Recruitment Strategies
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Recruit by areas
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Identify high-impact migrant areas.
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Identify peak flux periods for migrant families
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Have direct contact with schools.
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Set up weekly schedules for recruitment.
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Recruit migrant youth 3-21.
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Develop partnerships with agencies. Contact them on a regular basis for referrals.
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Conduct “door-to-door” recruitment in high-impact neighborhoods.
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Distribute newsletters, posters, and fliers to schools, agencies, and businesses.
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Get to know crew leaders, farmers, and growers.
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Become familiar with the geographic area and what crops are cultivated.
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Attend and participate in regional and state Identification and Recruitment training opportunities.
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Meet regularly with a regional support team.
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Have access to current student information.
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Organize and schedule recruitment based on ongoing needs assessment.
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Keep in touch with the families.
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Have a parent who is willing to contact you when they know of other families moving into the area.
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Avoid duplicate paperwork.
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Organize a schedule around phone calls, home visits, community contacts, school visits, etc.
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Be organized and aggressive.
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Keep track of how many families were contacted and how many qualified on a regular basis.
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Develop age and grade profiles to identify impacted areas.
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Set a goal.
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Revisit families. New qualifying moves count.
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Ask: Are there any students/siblings who are not attending school or have not graduated from high school under the age of 22?
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Check the list of migrant high school students for the last couple of years to see which ones have not graduated and if they are still in the area.
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Check with labor contractors and labor camps.
