Funding Description
The Migrant Education Even Start (MEES) program is a statewide home- and school-based family literacy education model. It assists migratory parents to increase literacy skills so that they can prepare their children, birth to seven years of age, to become successful learners. MEES programs help migratory parents develop literacy, parenting, and English-as-a-second-language skills. It also provides preschool services to their children. Families that participate in MEES must be classified as migratory under Migrant Education guidelines.
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants |
Local educational agencies
|
| Required Eligibility Criteria |
Only established Regional Migrant Education offices funded through the California Department of Education are eligible to receive MEES funding. |
| Other Eligibility Considerations |
Not applicable. |
| Eligible Grade Level(s) |
Pre-K, K, 1, 2
|
| Eligible Age Level(s) |
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
|
Funding
| Legal Authority |
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, No Child Left Behind, Title I, Part C, Migrant Education; Budget Item 6110-125-0890 |
| Source / Type |
Federal / Grant
|
| State Fiscal Year |
2008-09
|
| SACS Resource / Revenue Codes |
3110 / 8290
|
| Total Available |
$5,482,528
|
| Recipient Amount |
Award amounts range from $12,741 to $679,641
|
| Match Requirement |
No
|
| Allocation Formula |
Allocations are based on the number of sites, parents, children served, and the number of identified migrant children, three to seven years old.
|
Important Dates
| Date Application Available |
May 9, 2008
|
| Due Date |
June 13, 2008
|
| Expected Notification Date |
July 1, 2008
|
Additional Information
Contacts
| Program |
Christopher Cambern, 916-319-0394, ccambern@cde.ca.gov
|
| Fiscal |
Geoffrey Ndirangu, 916-445-1335, gndirang@cde.ca.gov
|
| Division |
Language Learner & Support Division, 916-319-0851 (phone), 916-319-0139 (fax)
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Last Modified:
August 28, 2008
