New HEP/CAMP Directors Meeting:HEP Outreach and Recruitment Strategies

Olga Contreras-Martinez, HEP Stream Representative &Nathan Weiss, OME Technical Support

•Know your service delivery area

• HEP at ABAC serves the state of Georgia• Residential, commuter &

satellite• Began 2001, currently on

3rd year of a 5 year grant• Served 50, 80 and 90

students annually Tifton

•Follow your grant…• Partnerships, supporters and students

• State Migrant Education Program• Telamon Corporation (Adult Farmworker Program)• State Technical School System• Goodwill Job Career Center• Churches• Students

•HEP Audience

• HEP Coordinator/Director• State Representatives• Directors• Authorities in other

agencies• Presidents and Vice-

Presidents

• HEP Recruiter• Prospective students• Parents• Advocates of farm

workers

•Find mutual goals to share…•GED attainers•GED placements

1. Free classroom space 2. Free access to computers3. Free internet4. Free resources to support HEP students

educational experience

•Recruiting your potential student• C:\HEP 2011-2016\New Directors\HEP Initial Intake Form revised 8-30-2013.pdf

•Contact information:

Olga Contreras-MartinezHEP Associate DirectorAbraham Baldwin Agricultural

CollegeABAC 22, 2802 Moore HwyTifton, GA 31793229-391-4878ocontreras-perez@abac.edu

Nathan Weiss, OME Office of Migrant EducationU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20202202-260-7496nathan.weiss@ed.gov