lsaunders07Nov 3, 20211 min readECMHSP Guest Writes in Honor of NFAWIn honor of National Farmworker Awareness Week, ECMHSP’s John Menditto has written a guest blog post for Farmworker Justice’s blog,...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readECMHSP Prepares for Florida’s Farmworker FamiliesWorkers place the berries directly into the plastic clamshell packages that shoppers will find in stores. Photo credit: Dan Charles, NPR...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20211 min read2015 Annual Report, Hot off the Press!Dear Reader, ECMHSP is excited to announce the release of the 2015 Annual Report. See the names, faces, and numbers that made 2015 a...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readCameras Rolling at La Familia CenterDaniel Jaime is the Center Director for La Familia Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Center in Florida. This is his experience working...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readRepresenting East Coast families at NMSHSA Conference ’16John Menditto presenting at the NMSHSA Conference. The National Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Association (NMSHSA) held its Biennium...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readIt Takes A Village – And Then Some!Establishing Head Start services in a local community is one of the most challenging and fascinating journeys we take at ECMHSP. It...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readGuest Post: Growing through the Policy CouncilJimina Villafuerte is the ECMHSP Policy Council Treasurer and a farmworker parent. This is her story. I am Jimina Villafuerte and I have...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readFarmworker Families and the H2A DilemmaToday, National Public Radio (NPR) aired the investigative report, “Guest Workers, Legal Yet Not Quite Free, Pick Florida’s Oranges,” in...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readThe Results are In! Announcing Our Blog NameLast week, we sent out a poll to the ECMSHP community to help us choose a name for our ECMHSP Blog. With a majority of votes, we had a...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readNew Year. New Beginnings. New Blog.Dear Reader, 2016 promises to be a year of growth and innovation at East Coast Migrant Head Start Project! We started the year by...