education, Migrant Headstart, Farm Labor Housing, and Migrant Health) are unable to identify a total target population in need of services and unable to allocate funds in ways which reflect…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Census Figures, Classification, Definitions
Download full textHertel, Catherine – 1992
This paper, by a teacher of migrants, summarizes various farm labor laws and child labor laws pertaining to migrant and seasonal workers. The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act of 1983 provides workers with assurances about pay, hours, and working conditions, including safety and health. This legislation permits anyone…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Employment Practices, Farm Labor, Federal Legislation
Slesinger, Doris P.; Pfeffer, Max J. – 1992
This paper documents migrant farm workers as being among the most persistently underprivileged groups in American society. Migrant farm workers typically receive low wages from irregular employment and live in poverty with access to only substandard housing and inadequate health care. The lack of economic improvement stems from a number of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Employer Employee Relationship, Farm Labor
Kindler, Anneka L. – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report discusses demographic characteristics of migrant students in the United States, their educational needs, the features of federally-funded programs under the Migrant Education Program (MEP) legislation reform, and suggestions for enhancing current migrant student performance. The MEP was established in 1966 and reauthorized in 1994. It…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Mobility, Federal Legislation
