Information for Parents and Families

Parents are an essential part of a child’s learning and school success. The Tennessee Migrant Education Program (TN MEP) strongly believes in the importance of the parents’ role in their children's lives, and aims in providing useful resources to assist parents. Below find resources that can be used by migratory parents and families.

Instructional Services

•  IMPACT: Family Engagement for Student Success. Evidence shows that parent involvement is fundamental to children’s school engagement, academic growth, and ultimately, their attainment of a high school diploma or equivalent. IMPACT is a consortium of states established to help migratory parents and caregivers be more directly involved in their children’s learning. IMPACT’s activities are structured for families to learn and grow together with educational success supported through IMPACT’s key pillars: home, school, and community.

• The Tennessee Department of Education has online access to resources for students and families. These resources provide detailed information on education programs, testing, and requirements for Tennessee’s students along with services to help parents and students navigate the educational system.

  GearUp TN: The State of Tennessee has developed resources to help your student get to college and provide you with insight into the college-going process. We encourage you to check out the resources on CollegeforTN.org, Tennessee's one-stop college information web portal. The website includes a section with tools just for parents.

• Ready4K Back to School Resources Ready4K has produced two resources to help ease children back into school. The resources are available in English and Spanish.

  • Let’s Get Ready for School!/Preparemonos para la escuela!

  • Routines Rock!/Las rutinas son geniales!

  • Building Strong Communication with your Teen resource

  • Building Strong Communication with your Teen resource (Español)

  • Let’s Write All Year

  • Let’s Write All Year (Español)

  • Let’s Write!

  • Math: 10 Ways to Play

  • Math: 10 Maneras para Jugar

  • Ready2Return: Basic Needs & Mental Health Resources

  • Ready2Return: ¡Vamos a Escribir!

  • Ready2Return: !Vamos a leer!

  • Ready2Return: Let’s Read

  • Story Starters Story Sparks

  • Story Starters (Español)

  • Welcome to School in the United States (English)

  • Welcome to School in the United States (Español)

  • Welcome to School in the United States (Dari)

  • Welcome to School in the United States (Pashto)

• Learning Math at Home-Visit the Colorin Colorado website for fun math-inspired games for families to play together. https://www.colorincolorado.org/learning-together-home-math

• Technology guides for parents Parents and students, here you will find instructions and videos showing how to access different technologies and platforms like Zoom, Powerschool, and WhatsApp. These can help you stay connected with family and friends or keep in touch with your child's teachers.

  • Capacitacion Para Padres

  • Parent Training

Support Services

• The Remote Area Medical (RAM) organization provides health and dental care services at pop-up clinics in several states, including Tennessee. The RAM website describes the organization: “Remote Area Medical (RAM) is a major nonprofit provider of free pop-up clinics. Our mission is to prevent pain and alleviate suffering by providing free, quality healthcare to those in need. We do this by delivering free dental, vision, and medical services to underserved and uninsured individuals.”

  • The clinic schedule can be found on their site here: https://www.ramusa.org/clinic-schedule/.

• Family & Children’s Service (F&CS) is a non-profit in Nashville, Tennessee that helps to connect people in crisis and transition to resources and often "fills in the gaps" in social services. F&CS specializes in connecting clients to affordable healthcare and health insurance options. Their "no wrong door" policy makes them an good option for families of mixed statuses where certain family members may qualify for insurance while others may not. The Connecting Kids to Coverage program provides enrollment assistance for children and expectant mothers in TennCare and CoverKids. The Get Covered Tennessee program assists individuals with exploring available insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act in their area and provides enrollment assistance. In instances where an individual may not be eligible for insurance, they will be connected to the Health Assist program which provides referrals to low and no-cost, community-based healthcare resources.

  F&CS has made its programs highly accessible and offers multiple options to connect with them across Tennessee. Near larger cities, F&CS offers in-person enrollment assistance appointments, and virtual appointments are available for any location in the state. To meet the needs of all clients, these appointments are available in multiple languages through their Language Service program, and clients will continue to meet with the same staff member throughout the enrollment process. Appointments can be made using either the main line at 866.475.7879 or on their website, https://getcoveredtenn.org/, under the "Refer a Client" tab.