In the cities where this program is presently operating. Foster Grandparents has become a clear success. Migrant opportunities: Unskilled workers. bound to the hard tasks of planting and reaping. away from home many months of the year. are ineligible for State welfare programs where residency requirements must be met. Their situation had been virtually ignored until 1964. Since then the OEO has spent about $50 million for programs of education. housing. day care. and sanitation. specifically designed to meet the needs of these migratory citizens. The major emphasis of the migrant program is on education. and this accounts for 70 percent of the funds expended. A major innovation is the establishment of an adult education program where migrant and seasonal farm workers receive stipends while attending classes for skilled job training. Neighborhood multiservice centers constitute a flexible approach to solving the problems of the poor. A wide variety of selfimprovement programs can be organized and coordinated.
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