Program Office: Office of Migrant Education

CFDA Number: 84.144A
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants, Contracts

Coordination funds are used to carry out activities to improve the interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education programs.

Funded programs include: (1) Consortium Incentive Grants, which support multistate consortia for improving coordination in eight areas of need (i.e., improving the identification and recruitment of eligible migrant children; using scientifically based research to improve school readiness; improving reading and math proficiency; decreasing the dropout rate; improving high school completion rates; strengthening the involvement of parents; expanding access to innovative technologies; and address the educational attainment needs of out-of-school migratory youth), and separately by contract; (2) the Migrant Education Coordination Support Center, a logistical support contract to organize and implement effective meetings in support of national interstate coordination initiatives; and (3) the Migrant Student Information Exchange System (MSIX), a records transfer system to facilitate the transfer of health and academic records of migrant children across states.