Migrant Education Even Start Family Literacy Program

The summary for the Migrant Education Even Start Family Literacy Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Headquarters and Regional Offices, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Migrant Education Even Start Family Literacy Program: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Purpose of Program: Migrant Education Even Start Family Literacy program grants are intended to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy of migratory families by improving the educational opportunities of these families through the integration of early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. This program is implemented through cooperative activities that: build on high-quality existing community resources to create a new range of educational services for most-in-need migratory families; promote the academic achievement of migratory children and adults; assist migratory children and adults from low-income families to achieve to challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards; and use instructional programs based on scientifically based research on preventing and overcoming reading difficulties for children and adults. A description of the required fifteen program elements for which funds must be used under title I, part B, section 1235 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), is included in the application package. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.214A