Division: Student Services 

Office:  Supplemental Educational Programs

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Purpose:

The purpose of the federal Migrant Education Program (MEP) is: (1) to ensure that eligible children of migratory farm workers and migratory fishers are provided with appropriate educational support services to help reduce the educational lags that that result from repeated moves; and (2) to ensure that these children have the opportunity to meet the same challenging state educational content and student performance standards that all children are expected to meet.

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has established a five-year program which focuses on the provision of the following services for eligible children of migratory farm workers and migratory fishers: identification and recruitment of students, the intrastate and interstate transfer of student records, supplemental instruction, and health and other support services. This is the third year of the multi-year grant program.

This Year 3 continuation grant is open to the two agencies that were selected through a competitive process in the first year.

Eligible Agencies: Gloucester County Social Services School District and Essex County Educational Services Commission