Describes a tuition assistance program offered by the Manpower Opportunity Program, an OEO-funded agency in Arizona, which provides financial assistance and supportive services for migrant seasonal farm workers and their children to obtain a higher education. (RJ)

The article presents a program planning model for getting the most "bang for the buck" out of migrant health services delivery in Colorado. Elements of the model offer promise as viable short-term solutions to complex care delivery problems, including overlapping manpower, inadequate hospital care linkage and information flow issues.…

Explains the situation of migrant workers in the world economic system and considers the role of libraries in serving the needs of migrant populations. More than 30 references are cited. (FM)

This bibliography on child bilingualism in France contains 82 entries distributed among three sections: 1) psychosociologic and cultural aspects of migrant worker children, learning conditions; 2) bilingual-bicultural education, experiences and methodological problems; and 3) bilingualism in the countries of origin. (Text is in French.) (TL)

Statistics of migrant workers employed by the Renault Auto Works are given. The educational program implemented for these workers by the Renault industry at Billancourt is described with particular emphasis on the teaching of French. (Text is in French.) (TL)

Describes the Texas Migrant Education Program, which seeks to help migrant children graduate and break the cycle of migrancy, expanding their opportunities beyond work in the fields. The history of the program, the goals, critical areas to providing migrant students with what they need, and success stories are discussed. (Author/VWL)

Examines one sub-community within the continuum of English usage in South Africa, a group of male migrant workers in Cape Town who retain close ties with their original homes in the Transkei. Characterizes their interlanguage English and presents a developmental analysis of negation in this interlanguage, in ways that are uncommon in new English…

Assessment of pesticide exposure in 96 homes of migrant Latino farmworkers with preschool children found the most frequent pesticide residue to be azinphos-methyl (AZM). AZM levels in farmworker homes were related to distance from fields and number of resident agricultural workers. Children's play areas had potential for disproportionate exposure.…

A study investigated the distribution and specific use of adjectives and related expressions in the naturally acquired German of one Turkish and two Italian migrant workers in West Germany. The research was part of a larger study of untutored language acquisition by migrant workers in Europe. Specifically, this study examined the learning of…

A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR MIGRATORY FARM LABORERS HOME-BASED IN SOUTH TEXAS IS PROPOSED. THE PURPOSE IS TO DESIGN A PLANNED COMMUNITY CONTAINING HOUSING, HEALTH FACILITIES, ORIENTATION AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, JOB-PLACEMENT FACILITIES, AND SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES. THE PLANNED COMMUNITY WOULD PROVIDE SAFE, SANITARY, AND…

SUMMER SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK COUNTIES SERVED MIGRANT CHILDREN RANGING FROM 5 TO 14 YEARS OF AGE. THE BUDGET FOR THESE SCHOOLS WAS ALLOCATED BY THE STATE, THE AMOUNT OF THE SCHOOL CENTER BUDGETS VARIED WITH THEIR SIZE, PROGRAM, AND SPECIFIC NEEDS. A TYPICAL BUDGET GUIDE FOR A TWO CLASS CENTER WAS GIVEN. FOUR CENTERS OPERATED STATE SPONSORED CHILD…

A PILOT PROJECT IN SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS CONDUCTED BY THE BISHOPS' COMMITTEE FOR THE SPANISH-SPEAKING (BCSS) IS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE MIGRANT. OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE COUNSEL FOR THE MIGRANT BEFORE HE BEGINS HIS ANNUAL MIGRATION, TO HELP WORKERS LEAVING THE MIGRANT STREAM TO MAKE ORDERLY TRANSITION TO INDUSTRIAL…