Substance Use and Mental Health Counseling for adolescents ages 12-18.

Migrant farm workers are an indispensable part of American agriculture, yet by every measure, they are our most depressed workers. They work from sunrise until dark under unsanitary and dangerous conditions. The average life expectancy of a migrant farm worker is forty-nine compared to seventy-five for the general population. Migrant family income is one-fifth the national average. And, most alarmingly, only one migrant child in ten graduates from high school. To break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy, the Region I Migrant Education Program’s goal is to link migrant families to services and programs that support the well being and education of their children.