On March 17th, ECMHSP transitioned from in-center services to farmworker families in Florida to remote educational and nutritional support.  This transition has required a tremendous effort on behalf of the entire project.  One leader, among many, who has played a key role in navigating these uncharted waters is Christine Alvarado, our Chief Innovation Officer.  Please read our recent phone interview with her. How did the senior management team at ECMHSP make the difficult de

Sofia Baucom is the Family Services Manager at East Coast Migrant Head Start Project, a migrant and seasonal Head Start grantee committed to excellence in serving children and families in their areas of need from a family-centered approach.  Sofia’s been with ECMHSP since 2002 and started her role as Family Services Manager in 2006.  She has extensive experience working with special populations across the Americas. The foundation of our program services are the parents and gu

Last week, the Virginia Direct Services (VADS) team, in collaboration with Migrant Clinician’s Network (MCN), completed the second series of training for the Community Health Worker Project.  MCN is a national network of professionals working in primary care and public health settings with migrant farmworkers and their families and other underserved populations.  MCN has received funding from the Aetna Foundation to implement a project called It Takes a Community: Protecting

On Friday, March 1, Representative Chuck McGrady of North Carolina’s House of Representatives met with ECMHSP staff Jenny Guzman, NCDS Head Start Administrator, and Carrie Jo Fiene, Hendersonville Center Director, at the Underground Baking Company.  This downtown Hendersonville bakery is one of Representative McGrady’s favorite places to have coffee and pastries, and we enjoyed the opportunity to share with him the services ECMHSP provides to agricultural families in and arou