Migrant Education College Assistance Migrant Program
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Who has received this funding
Organizations awarded under CFDA 84.149 (USAspending.gov).
- Drury University $2,375,000
- Junior College Dist Newton-Mc $2,375,000
- West Hills Community College District $2,375,000
- Central Washington University $2,375,000
- The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley $2,374,999
- Washington State University $2,374,999
- Columbia Basin College $2,374,999
- University Of Kansas Center For Research Inc $2,374,999
- State Center Community College District $2,374,999
- California State University San Marcos Corp $2,374,999
Funded Projects
Examples of what this program has supported.
Program Objective
To assist students who are engaged, or whose immediate family is engaged, in migrant and other seasonal farmwork, are enrolled or are admitted for enrollment on a full-time basis, at institutions of higher education and are in the first academic year at such an institution.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Public nonprofits
- Private nonprofits
Institutions of higher education or private nonprofit agencies in cooperation with institutions of higher education may apply.
Beneficiaries
- 11
- 23
- 40
- 55
- 67
- 68
First-year college students who are engaged, or whose immediate family member is engaged, in migrant and other seasonal farmwork or who have participated or been eligible to participate in the Title I, Migrant Education Program, or the Department of Labor's National Farmworker Jobs Program.
How to Apply
Application Procedure
Application forms are available from the Department of Education (the Department), as announced in a Notice Inviting Applications (NIA). An eligible applicant submits its application to the Department no later than the date announced by the Department in the Federal Register. An application must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the regulations, instructions, and forms included in the grant application package. Applications are reviewed and evaluated by a panel of peer reviewers.
Award Procedure
The Department reviews each application using selection criteria published in the Federal Register. Afterwards, the Department conducts a budget analysis of allowable activities and costs and recommendations for new grants, and sends a Grant Award Notification (GAN) to a successful applicant of its award.
Approximately four months.
Program details & compliance
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
Project funds may be used to provide supportive and instructional services, including tutoring and counseling services and assistance in obtaining student financial aid (including stipends, tuition, and room and board) to first-year college students, assist those students in obtaining financial aid for their remaining undergraduate years, and provide follow-up services, such as monitoring and reporting students' first-year and subsequent year academic progress, and referrals to counseling services, academic assistance, or financial aid.
Required Documentation
To be eligible to participate in a CAMP project, the applicant must: (1) be enrolled or admitted for enrollment as a full-time student at a participating institution of higher education; (2) not be beyond the first academic year of a program of study at the institution of higher education, as determined under the standards of the institution; and (3) be determined by the grantee to need the academic and supporting services and financial assistance provided by the project in order to complete an academic program of study at the institution of higher education.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements