Handicapped Migrant Farm Workers. Characteristics of Disabled Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers and Their Families, Impact of the State [microform] : Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program, and Strategies for Expanding Services / Michael E. Cortes
- Bib ID:
- 5312102
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Cortes, Michael E
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED133128
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1974
- 137 p.
- Summary:
-
After surveying the vocational rehabilitation (VR) needs of disabled migratory and seasonal farmworkers in the U.S., a national plan to meet those needs was developed, in cooperation with designated state agencies. A random cluster sample of farmworkers was interviewed to determine service needs. Additional planning data were gathered by interviews with rehabilitation counselors and administrators, and with the staff of other agencies and organizations. Rehabilitation agencies were represented on the study's advisory committee. It was found that an estimated 293,000 farmworkers were eligible for VR services. Although their disability rate was three times that of the general U.S. population, farmworkers were less likely to receive VR services. Those receiving VR services were less likely to be successfully rehabilitated. This report presents information pertaining to: background characteristics of migratory and seasonal farmworkers, incidence of disabilities among farmworkers, types and severity of disability, rehabilitation services for disabled migrants, racial/ethnic classification of farmworkers, income and household size, seasonal migration, resettlement for vocational purposes, education, language ability and preference, awareness of VR and other service programs, factors affecting service delivery, agency priorities and incentives for counselors, current VR programs for farmworkers, and barriers to successful rehabilitation. The proposed service delivery system is described. (NQ)
- Notes:
-
- Sponsoring Agency: Social and Rehabilitation Service (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Research, Demonstrations, and Training.
- Contract Number: RD-12-P-55891/3-01-G.
- ERIC Note: Pages 99-113 of "Appendix A" may not reproduce well because of small print size.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
-
- Agency Role
- Agricultural Laborers
- Attitudes
- Blacks
- Delivery Systems
- Economic Factors
- Employment Patterns
- Failure
- Human Services
- Literature Reviews
- Migrant Workers
- Migration Patterns
- National Programs
- Outreach Programs
- Physical Disabilities
- Referral
- Rehabilitation Counseling
- Relocation
- Seasonal Laborers
- Socioeconomic Influences
- Spanish Speaking
- Vocational Education
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- United States
- Other authors/contributors:
- Interstate Research Associates, Inc., Washington, DC
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1974
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Handicapped migrant farm workers : characteristics of disabled migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families, impact of the State/Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program, and strategies for expanding services / by Michael E. Cortes
- Plantation workers : conditions of work and standards of living
- Handicapped Workers Provisions in Union-Management Agreements [microform] / Benjamin Schwartz
- Wage workers in agriculture : conditions of employment and work : report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting Improving the Conditions of Employment and Work of Agricultural Wage Workers in the Context of Economic Restructuring : Geneva, 1996 / International Labour Organization, Sectoral Activities Programme
- Problems of unorganised workers in "Agriculture Sector"