Tag Archives: Migrant Education

Clearinghouses Technical Assistance Resources Related Programs Clearinghouses The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is administered by the Department, through a contract to a joint venture of the American Institutes for Research and the Campbell Collaboration. The Education Resources Information Center, (ERIC) sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the […]

You are here: OESE Home > Programs/Initiatives > OME College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) High School Equivalency Program (HEP) MEP Consortium Incentive Grants Migrant Education Even Start (MEES) Title I Migrant Education Program (MEP) College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) – Assists migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their children to successfully complete the first undergraduate year […]

You are here: OESE Home > Programs/Initiatives > OME You Are Invited To Join Our Migrant Education Listserv! The Migrant Education Listserv is a free service offered by the Office of Migrant Education to keep members of the migrant education community up-to-date on information that is relevant to the Title I Migrant Education Program. The […]

  About Our Office The Office of Migrant Education (OME) administers programs that provide academic and supportive services to the children of families who migrate to find work in the agricultural and fishing industries. The programs are designed to help migrant children, who are uniquely affected by the combined effects of poverty, language, cultural barriers, […]

general demographic information on migrant workers and agriculture National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) – The U.S. Department of Labor is the only national information source on the demographics and working and living conditions of U.S. farmworkers. Since the NAWS began surveying farmworkers in 1988, it has collected information from over 25,000 workers. The survey samples […]

legislation Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title I, Part C, Sec. 1308; 20 U.S.C. 6398. regulations Program regulations are found at EDGAR; 34 CFR 200.

2008 Appropriation: Up to $10,000,000 Number of New Awards Anticipated: 20 consortium incentive grants; 1 Migrant Education Coordination Support contract; 1 Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX) Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) and Management Support Contract (also known as the MSIX Acquisition Support Contract); 49 MSIX State Data Quality Grants Number of Continuation Awards: 2 contracts […]

Who May Apply: (by category) Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Nonprofit Organizations, State Education Agencies (SEAs)

Current Competitions: None. Contract was awarded in July 2003.

TYPES OF PROJECTS Grants and contracts that will be funded in FY 2008 include: (1) Consortium Incentive Grants, which support multistate consortia for improving coordination in eight areas of need (i.e., improving the identification and recruitment of eligible migrant children; using scientifically based research to improve school readiness; improving reading and math proficiency; decreasing the […]