High School Equivalency Program
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Maine HEP Program

c/o Syntiro
11 South Road
Readfield, ME 04355
(207) 200-3113
1 (866) 291-0004 (toll free)

 



 

Partners

U.S. Department of Education Office of Migrant Education http://www2.ed.gov/programs/hep/index.html
The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers), who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school, to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and, subsequently, to gain employment or begin postsecondary education or training. The program serves more than 7,000 students annually. Competitive awards are made for up to five years of funding.

 

Maine Migrant Education
http://www.maine.gov/education/nclb/tic/

 

Maine Adult Ed

http://www.maine.gov/education/aded/dev/

 

Maine College Transitions

http://www.maine.gov/education/aded/dev/transitions.htm

 

Keeping Maine's Children Connected

http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/kmcc/

 

Mano En Mano

http://www.manomaine.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Maine High School Equivalency Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education, and administered by Syntiro (www.syntiro.org), is a five-year project to help migratory and seasonal farmworkers and their immediate family members, who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school, to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma (GED) and subsequently gain employment or begin postsecondary education or training. The Maine HEP program is working in five regions of the state (Aroostook, Piscataquis, Washington/Hancock, Kennebec/Somerset, and Portland) in partnership with the Maine Migrant Education program; adult education; and community, and social service, providers.

 

Project Director: Debbie Gilmer gilmer@maine.edu