Newspaper article
EPCC to get $3.6 million for migrant education
El Paso Times
08/03/2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000007999
Appears in National HEPCAMP Archive
Abstract
El Paso Community College received more than $3.6 million in grants to fund two migrant education initiatives. Both grants to EPCC's Community Education Program are from the U.S. Department of Education. EPCC's College Assistance Migrant Program will receive $259,000 per year for five years to develop a program that will help migrant workers and family members transition to college. The program will reach out to and recruit at least 40 people, who will receive orientation, transition services, computer skills training, technical support, tutoring, financial support, career counseling and more, according to an EPCC news release. The college's High School Equivalency Program will receive $475,000 per year for five years to create a program through which migrant workers and their family members older than 16 can take General Educational Development classes. The funds will also provide health education and support to help GED graduates transition to college courses.
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- Title
- EPCC to get $3.6 million for migrant education
- Creators
- El Paso Times (Institution)
- Publication Details
- El Paso Times
- Academic Unit
- National HEPCAMP Archive; HEPCAMP Press
- Publisher
- Gannett Co., Inc
- Identifiers
- 99901362561701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Newspaper article