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Consortium Incentive Grant Performance Report
Pursuant to Sections 75.118 and 75.590 of EDGAR, each SEA that receives a consortium incentive grant award must submit a performance report (through the consortium’s lead State) at the end of each year, and a final evaluation report at the end of the project’s final year.
Notice of Final Requirement (78 FR 79613)
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2013-31325
Notice of Final Priority (73 FR 13217)
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E8-4960
Notice of Final Requirements (69 FR 10110)
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/04-4719
On an annual basis, the Secretary may reserve up to $3 million for MEP Consortium Incentive Grants. Though individual grant amounts may vary each year, by statute they cannot exceed $250,000.
Total Funds Available in FY 2020: $3,000,000
New grant awards were made in FY 2020.
Total Funds Available in FY 2019: $3,000,000
Continuation awards were made in FY 2019.
Total Funds Available in FY 2018: $3,000,000
Continuation awards were made in FY 2018.
Total Funds Available in FY 2017: $3,000,000
Continuation awards were made in FY 2017.
Total Funds Available in FY 2016: $3,000,000
Continuation awards were made in FY 2016.
Total Funds Available in FY 2015: $3,000,000
Descriptions of the 2015 Awards can be found in the Awards section.
Who May Apply:
Section 1308(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) permits an SEA to enter into a consortium with another State or “other appropriate entity”. An “appropriate entity” can be any public or private agency or organization, such as a school district, a charter school, a nonprofit or for-profit organization, or an institution of higher education. However, only SEAs are eligible applicants to receive consotrium incentive grants.
Application materials will be posted in Spring, 2017.
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Program Director’s Office |
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| Name | Title | Room | Phone Number |
| Lisa Gillette | Director | 3E317 | 202-260-1164 |
| Cassandra McCord-Jones | Program Support Assistant | 3E319 | 202-260-1976 |
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MEP Team |
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| Name | Role | Room | Phone Number |
| Patricia Meyertholen | Group Leader | 3E315 | 202-260-1394 |
| Sarah Martinez | MEP Team Lead, Policy Team Lead, Program Officer (AZ, CA, NV, UT, HI, AK, ID, MT, OR, WA) | 3E343 | 202-260-1334 |
| Preeti Choudhary | MSIX Team, Data & Evaluation Team, Program Officer (CO, KS, MO, NE, ND, SD) | 3E339 | 202-453-5736 |
| Jessenia Guerra | Policy Team, Program Officer (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC, AR, LA, NM, OK, TX) | 202-453-7051 |
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| Christopher D. Hill | Data & Evaluation Team Lead | 3E323 | 202-453-6061 |
| Michael Meltzer | Program Officer (KY, NC, OH, TN, VA, ME, MA, NH, NY, VT) | 3E340 | 202-453-6068 |
| Benjamin Starr | MSIX Project Lead, Program Officer (IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, WI) | 202-245-8116 |
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| Steven Carr | Program Officer (DE, MD, NJ, PA) | ||
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HEP/CAMP |
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| Name | Title | Room | Phone Number |
| Millie Bentley-Memon | Group Leader | 3E311 | 202-401-1427 |
| Steven Carr | HEP/CAMP Team Lead, Program Officer | 3E346 | 202-260-2067 |
| Abbey Frady | Program Officer | 3E321 | 202-453-7032 |
| Christopher D. Hill | Data & Evaluation Team Lead | 3E323 | 202-453-6061 |
| Iztlali Ortiz | LEE Fellow | ||
The Instructional Services for Out-of-school and Secondary Youth (iSOSY) is a consortium of 18 States that seeks to improve the educational attainment of migratory out-of-school youth (OSY) and secondary youth at-risk of dropping out and experiencing substantial barriers to academic participation such as high mobility with numerous educational interruptions, limited English language skills, homelessness, inflexible work schedules, absence of a parent/guardian, and limited prior schooling.
Member States: Kansas (Lead State), Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont.
The Identification and Recruitment Consortium (IDRC) is a consortium of 26 States that seeks to improve the proper and timely ID&R of eligible migratory children whose education is interrupted. IDRC will also aim to assist state/local education agencies to develop, promote, and adopt enrollment, placement, and credit accrual policies to meet the unique needs of migratory children.
Member States: Nebraska (Lead State), Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Inspire and Innovate: Migratory Parent Coalition (I2MPACT) is a consortium of 8 States that is designed to support state migrant education programs (MEPs) to increase parent involvement through an expanded understanding of parent involvement and improved parent involvement activities. I2MPACT’s work will support member states’ parent involvement activities identified in the various state Service Delivery Plans, expanding the notion of parent involvement to family engagement.
Member States: Pennsylvania (Lead State), Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, and Montana.
The Migratory Parent Empowerment Consortium (MPEC) is a consortium of 9 States designed to strengthen the involvement of migratory parents in the education of their children, including supporting their children’s mathematics skills needed in order to be successful in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Member States: Utah (Lead State), Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Virginia.
Who May Apply:
Section 1308(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) permits an SEA to enter into a consortium with another State or “other appropriate entity”. An “appropriate entity” can be any public or private agency or organization, such as a school district, a charter school, a nonprofit or for-profit organization, or an institution of higher education. However, only SEAs are eligible applicants to receive consortium incentive grants.
Application Deadline for Migrant Education Program, Consortium Incentive Grants Program
Application Deadline: April 24, 2023.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are available here.
Federal Register Notice for New Grants
The Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for the FY 2023 Consortium Incentive Grant (CIG) Program published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, February 23, 2023, and is available through the following link: FY 23 CIG Notice Inviting Applications
We strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Grants.gov system at www.grants.gov and recommend that you register via Grants.gov early as well as submit your application early. Applicants are required to follow the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022 and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-26554, which contains information on how to submit a discretionary grant application.
Opportunity Number
Federal Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-022323-002
Opportunity Title: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Migrant Education Program (MEP) Consortium Incentive Grant (CIG) Program CFDA Number 84.144F
FY 2023 Application
Pre-Application Webinar
The Office of Migrant Education offered a general Pre-application Webinar for the FY 2023 Competition of the CIG Program on the following date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
The webinar assisted potential applicants to complete their submissions for the FY 2023 competition. The general pre-application webinar addressed the same material and covered the CIG application. The webinar presentation is available here.
