Migrant Education Coordination Program

To provide financial incentives to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) to participate in consortia that provide high-quality project designs and services to improve the interstate or intrastate coordination of migrant education programs by addressing key needs of migratory children who have their education interrupted.

SEAs receiving MEP State Formula grants, in a consortium with another State or other appropriate entities.

Migratory children of migratory agricultural workers or migratory fishers, or individuals under 21 years old who are migratory agricultural workers or migratory fishers, or spouses of such workers or fishers whose education is interrupted benefit.

Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the regulations, instructions, and forms included in the grant application package. The applications are reviewed and evaluated by a panel of peer reviewers. Awards are made on a competitive basis.

The Department reviews each application using selection criteria and priorities published in a notice inviting applications published in the Federal Register and the application package. The U.S. Department of Education sends a Grant Award Notification (GAN) to successful applicants.

Approximately three months.