lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readNMSHSA’s 8th Public Policy ForumLast week, the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association (NMSHSA) held its 8th annual Public Policy Forum in Washington, DC on...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readECMHSP Opens Center in St. Helena IslandSt. Helena Island’s farmworker families drop off their children at the center. This week East Coast Migrant Head Start Project opened its...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20212 min readOpening Day at the Bladen Center!Patti Kingery is the Head Start Administrator for ECMHSP’s Direct Services in North Carolina. This is her experience on opening day at a...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readFarmworker Families Need DAPA & DACA+More than 4,000 people wait outside of the Supreme Court building during the oral arguments of DAPA and DACA+. This morning the United...
lsaunders07Nov 3, 20213 min readGuest Post: More than a Center, it’s a RefugeTed Hoffman is the architect who has been building Head Start centers with ECMHSP for the past 12 years. These are his thoughts. I was...
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, 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...