Eligibility & Application
Eligibility Requirements
Students may be eligible to participate in the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) by meeting the following criteria:
- Have a migrant/seasonal farm working background by meeting ONE of the following:
- Student is a current or former participant of the Migrant Education Program (MEP)
- Student, parent(s), or immediate family members (living in the same household or having claimed the student as a dependent) have spent a minimum of 75 days in the past 24 months in migrant or seasonal farmwork*
- Participated in the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP)
- Student must be a U.S. Citizen or legal permanent resident
- Must be enrolled or admitted for enrollment at CSULB as a first-time, full-time freshman
CAMP defines a migrant and seasonal farmworkers as:
Migrant farmworker: A farmworker whose employment required travel, which kept the farmworker from returning to a permanent home within the same day.
Seasonal farmworker: A person who was employed in farmworking on a temporary or seasonal basis, not year-around.
Employment may include any activity directly related to the production of crops, dairy products, poultry, or keeping, grazing, feeding or selling of livestock. Production of bulbs, flower seeds, vegetables, plants or vines. Cultivation or harvesting of trees, sod farms, nurseries, orchards, mushroom cellars, and cranberry bogs. Fish farms. Any agricultural activity, performed for either wages or personal subsistence on a farm, ranch, packing, or similar establishment.
Questions about your eligibility? Contact CAMP at camp@csulb.edu or (562) 985-2006
How to Apply to CAMP
Students who wish to apply for the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP):
- Apply for CSULB online via calstateapply
- Complete CAMP application, which must include:
- Proof of eligibility i.e. Certificate of Eligibility(COE), letter from employer
- Unofficial high school transcript
- Submit completed CAMP application via- email, mail, or in person to SSSC-280
