Migratory Child Eligibility Factors

FACTOR 1: Child’s Age

FACTOR 2: Child’s School Completion Status

FACTOR 3a: Child’s Qualifying Move

FACTOR 3b: Child’s Qualifying Move Relative to the Migratory

Agricultural Worker or Migratory Fisher

FACTOR 4a: Migratory Agricultural Worker’s or Migratory Fisher’s

Qualifying Move

FACTOR 4b: Qualifying Work for the Migratory

Agricultural Worker or Migratory Fisher

Note: This activity is intended to provide an overview only of the Code of Federal Regulations as related to migratory children and the Child Eligibility Factors.
Ask participants to refer to the excerpts from the Code of Federal Regulations and MEP Child Eligibility Factors in their handouts.
Briefly review the Child Eligibility Factors listed on the screen.
Ask participants to review the excerpts from the CFR and the Child Eligibility Factors and record in their Outline (p. 3) key definitions the CFR that are applicable to the Child Eligibility Factors.
After two minutes, ask participants which definitions they think are critical to understanding the Child Eligibility Factors. Responses should include ALL of the definitions.
Tell participants that they will explore in more detail the Child Eligibility Factors in Module 6, including key definitions, such as “qualifying move” and “qualifying work”. Also, refer participants to the National ID&R Manual, Chapter 7: Determining Eligibility as an important resource.
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The Code of Federal Regulations as related to migratory children were developed by the federal government and contain the rules, definitions, and boundaries for serving the migratory population and are critical to understanding the identification and recruitment of migratory children.
The Child Eligibility Factors are a synthesis from the statute and regulations of the key considerations for determining a child’s eligibility for MEP services.