Mission & Vision
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Our Mission: To improve the health of farmworker families.
Our Vision: All farmworker families will access quality healthcare. |
History
Originally incorporated in 1975 as the National Migrant Referral Project (NMRP) in Austin, Texas under the direction of then Executive Director, Daniel Cardenas. NMRP was responsible for placing bilingual, bicultural social workers in upstream (northern) health centers to train staff in the appropriate provision of care to a monolingual Hispanic farmworker population. Mr. Cardenas was a strong advocate
of the poor, and he began his work on behalf of farmworkers by implementing a family planning grant. He was a visionary in his time and brought together community migrant health clinics and community health centers to help farmworkers access health care. Mr. Cardenas continued his advocacy for farmworkers through his work with the President’s Commission on Mental Health and his work with the Governor’s Migrant Fuel Allocation Task Force. He was a true believer in helping others overcome barriers. Mr. Cardenas’ contributions, leadership, and dedication to farmworker families provided the guiding principles and mission that helped the organization grow and expand.
In 1986, Bobbi Ryder became the second director of NMRP. Continuing the work of Mr. Cardenas, other early activities of NMRP involved the creation of child, adult and prenatal portable health records, a directory of federally funded health centers and their satellites, and a collection of relevant materials in a resource center. The resource center opened when NMRP inherited the library collection of the Juarez-Lincoln University, a landmark educational initiative founded by Antioch University. The archives expanded with the personal donation of migrant health historical materials by the late Helen Johnston,
the first director of the federal Migrant Health Program.
In 1989, the corporate name was changed to the National Migrant Resource Program,
and the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) was funded as a project within NMRP.
In 1992 MCN was launched as a separate corporation, creating a clinical home for Migrant Health Program providers. In 1996, the name NMRP was changed to National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) in order to reflect the comprehensive set of products and services offered on a national basis in support of improving
access to care to the farmworker population.
NCFH services expanded to include a comprehensive training center,
the Call for Health Program, the Regional Stream Forums, health education publications and curricula, Migrant Health Artwork and Scholarship Program, and a variety of training and technical assistance services in support of the delivery of quality
healthcare services to farmworker families.
After 32 years of service and leadership, Bobbi Ryder retired in 2018. Her legacy as a Migrant Health Champion was recognized by NCFH in the renaming of the
Migrant Health Scholarship to the Bobbi Ryder Migrant Health Champion Award.
NCFH continues to honor the passion and commitment of our past leaders in our focused determination to ensure that ALL Farmworker Families
have access to quality healthcare.
of the poor, and he began his work on behalf of farmworkers by implementing a family planning grant. He was a visionary in his time and brought together community migrant health clinics and community health centers to help farmworkers access health care. Mr. Cardenas continued his advocacy for farmworkers through his work with the President’s Commission on Mental Health and his work with the Governor’s Migrant Fuel Allocation Task Force. He was a true believer in helping others overcome barriers. Mr. Cardenas’ contributions, leadership, and dedication to farmworker families provided the guiding principles and mission that helped the organization grow and expand.
In 1986, Bobbi Ryder became the second director of NMRP. Continuing the work of Mr. Cardenas, other early activities of NMRP involved the creation of child, adult and prenatal portable health records, a directory of federally funded health centers and their satellites, and a collection of relevant materials in a resource center. The resource center opened when NMRP inherited the library collection of the Juarez-Lincoln University, a landmark educational initiative founded by Antioch University. The archives expanded with the personal donation of migrant health historical materials by the late Helen Johnston,
the first director of the federal Migrant Health Program.
In 1989, the corporate name was changed to the National Migrant Resource Program,
and the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) was funded as a project within NMRP.
In 1992 MCN was launched as a separate corporation, creating a clinical home for Migrant Health Program providers. In 1996, the name NMRP was changed to National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) in order to reflect the comprehensive set of products and services offered on a national basis in support of improving
access to care to the farmworker population.
NCFH services expanded to include a comprehensive training center,
the Call for Health Program, the Regional Stream Forums, health education publications and curricula, Migrant Health Artwork and Scholarship Program, and a variety of training and technical assistance services in support of the delivery of quality
healthcare services to farmworker families.
After 32 years of service and leadership, Bobbi Ryder retired in 2018. Her legacy as a Migrant Health Champion was recognized by NCFH in the renaming of the
Migrant Health Scholarship to the Bobbi Ryder Migrant Health Champion Award.
NCFH continues to honor the passion and commitment of our past leaders in our focused determination to ensure that ALL Farmworker Families
have access to quality healthcare.