IDR Outreach Practices Presented by Louisiana MEP IDR

ID&R Outreach Practices Presented by: Louisiana MEP ID&R Team

Agenda • • Characteristics of a good recruiter ID&R Outreach Categories Research Resources Outreach Practices

What characteristics make a good recruiter?

Recruiter Characteristics/Traits • Organized • Efficient • Knowledgeable • Friendly • Able to Multitask • Confident • Flexible • Culturally Sensitive • Courteous • Respectful • Courageous • Have Tough Skin • Determined • Compassionate • Creative • Self-starter

ID&R Outreach

ID&R Outreach How do you currently identify migrant children/youth in your area?

Where should you consider visiting when conducting ID&R outreach? • Agricultural/fishing employers • Migrant housing • Community agencies • Migrant Head Start • Churches • Restaurants • Daycare Centers • Libraries • Motels • Check cashing locations • Laundry mats • Hispanic stores • Health Fairs

ID&R Outreach Categories • ID&R Outreach is organized into three categories: • Schools • Community • Businesses

ID&R Outreach: Schools What strategies does your parish use to identify MEP students in the schools?

ID&R Outreach: Schools Family Search Form • Placed in every student registration packet every year • Available in English and Spanish on the ID&R website • If a family answers yes to both questions, they are 1 st priority • If a family only answers yes to the work question, they are 2 nd priority

ID&R Outreach: Schools Other Strategies • Conduct an eligibility interview for every new student in the parish, regardless if they complete a Family Search Form. • Set up a MEP booth at back to school events, open houses and other district events. • What other strategies does your parish use to identify MEP students in the schools?

ID&R Outreach: Community What strategies does your parish use to identify MEP students in the community? What community partners does your parish collaborate with to identify MEP students?

ID&R Outreach: Community What strategies does your parish use to identify MEP students in the community? • Family Search Forms very similar to the ones used in school registration packets. • Conducting joint outreach to businesses. • Creating a migrant farmworker coalition to discuss networking and collaboration opportunities. • What other strategies does your parish use to collaborate with the community to identify MEP students?

ID&R Outreach: Community What community partners does your parish collaborate with to identify MEP students? • Adult Education Services • Translators • United Farm Worker Centers • Employers • Health Fairs • YMCAs • Migrant Families-Past and Present • National Migrant Education Hotline • Charitable Organizations • LSU Ag Centers

ID&R Outreach: Community • Conducting Community Outreach includes visiting… – Laundromats, food pantries, migrant housing, LSU Ag. Centers and trailer parks to talk to potential MEP families.

ID&R Outreach: Businesses What strategies does your parish use to identify MEP students with businesses? What businesses does your parish collaborate with to identify MEP students?

ID&R Outreach: Businesses What strategies does your parish use to identify MEP students with businesses? • Visit employers before and after the busy season. Employers don’t like to be bothered when they are busy! • Visit businesses when workers are on their lunch break, when they get off work or when there is a shift change. • Visit workers and bring them cold water while they are on break. • What other strategies does your parish use to collaborate with businesses to identify MEP students?

ID&R Outreach: Businesses What businesses does your parish collaborate with to identify MEP students?

ID&R Outreach: Businesses • Conducting businesses outreach includes visiting… – Farms, fields, fisheries, packing sheds, canneries, etc. and talking to the employers and their employees

ID&R Outreach: Materials • MEP ID • Business Cards • Flyers • Brochures • Success Binders • Notebook • Calendar • Elevator Pitch • OSY Kits • Cold water bottles

Conducting Outreach: Materials to bring Promotional Materials • ID&R promotional materials are available on the website • Different materials are targeted to different audiences. Choose wisely!

ID&R Research

Planning/Recon Work

Employer Research Resources • Employers – Large farms & fisheries – H-2 A & H-2 B Leads – Farm Labor Contractors • Migrant Housing Sites • Community Partners

Employer Research Resources H- Type Visas • • H-1 B - Specialty occupations (e. g. , science, medicine and healthcare, education, biotechnology, and business specialties). H-1 B 1 - Foreign professionals from Chile and Singapore in specialty occupations under the U. S-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 108 -77) and the U. S-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 10878). H-2 A – Seasonal or temporary agricultural services or labor (Job orders are generally granted for activities lasting 10 months or less but can be extended under special circumstances) H-2 B – Seasonal or temporary, non-agricultural services or labor. (e. g. , seafood and meat processors, forestry, landscaping services, construction, housekeeping and hospitality). https: //www. lsuagcenter. com/profiles/lbenedi ct/articles/page 1528311878321

Employer Research Resources The H-2 A nonimmigrant worker visa program enables United States agricultural employers to employ foreign workers on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor or services in the absence of U. S. labor. – For MEP purposes, these jobs typically involve qualifying work that ranges from preparing fields to picking and processing agricultural crops.

Employer Research Resources The H-2 B program allows U. S. employers or U. S. agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary nonagricultural jobs – For MEP purposes, these jobs typically involve qualifying work such as produce processing, forestry, fishing and fish processing

Employer Research Resources

Employer Research Resources Farm Labor Contractors https: //www. dol. gov/whd/regs/statutes/FLCList. htm

Documenting your Research • Keep all research in one list • Electronic lists are easier to share (Excel & Google Sheets) • Can transfer easily to mapping tools

ID&R Mapping LA H-2 A & H-2 B Map

Questions?

LMEP ID&R Team Please reach out to the LMEP ID&R Team at idr. team@louisianamep. org. The ID&R Team is available to assist with ID&R questions, recruitment efforts or anything else that may come up. Matt Flaherty Ray Melecio (207) 632 -9186 (813) 748 -1614 matt. flaherty@louisiana-mep. org Ray. Melecio@louisiana-mep. org Susan “Nae” Mc. Daniel Tomi Soto 318 -447 -9989 (956) 740 -8077 nae. mcdaniel@louisiana-mep. org Tomi. Soto@louisiana-mep. org