Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for Migratory Agricultural Workers and Seasonal Farmworkers with Disabilities
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
Project Duration: 1998–present (PA), 2001–present (NJ)
Geographic Focus: Cumberland County, New Jersey;Adams, Franklin, York, and Lancaster Counties, PA
Overview
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Migrant and seasonal farmworkers picking peaches in Cumberland County.
Photo by Iris Pacheco |
These two projects provide educational, training, and advocacy services to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers with disabilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Each project identifies and recruits eligible individuals and assists them and their families with receiving services, such as rehabilitation for work-related injuries, career counseling,
job training, and placement and occupational skills training. In addition, CHS provides assessment, case management, counseling, referral, and educational services (ESL, native language literacy,
basic and workplace math skills, GED test preparation, and college preparatory training).
Key Activities
- Identify and recruit migrant and seasonal farmworkers with disabilities and their families
- Assist program participants to develop comprehensive individualized written rehabilitation plans
- Provide vocational rehabilitation services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers with disabilities
- Facilitate restorative and rehabilitative services, job training, job placement, career counseling, and occupational skills training through the Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey
- Assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers with disabilities to achieved employment outcomes
- Assist the community to develop outreach services to include the disabled migrant and seasonal farmworker community
- Provide information, training, and consultation to community-based agencies, medical professionals, educators, and members of the business community
- Disseminate information on the social and cultural needs of disabled migrant and seasonal farmworkers
- Provide Spanish language interpretation and translation services
Products
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION INTERVIEW: Frequently Asked Questions English to Spanish Translation Guide
 En el Camino del Alcohol allaras las Muerte, a series of booklets offering ideas and feelings on the consequences of alcohol abuse and importance of prevention.
For more information
New Jersey:
Louis Marino
Bridgeton Learning Center
Center for Human Services
PO Box 775
Bridgeton, NJ 08302-0451
lmarino@urc-chs.com
Pennsylvania:
Grogan Ullah, MA
Project Director
High School Equivalency Program/Pennsylvania
University Research Co., LLC
gullah@urc-chs.com
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