Resources on Education and Migrant Education /Recursos en Educación y en Educación Migratoria

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp

http://www.ed.gov/spanishresources.jsp
(recursos en Español)
 

U.S. Migrant Education Program http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/MEP/ 

Yes I Can / Yo Si Puedo
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
http://yesican.gov/index.html
(in English)
http://www.yosipuedo.gov/
(en Español)
 

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)  http://www.nclb.gov/

New Jersey Department of Education  http://www.state.nj.us/education/

New Jersey Migrant Education Program – Contact Information
http://www.escort.org/states/NJmig.html

The Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN)

MSAN is an unprecedented national coalition of 15 multiracial, suburban school districts across the United States. The Network's mission is to discover, develop and implement the means to ensure high academic achievement for students of color, specifically African American and Latino students.   http://www.msanetwork.org/

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
NCLR is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
http://www.nclr.org/policy/schoolalert/alert.html
  (School Opening Alert)

http://www.nclr.org/policy/schoolalert/alert_espanol.html
  (Llamada Urgente
al Comienzo
del Curso Escolar
)

ASKERIC - Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
ERIC is a federally funded, nationwide information network designed to provide you with access to education information. http://ericir.syr.edu

ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education & Small Schools – Migrant Education Directory – State of New Jersey
Services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families in New Jersey.
http://www.ael.org/eric/page.cfm?&scope=mi&id=497&dir=x

NCELA-National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Program   http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/

Head Start Family Literacy Project/La ventaja inicial familiar alfabetismo proyecta
The Head Start Bureau is offering a series of trainings that address the goals set forth in the President's early language and literacy inititative, Good Start, Grow Smart. http://www.famlit.org

The ASPIRA Association, Inc.
ASPIRA is the only national nonprofit organization devoted solely to the education and leadership development of  Puerto Rican and other Latino youth. http://www.aspira.org

ASPIRA-New Jersey  http://nj.aspira.org/

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
AVID is a fifth grade through high school program to prepare students in the academic middle for four-year college eligibility. These are typically students who are first time college-goers in their families, low income and are capable of completing rigorous curriculum but are falling short of their potential. http://www.avidonline.org/

The Civil Rights Project (CRP)
CRP believes that equal educational opportunity is a necessary prerequisite to equal educational outcomes, and that all students benefit from ethnically diverse educational experiences. http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/k12_ed.php

Resources on Bilingual Education / Recursos en Educación Bilingüe 

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education, NABE is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.  http://nabe.org/

Resources on Limited English Proficiency / Recursos en Lenguaje de Ingles Limitado

Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Executive Order 13166: Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency.   http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/13166.htm

LEP.gov
LEP.gov promotes a positive and cooperative understanding of the importance of language access to federal programs and federally assisted programs.  
http://www.lep.gov

Resources on Immigrant Rights/ Recursos en los Derechos de los Inmigrantes

New Jersey Immigration Policy Network
Immigrant rights education and advocacy.  http://www.njipn.org/

American Friends Service Committee  http://www.afsc.org/default.htm

Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ)
LSNJ strives to ensure equal access to justice under law to all people of New Jersey, providing free legal assistance to low-income people in civil matters.
http://www.lsnj.org/index.htm
(in English)
http://www.lsnj.org/espanol/index.htm
(en Español)

National Immigration Forum/Foro de Inmigración Naciónal
National Immigration Forum’s mission is to embrace and uphold America's tradition as a nation of immigrants. 
http://www.immigrationforum.org
 

The National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
NILC is a national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low income immigrants and their family members.   NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants.

http://nilc.org/
 

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Forms, help guides, statistical information, etc. for the former INS service divisions.
http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/index.htm

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants Rights Project
http://www.aclu.org/ImmigrantsRights/ImmigrantsRightsMain.cfm

Resources for Migrant Workers / Recursos para Trabajadores Migratorios

December 18.net
Portal for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Migrants
Portal para la promoción y protección de los derechos de los migrantes

http://www.december18.net

Resources for Farmworkers / Recursos para Trabajadores Agricolas

National Center for Farm Worker Health (NCFH)A not-for-profit, multi-faceted organization dedicated to improving the health status of farmworker families by providing information, services and products to more than 600 migrant health center service sites in the US. These centers exist to provide healthcare services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, affordable and accessible to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families.
http://www.ncfh.org/index.shtml
 

The Farmworker Health and Safety Institute (FHSI or the Institute)
FHSI is a unique consortium of three community-based farmworker organizations that covers the Eastern Migrant Stream, the Caribbean and the US-Mexico Border reaching Mexican, Puerto Rican, Haitian, Dominican, Central American and African-American farmworkers.

http://www.age.uiuc.edu/ASH-NET/fl-nj.htm

Farm workers, Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA
The Web page provides information of the Worker Protection Standard Act, links to health related information on pesticides, and additional resources on farm worker issues.

http://www.epa.gov/oppfod01/safety/audience/farmwrkr.htm
 

Other resources / Otros recursos

Social Security Administration (SSA)
http://www.ssa.gov/
  (in English)
http://www.ssa.gov/espanol/espanol_home.html/
  (en Español)
 

AFL-CIO: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
America’s Union Movement. The principal website of the AFL-CIO. http://www.aflcio.org/

AFL-CIO: New Jersey Central Labor Councils – Contact information
http://www.aflcio.org/aboutunions/unioncities/clcfind.cfm?state=NJ

The U.S. Census Bureau  http://www.census.gov/

Facts on the Hispanic/ Latino Population  http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hisphot1.html  


For more information contact
Janette Rodriguez
1-800-654-SPAN ext. 116

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