​The primary purpose of the Georgia Migrant Education Program (Georgia MEP) is to help migrant children and youth overcome challenges due to mobility, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, and other difficulties associated with the migratory lifestyle, in order to help them succeed through the academic and or supplemental services provided to them.

The strategies for delivery of services have been determined by setting a three-step project planning process that every LEA must follow in order to ensure fidelity in the Continuous Improvement Cycle (CIC) of the Georgia MEP. The three steps in the project planning process for LEAs involve:

1. Submission of a CNA profile that captures the needs of the migrant population atthe LEA level;

2. Submission of implementation plan(s) in order to establish academic support services to be provided with projected measurable outcome(s) and;

3. Completion of implementation plan evaluation(s) for each implementation plan
submitted at the end of project cycle in order to validate actual measurable
outcome(s) as projected on original implementation plan(s) submitted.

COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CNA)

Under Title I, Part C - Education of Migratory Children of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, state educational agencies must conduct a Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA). According to the Office of Migrant Education (OME), the CNA main purpose is to identify the current needs and priorities of migrant students and families, select appropriate strategies to meet those needs, implement services that reflect such strategies, and assess the degree to which planned services have been successful at meeting identified needs. In addition, it proposes successful strategies that can be incorporated to move the MEP closer to achieving Federal program and state performance goals.

SERVICE DELIVERY PLAN (SDP)

You may access the current 2013 CNA & SDP Statewide Report HERE​