Frequently Asked Questions
No – However, keep in mind that the CSULB CAMP program only serves 35 qualifying full-time first year students per year. Therefore, the sooner you apply the better.
No - Migrant farmworkers are farm laborers that work in the fields, farms, etc. to harvest crops. It is a type of job a person does. They can vary from U.S. citizens to undocumented people who work in the United States agricultural industry. Their job requires them to travel from city to city following the different crop seasons or can remain in one geographic location to harvest seasonal crops.
"Immigrants" are people who leave one country to settle permanently in another or people who come to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.
Yes - CAMP is a federally funded program, so students must be either U.S. Citizens or be legal permanent residents.
Yes – Students can qualify if
- Their relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. live in the same household
- Or have claimed student as a dependent
- Or are the student’s legal guardian
- Or are the primary source of household income.
No - CAMP is for full-time freshman students, with no more than 24 units.
Yes – The student would qualify.
Yes – Students do not need to be active Migrant Education Program students to be eligible for CAMP.
Yes – Students can apply to CAMP even though they have not yet been admitted to CSULB. However, CAMP admissions decisions will be made once admitted to CSULB.
