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to the Web site for the Migrant Education Resource Center (MERC)! The MERC Web site provides migrant educators with resources and information to create a community of practitioners for the tasks of program administration and implementation. All the site components were created for a common point of focus for documents and training pertinent to the MEP and a mechanism for problem-solving and professional development.

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The Center for Human Services (CHS) of Bethesda, Maryland, is the home of the Migrant Education Resource Center. With over 40 years’ experience assisting government and private sector clients to design, operate, and evaluate programs, CHS has wide-ranging expertise in a number of areas critical to the successful development and implementation of MERC.



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Sharp drop in migrants’ money transfers from the US (Radio Netherlands)
The US credit crisis has had a knock-on effect on its migrant workers who are sending far less money home than expected. The double threat of job insecurity and inflation means that poverty is now a serious risk.


Vote for the ‘President of Us’ (The News & Advance)
These Central Virginians want to change the country. You get to pick which one you support.


Search the Archives (The Pitt News)
HAINA, Dominican Republic — Officially, Carlos Noel does not exist. Although his French last name is a giveaway that his family roots go back to neighboring Haiti, Noel is not an illegal immigrant living in the shadows like his parents.


A shrinking population: If Latinos are leaving, where are they going? (The Gainesville Times)
There is ample evidence that Latinos are leaving Hall County. The reason why Latinos are leaving depends on whom you ask. Day laborers who wait for work in parking lots on Atlanta Highway say Latinos are leaving in search of jobs.


SERPENT-spawned Economic Crisis (Indymedia Chiapas)
"O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still. See how your enemies are astir... With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish..." (Ps. 83:1-3) It's all a sad attempt to protect the stupidity of the sh*thead in the White House!


Former presidential aide has roots in Floresville Wilson County News September 30, 2008 (Wilson County News)
He has worked under two presidents, met with kings and foreign leaders, and even helped to craft the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).


Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007 (Contacto)
The current economic slowdown has taken a far greater toll on non-citizen immigrants than it has on the United States population as a whole.


Mother fights to save others from domestic violence (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The death of her daughter four years ago ignited a fire in Sherry Scopp that has only intensified her work to save the...


Professor explains Chamorro migration (Pacific Daily News)
More Chamorros are bidding adios to the island of Guam.


Transnational ‘bayanihan’ (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Tucked away in the quiet town of Asingan in the northern province of Pangasinan, a few meters away from the dust-covered roads, is Toboy National High School (NHS).


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The Migrant Education Resource Center (MERC) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education,
Office of Migrant Education under Contract Number ED-06-CO-0094.

This website is developed by the Center for Human Services (CHS) and its sub-contractors Social & Health Services, Ltd., EnCompass, and Support Services International (SSI).

Last Modified: 5/5/2008