The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) provides migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their children with an intensive study program to pursue their GED. You can enroll at any time during the regular academic year and take evening classes that will allow you to continue to work while earning your GED.
HEP will provide you with the academic skills necessary to pass the GED exams and other services, including –
Academic advising
Academic excursions
Books and materials
Classes in English and Spanish
Meals
Stipend
Tutoring services
Technology and computer class
You might also eligible for the following assistance –
Must NOT have earned a secondary school diploma or its equivilent
The student or one of their immediate family members must have worked as a migrant/seasonal farmworker for at least 75 days in the past 24 months. This includes any activity directly related to the production of:
Crops
Dairy products
Poultry or livestock
Cultivation or harvesting of trees including nursery or forestry work
Fish farming
Or have participated within the past 24 months, in a Migrant Education Program (MEP) or the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP)