Migrant farm workers in the King City and Arvin areas during the season have been able to receive messages from callers anywhere in the United States through two toll-free voice-message services. The Migrant Communications Link, through a grant from Pacific Bell, uses "Voice Forms" technology that automatically takes messages in Spanish 24 hours a day.
The easy-to-use service has been available, this year, to farm workers near the King City and Arvin migrant centers. Family and friends call the toll-free number and leave messages, which the workers then pick up up at the migrant center. The King City center (phone 800/842-5527) is open until the end of November, after which it will close until June 1994. The Arvin center is now closed but will reopen in April 1994, when its phone number (800/642-5527) will be reactivated.
The project is sponsored by La Cooperativa Campesina de California, the California Department of Economic Opportunity, Pacific Bell, and the Department of Housing and Community Development, as well as the Housing Authorities of both Kern and Monterey counties.
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