ECMHSP extended its Head Start services to reach more farmworker families, with a specific focus on migrant farmworker families engaged in agricultural labor, including crop harvesting and production. Toward the end of the decade, Sister Geraldine O’Brien, the Executive Director who had passionately led this mission, announced her well-deserved retirement. Additionally, an amendment to the Head Start Act broadened eligibility to include seasonal farmworker families who did not relocate for agricultural work.
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