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Training Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers for Energy-Related Occupations.

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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

National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children. Special Report on Migrant Education.

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National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, Washington, DC.

The unique problems of migrants require increased sensitivity by all levels of policymakers. Educational programs cannot be developed in law and then ignored in practice if worthwhile results are to be achieved. Federal and state level program goals and objectives must be further refined and effectively implemented at the local level. The specific…

Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Disadvantaged

Where Have All the Farmworkers Gone? (The Statistical Annihilation of Hired Farmworkers). An Analysis of the Federal Effort to Define and Count Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers. Research Report No. 1.

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