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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.

Awards for 2010

 

2010 Awards

 

Awardee

City/State

Award Amount

Belleville Township High School District Belleville, IL $49,980
Tulsa Independent School District Tulsa, OK $49,864
Chicago Public Schools Chicago, IL $500,000
School Board of Miami-Dade County Miami, FL $74,444
Manasquan Board of Education Manasquan, NJ $249,834
Killeen Independent School District Killeen, TX $22,894
School District U-46 Elgin, IL $47,509
Mescalero Apache Schools Mescalero, NM $48,040
Palo Alto Unified School District Palo Alto, CA $50,000
Madison City Board of Education Madison, AL $39,273
Knox County Schools Knoxville, TN $49,987
The University of Alabama Huntsville Huntsville, AL $256,596
Poplar Public Schools Poplar, MT $50,000

Awards for 2008-2009

 

Fiscal Year 2009

 

Awardee

City/State

Award Amount

Manasquan Board of Education Manasquan, NJ $35,574
Milton Public Schools Milton, MA $43,000
Schenectady City School District Schenectady, NY $50,000

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2008

 

Awardee

City/State

Award Amount

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland, OH $50,000
School District of Crandon Crandon, WI $49,986
Essex Town School District Essex Junction, VT $38,000
Montgomery County Public Schools Christiansburg, VA $48,900
Lakeview Public School District Cottonwood, MN $50,200
Mid-Del Schools Oklahoma City, OK $49,976
Montgomery County Public Schools Christinsburg, VA $247,493
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL $396,919