We understand migrant students’ unique challenges and strengths, including the hidden resources they bring to education.
The Northwest Region Migrant Education Tutorial and Support Services (METS) is one of the eight regional offices in New York State’s Migrant Education Program.
Our Migrant Education Program is a federally funded supplemental program that provides direct educational programs and services to migrant-eligible children and youth, agricultural workers, fishers, and their families, within Monroe, Orleans, Niagara, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates Counties.
We address the attributes and unique challenges that migrant students face in pursuing their educational goals.
Challenges that we help you to overcoming include cultural and language barriers, social isolation, health concerns, food insecurity, homelessness, poor living conditions, limited knowledge of US laws, lack of transportation, and more.
Our servicesA child is eligible for our services from birth to high school graduation or age 21 if they are designated as a migrant child.
Children become eligible when a parent, guardian, or single adult crosses school district or state boundaries in pursuit of employment in agriculture, dairy farming, food processing, fishing, and logging within the past 36 months.
More informationOur offerings range from year-round tutoring and home visits to Summer School (grades 1-8), mentoring, counseling, family involvement, preschool education, advocacy, English language support, and boosting social-emotional well-being and identity development. It’s all about opening doors to educational opportunities for you.
These service efforts ensure that all migratory children and youth have the opportunity to graduate from high school; earn a high school equivalency diploma; complete career and technical education courses; or succeed at other alternative educational opportunities to be ready for college, career, and life.
