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National Council of Churches of Christ, New York, NY. – 1966
THE MIGRANT MINISTRY IS AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL FIELD PROGRAM WHICH HAS SERVED THE NEEDS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS SINCE 1920. THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM--NATIONAL GOALS, MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE FARM LABOR PROBLEM, RELATIONSHIP TO TITLE III-B OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT, AND NATIONAL BUDGET. THE INDIVIDUAL…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Health Services, Legislation, Migrant Education
Teachout, Margaret; Schrouder, Sue – 1974
Prepared by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Library, this directory cites the existing services and their sponsoring agencies found today on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation which lies in both North and South Dakota. The various services are listed according to: (1) Government Organizations; (2) Educational Institutions; (3) Social Services such…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, American Indian Reservations, Business, Church Programs
Bell, Karen N. – 1995
The pilot Ecumenical Child Health Project tested ways to coordinate local church activities aimed at improving young children's access to health care. Within a year, coordinators at 3 pilot sites had succeeded in initialing or enhancing several activities that linked health care to more than 1000 families and children living in medically…
Descriptors: Child Health, Church Programs, Church Role, Community Involvement
MUELLER, E.W. – 1967
SINCE 1900, RURAL AMERICA HAS EXPERIENCED AN AIMLESS TRANSITION. PRIOR TO THAT DATE, A WELL ESTABLISHED PATTERN HAD EVOLVED WHICH INCLUDED THE DIVISION OF THE LAND AREA INTO FAMILY FARM UNITS AND TOWNS, WITH SMALL CITIES EMERGING AS TRADE AND SERVICE CENTERS FOR THE FARM POPULATION. DURING THIS PERIOD OF TRANSITION, HOWEVER, CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aspiration, Church Programs, Churches
Florida State Board of Health, Jacksonville. – 1965
THIS ISSUE OF "FLORIDA HEALTH NOTES" DISCUSSES FLORIDA'S MIGRANTS AND THE MIGRANT HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED--THEIR HOUSING AND SANITATION FACILITIES, THEIR LONG WORKING HOURS AND LOW WAGES, THEIR SUMMER MIGRATION PATTERNS, THEIR HEALTH…
Descriptors: Blacks, Church Programs, Day Care, Health Conditions
Bogen, Elizabeth – 1987
This book examines the effects of immigration in New York City (New York) today, with particular attention to those "new immigrants" who arrived after 1965. Immigrant interaction with the city's public and private social services is emphasized. Data were drawn from interviews and from the 1980 U.S. Census. Part I: "The…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Church Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Cubans
Haberkern, Rachel M. – Issue Notes, 2002
The 1998 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was the first federal legislation to contain a "charitable choice" provision allowing faith-based organizations (FBOs) to compete for state and federal government funds on the same basis as secular providers. For FBOs that consider pursuit of government…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Church Programs