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Resources – OME

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 world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. The ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations goes back to 1966. More than 107,000 full-text journal documents (issued from 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, are now available for free. ERIC is moving forward with its modernization program, and has begun acquiring materials to add to the database.

Technical Assistance Resources

ED’s National Public School and School District Locator The locator is an online search engine that allows viewers to search for particular schools and pull up profiles on those schools and school districts (e.g., name, address, phone number, and type of locale) and selected demographic characteristics of students, staff, and the community.

Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD) This directory includes of organizations that provide services on a state, regional, or national level.

Comprehensive Regional Technical Assistance Centers – The U.S. Department of Education Comprehensive Centers program awards discretionary grants to establish comprehensive technical assistance centers to help low-performing schools and districts close achievement gaps and meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Section 203 of Title II of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (TA Act) authorizes the Department to establish centers to provide technical assistance to States to benefit school districts and schools, especially those in need of improvement.

Regional Education Laboratories – The Regional Educational Laboratory Program (the “Lab” program”) is the U.S. Department of Education’s largest research and development investment designed to help educators, policy-makers, and communities improve schools and help all students attain their full potential. The network of 10 Regional Laboratories works to ensure that those involved in educational improvement at the local, State and regional levels have access to the best available research and knowledge from practice.

Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC) – The Regional Technology in Education Consortia (R*TEC) program was established to help States, local educational agencies, teachers, school library and media personnel, administrators, and other education entities successfully integrate technologies into kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) classrooms, library media centers, and other educational settings, including adult literacy centers.

Related Programs

Title I, Part A (Basic Program) – Title I Part A provides assistance to improve the teaching and learning of children in high-poverty schools to enable those children to meet challenging State academic content and performance standards. It is the largest elementary and secondary education program in the Federal government. Title I is designed to support State and local school reform efforts tied to challenging State academic standards in order to reinforce and amplify efforts to improve teaching and learning for students farthest from meeting State standards.

Learn more about Title I and the other programs administered by the Office of Student Achievement and School Accountability (SASA).

Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA-formerly the Office of Bilingual Education and Language Minority Affairs (OBEMLA)) – OELA provides national leadership in promoting high-quality education for the nation’s population of English language learners (ELLs).

Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects Program for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers with Disabilities – The Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program makes comprehensive vocational rehabilitation (VR) services available to migrant or seasonal farmworkers with disabilities for the purpose of increasing employment opportunities. Emphasis is given to outreach, specialized bilingual rehabilitation counseling and coordination of VR services with services from other sources. Projects provide VR services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and to members of their families when such services will contribute to the rehabilitation of the worker with a disability.

The Migrant Health Program (MHP) provides grants to community nonprofit organizations a list of linguistically competent medical and support services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families.

Migrant Head Start (MHS) is a national program that provides comprehensive developmental services for America’s migrant pre-school children ages three to five and social services for their families. Community-based non-profit organizations and school systems develop unique and innovative programs to meet the specific needs of migrant farmworker families. In addition to providing the same services that the larger general Head Start Program delivers, the Migrant Head Start program has a unique emphasis on serving infants and toddlers as well as pre-school age children, so that they will not have to be cared for in the fields or left in the care of very young siblings while parents are working.

White House Initiatives-

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans was established on October 12, 2001 by President George W. Bush. The Initiative advises the U.S. Secretary of Education and provides support to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. The Commission’s key objectives are to strengthen the nation’s capacity to provide high-quality education, and increase opportunities for Hispanic Americans to participate in and benefit from Federal education programs.

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders was established on October 14, 2009 by President Barack Obama. The President’s Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders address issues concerning the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The Interagency Working Group, representing 24 federal agencies and offices, is charged with increasing the AAPI community’s access to federal resources.

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans was established on July 26, 2012 by President Barack Obama. The cross-agency effort is aimed at identifying evidence-based practices that improve student achievement, and develop a national network that shares best practices in order to “improve educational outcomes for African Americans of all ages, and to help ensure that all African Americans receive an education that properly prepares them for college, productive careers, and satisfying lives.”

The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education was establish on December 2, 2011 by President Barack Obama. The Initiative seeks to support activities that will strengthen the Nation by expanding education opportunities and improving education outcomes for all American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AM) students. It is committed to furthering tribal self-determination and ensuring AI/AN students, at all levels of education, have an opportunity to learn their Native languages and histories, receive complete and competitive educations, preparing them for college, careers and productive and satisfying lives.

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Programs and Grants – OME

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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 of study in a college or university, and provides follow-up services to help students continue in postsecondary education.

High School Equivalency Program (HEP) – Assists migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their children who are 16 years of age or older to obtain a General Education Development (GED) certificate or the equivalent to a high school diploma and subsequently to gain employment in a career position or the military or entry into postsecondary education. Since most HEP programs are located at Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), migrant and seasonal farmworkers also have opportunities to attend cultural events, academic programs, and other educational and cultural activities usually not available to them.

MEP Consortium Incentive Grants – On an annual basis, the Secretary may reserve up to $3 million to award grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) that participate in a consortium arrangement with another State or appropriate entity to improve the delivery of services to migrant children whose education is interrupted. The grants are used by the SEAs to provide additional direct educational and support services to migrant children.

Migrant Education Even Start (MEES) – MEES is designed to help break the cycle of poverty and improve the literacy of participating migrant families by integrating early childhood education, parenting education, and adult literacy or adult basic education (including English language training, as appropriate) into a unified family literacy program. MEES is funded from a three percent set-aside under the Even Start Family Literacy State Grants program. Grants are made directly to projects in areas that include significant concentrations of migrant agricultural families with children from birth through 3 years of age.

Title I Migrant Education Program (MEP) – The MEP provides formula grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to establish or improve programs of education for migratory children. The overarching purpose of the MEP is to ensure that children of migrant workers have access to and benefit from the same free, appropriate public education, including public preschool education, provided to other children. To achieve this purpose, MEP funds help state and local educational agencies remove barriers to the school enrollment, attendance, and achievement of migrant children.

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Migrant Education Listserv – OME

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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 listserv covers topics like:

  • new grant programs and grant opportunities
  • key legislative, regulatory and policy changes
  • new reports, studies, evaluations, publications and/or resources
  • the OME mission: to provide excellent leadership, technical assistance and financial support to improve the educational opportunities and academic success of migrant children, youth, agricultural workers, and their families.

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About Us – OME

 

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, and the migratory lifestyle, to meet the same
challenging academic content and student academic achievement
standards that are expected of all children.

Office Address

Office of Migrant Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, LBJ-3E317
Washington, DC 20202-6135
Phone:(202) 260-1164 FAX: (202) 205-0089

Contact Our Staff

Program Director’s Office
Name Title Room Phone Number
Lisa Gillette Director 3E317 202-260-1164
Cassandra McCord-Jones Program Support Assistant 3E319 202-260-1976
       

MEP Team

      
Name Title Room Phone Number
Patricia Meyertholen Group Leader and MSIX Project Manager 3E315 202-260-1394
Name Title Room Phone Number
Sarah Martinez Program Officer 3E343 202-260-1334

HEP/CAMP
Name Title Room Phone Number
Millie Bentley-Memon Group Leader 3E311 202-401-1427
Name Title Room Phone Number
Emily Bank HEP/CAMP 3E338 202-453-6389
Steven Carr HEP/CAMP 3E321 202-260-2067
Preeti Choudhary HEP/CAMP 3E339 202-453-5736
Carla Kirksey HEP/CAMP 3E337 202-260-2114
Ed  Monaghan MEP/HEP/CAMP 3E346 202-260-2823
Nathan Weiss Team Leader 3E311 202-260-7496
Preeti Choudhary Data and Evaluation Team 3E339 202-453-5736

Migrant Education Coordination Support Center

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 dropout rate;
improving high school completion rates; strengthening the involvement of parents; expanding access to innovative
technologies; and improving the education attainment of out-of-school migratory youths);
technologies; and improving the education attainment of out-of-school migratory youths);
(2) the Migrant Education Resource Center (MERC) known as RESULTS supports initiatives related to interstate and intrastate coordination of the MEP through enhanced communications between MEP stakeholders via a website and other media; presentations on topics relevant to the MEP; and production of a literature review of MEP and related resources;
(3) the Migrant Education Coordination Support Contract (now under our MERC contract as well), a logistical support contract to organize and implement
effective meetings and recommend and procure subject matter experts in support of national interstate
coordination initiatives;
(4) the MSIX, which links state migrant student record systems to electronically exchange academic and
health-related information on a national basis;
(5) the MSIX IV&V and Management Support Contract, which provides independent oversight of the MSIX
contractors’ performance and assistance with investment acquisition, management, and oversight activities; and
(6) the MSIX State Data Quality Grants, which additional resources to SEAs receiving MEP will provide Basic
State Formula Grant awards in order to assist them and their local operating agencies (LOAs) in implementing the
interstate exchange of migrant children’s records electronically through the MSIX.

Resources

Comprehensive Center Network

2016 Regional Advisory Committees

Ten Regional Advisory Committees (RACs) were formed in 2016 to inform changes to the Comprehensive Center program for the FY 2019 grant competition. More information about the RACs from 2016 and previous RAC reports are available here:

Performance

 

Comprehensive Centers Program Evaluation

The statute requires that the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), a component of the Department’s Institute of Education Sciences, provide for an ongoing independent evaluation of the Comprehensive Centers to determine the extent to which each center meets its objectives.

2019:
The final 2019 evaluation report can be found here.

2011:
The final 2011 evaluation report can be found here.

Legislation, Regulations and Guidance

 

Comprehensive Centers Program is a discretionary grant program authorized under Title II, Sec. 203, of the Educational Technical Assistance Act (ETAA) of 2002.

Access Title II of the Educational Technical Assistance Act

The Educational Technical Assistance Act (ETAA) of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9601) authorizes support for not less than 20 grants to local entities, or consortia of such entities, with demonstrated expertise in providing capacity-building services in reading, mathematics, science, and technology, especially to low-performing schools and districts, including the administration and implementation of programs authorized under the ESEA. Under section 203(a)(2) of the ETAA, the Department is required to establish at least one Center in each of the 10 geographic regions served by the Department’s Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) authorized under section 941(h) of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994. The proposed funding for Regional Centers established under the ETAA must take into consideration the school-age population, proportion of economically disadvantaged students, increased cost burdens of service delivery in rural areas, and number of schools identified for improvement under ESEA section 1111(d). Accordingly, the regions for the proposed Regional Centers take into account total SEAs, LEAs, REAs, SEAs, and LEAs eligible for the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural Low-Income School Program, schools, and the associated RELs.

 

Regulations

 

  • The Education Department General Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
  • The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485.
  • The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
  • The regulations in 34 CFR part 299.
  • Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Performance Measures published on April 4, 2019.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.

Funding Status

Fiscal Year (FY) Appropriation Number of New Awards Range of New Awards Number of Continuation Awards Range of Continuation Awards
FY 2022 $54,000,000 0 0 21 $1,000,000 to $6,472,657*
FY 2021 $52,000,000 1 $1,475,000* 20 $1,000,000 to $6,429,926*
FY 2020 $52,000,000 0 0 21 $1,000,000 to $6,472,657
FY 2019 $52,000,000 20 $1,000,000 to $6,471,484 1 $1,499,507
FY 2018 $50,000,000 0 0 22
FY 2017 $50,000,000 0 0 22
FY 2016 $51,445,000 1 $1,449,831 22
FY 2015 $48,445,000 0 0 22

*Estimated amounts

2021

FY 2021 Appropriation: $52,000,000

Number of New Awards: 1

  • 1 National Center on Improving Literacy

Number of Continuation Awards: 20

  • 19 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 1 National Comprehensive Center

2020

FY 2020 Appropriation: $52,000,000

Number of New Awards: 0

Number of Continuation Awards: 21

  • 19 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 1 National Comprehensive Center
  • 1 National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy

2019

Appropriation: $52,000,000
Number of New Awards: 20

  • 19 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 1 National Comprehensive Center
  • Number of Continuation Awards: 1
  • 1 National Center on Improving Literacy

FY 2019 New Awards

The total amount of funds available for the CC program for FY 2019 was $52 million. Of that amount, approximately $45 million was used to fund Regional Centers and $5 million was used to fund the National Comprehensive Center. FY 2019 funds supported awards for the first budget period of the project, which is the first 12 months of the project period. Funding for the subsequent budget periods of years two through five (FY 2020 through FY 2023) is contingent on appropriation levels.

Estimated Range of FY 2019 Awards: For Regional Comprehensive Centers: $1,000,000 to $6,472,657.

Note: The Department is not bound by any planned award estimates

Region Award
Region 01 $1,000,000.00
Region 02 $2,360,643.00
Region 03 $1,000,000.00
Region 04 $2,557,246.00
Region 05 $2,444,035.00
Region 06 $3,215,377.00
Region 07 $3,378,769.00
Region 08 $3,212,089.00
Region 09 $1,722,122.00
Region 10 $1,302,938.00
Region 11 $1,243,525.00
Region 12 $1,963,421.00
Region 13 $1,647,431.00
Region 14 $5,413,470.00
Region 15 $6,472,657.00
Region 16 $3,316,771.00
Region 17 $1,000,000.00
Region 18 $1,000,000.00
Region 19 $1,000,000.00
National Center $5,000,000.00

* Estimate includes $400,000 to support the Bureau of Indian Education

2018

Appropriation: $52,000,000
Number of New Awards: 0

Number of Continuation Awards: 23

  • 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 7 Content Centers
  • 1 National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy
  • Average Continuation Award:
  • $2,700,008 for Regional Comprehensive Centers*
  • $1,428,571 for Content Centers*
  • $1,499,890 for National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy
    • FLICC will provide technical assistance to the Puerto Rico Department of Education to provide capacity-building services and develop a system of support for local education agencies. WCC will provide technical assistance to the Bureau of Indian Education build capacity in the collection and use of data, and organizational effectiveness.
  • *These averages include supplemental funding.
  • The Comprehensive Centers Program provided supplemental funding to the following centers: Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center (FLICC), West Comprehensive Center (WCC).

2017

Appropriation: $50,000,000
Number of New Awards: 0

Number of Continuation Awards: 23

  • 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 7 Content Centers
  • 1 National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy

Average Continuation Award:

  • $2,516,956 for Regional Centers*
  • $1,482,854 for Content Centers*
  • $1,499,700 for National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy

The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education provided supplemental funding to the center on Great Teachers and Leaders.

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provided supplemental funding to the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders.

The Comprehensive Centers program provided supplemental funding to the centers of Building State Capacity and Productivity (BSCP), West Comprehensive Center (WCC), Pacific Region Comprehensive Center (PRCC), and North Central Comprehensive Center.

BSCP will create and operate a web portal for the Comprehensive Center network. WCC will support the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) by providing direct technical assistance and coordinating technical assistance, where appropriate, from national Content Centers.  PRCC will support the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, and American Samoa in a variety of areas, including formative assessments, teacher evaluation systems, and language proficiency, and NCCC will develop state capacity to support English language learners in North Dakota and to continue on-going supports for English language learners in Nebraska and South Dakota.

*These averages include supplemental funding.

2016

Appropriation: $51,445,000
Number of New Awards: 1

Number of Continuation Awards: 22

  • 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 7 Content Centers
  • 1 National Center on Improving Literacy

Average Continuation Award:

  • $2,640,927 for Regional Comprehensive Centers*
  • $2,082,779 for Content Centers*
  • $1,449,831 for National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy

The Office of Indian Education provided supplemental funding to the following centers: North Central, Northwest, South Central, West, and Standards & Assessments Implementation.

The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education provided supplemental funding to the centers on Great Teachers and Leaders and College and Career Readiness & Success.

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provided supplemental funding to the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders.

The Comprehensive Centers program provided supplemental funding to the centers of Building State Capacity and Productivity (BSCP) and Standards & Assessments Implementation (CSAI).

BSCP will provide technical assistance to SEAS to increase their capacity to meet the requirements of fiscal data reporting under the ESEA, as amended by the ESSA. CSAI will assist the Bureau of Indian Education’s Office of Assessment and Accountability in its efforts to collect, organize, and report Federally-required data in the 23 States in which there are BIE-funded schools and to do so using a methodology based on each State’s accountability system.

In 2016, the National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students with Disabilities received a 5-year grant under authority provided in section 2244 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.

These averages include supplemental funding.

2015

Appropriation: $48,445,000
Number of New Awards: 0

Number of Continuation Awards: 22

  • 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 7 Content Centers

Average Continuation Award:

  • $2,574,768 for Regional Centers
  • $1,480,120 for Content Centers

2014

Appropriation: $48,445,000
Number of New Awards: 0

Number of Continuation Awards: 22

  • 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 7 Content Centers

Average Continuation Award:

  • $2,574,768 for Regional Centers
  • $1,480,120 for Content Centers

The Indian Education National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the following centers: North Central, Northwest, South Central, West, and Standards and Assessments Implementation.

The School Improvement Grants National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the Center on School Turnaround.

The Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination program and the Career and Technical Education National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders.

The Preschool Development Grant National Activities program provided supplemental funding to the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes.

2013

Appropriation: $48,445,000
Number of New Awards: 0

Number of Continuation Awards: 22

  • 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 7 Content Centers

Average Continuation Award:

  • $2,574,768 for Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • $1,480,120 for Content Centers

2012

Appropriation: $ 51,113,213
Number of New Awards: 22

  • 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers
  • 7 Content Centers

Number of Continuation Awards: 0
Average New Award: $2,370,237
Range of New Awards:

  • $825,000 to $4,895,053 for Regional Centers
  • $1,428,571 to $2,478,571 for Content Centers

Three Regional Center awards (Northwest, South Central, and West) include $331,000 each from the Indian Education National Activities Program.

Great Teachers and Leaders received $750,000 from the Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination program and $300,000 from the Career and Technical Education National Activities Program.

Eligibility

Who May Apply: Research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutes of higher education, or partnerships among such entities, or individuals, with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities described in this notice, including regional entities that carried out activities under the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such Act existed on the day before November 5, 2002) and title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002).