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Sac State gets grant for migrant worker education
By Kelly Johnson
The Sacramento Business Journal, July 24, 2009
California State University Sacramento will receive a grant of more than $422,000 to help migrant workers and their children earn a college degree.
Congresswoman Doris Matsui, a Democrat from Sacramento, announced Friday that Sacramento State would get the grant for its College Assistance Migrant Program, better known as CAMP. The program provides money and support services to open up opportunities educationally and vocationally.
The $422,000 grant is addition to the $451,000 announced last week for Sacramento State’s Bilingual and Multicultural Education Department’s High School Equivalency Program, which helps migrant and seasonal workers attain a GED.
California has more migrant workers than any other state in the country.
Created in 1981, CAMP has helped about 1,500 students. Even though they’re always moving, CAMP participants are more likely to remain in school than the average student, with 90 percent of their participants finishing their first year of college and 90 percent of those students continuing their studies, a news release said.
'I am proud to announce that federal dollars will allow the hard work of students and faculty at Sacramento State University to continue,' Matsui said in the release. 'CAMP is a model program, recognized as one of the best in its kind by the Department of Education. The program recruits students in our local high schools and offers them opportunities for their future they otherwise would not have. By providing federal funds to Sacramento State to support these efforts, we are not only providing these students with an education, but the services they need to place them on the best path towards a fulfilling career path.'
The grant will benefit students through continued counseling, advising, tutoring, and academic support programming, Marcellene Watson-Derbigny, Sacramento State’s assistant vice president of Student Academic Success, said in the release. 'Such support enables them to achieve their dream of a higher education.'
By Kelly Johnson
The Sacramento Business Journal, July 24, 2009
California State University Sacramento will receive a grant of more than $422,000 to help migrant workers and their children earn a college degree.
Congresswoman Doris Matsui, a Democrat from Sacramento, announced Friday that Sacramento State would get the grant for its College Assistance Migrant Program, better known as CAMP. The program provides money and support services to open up opportunities educationally and vocationally.
The $422,000 grant is addition to the $451,000 announced last week for Sacramento State’s Bilingual and Multicultural Education Department’s High School Equivalency Program, which helps migrant and seasonal workers attain a GED.
California has more migrant workers than any other state in the country.
Created in 1981, CAMP has helped about 1,500 students. Even though they’re always moving, CAMP participants are more likely to remain in school than the average student, with 90 percent of their participants finishing their first year of college and 90 percent of those students continuing their studies, a news release said.
'I am proud to announce that federal dollars will allow the hard work of students and faculty at Sacramento State University to continue,' Matsui said in the release. 'CAMP is a model program, recognized as one of the best in its kind by the Department of Education. The program recruits students in our local high schools and offers them opportunities for their future they otherwise would not have. By providing federal funds to Sacramento State to support these efforts, we are not only providing these students with an education, but the services they need to place them on the best path towards a fulfilling career path.'
The grant will benefit students through continued counseling, advising, tutoring, and academic support programming, Marcellene Watson-Derbigny, Sacramento State’s assistant vice president of Student Academic Success, said in the release. 'Such support enables them to achieve their dream of a higher education.'
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