MEP Regions
Migratory Education Program (MEP) Regions and Project Sites
The MEP is hiring an Identification Specialist for each of the 7 regions identified below. Applicants do not need to live within the region they would serve, but they do need to be able to regularly travel within it. Please indicate in your cover letter the region(s) you are applying for by color based on the map below (green, orange, grey, brown, yellow, blue, purple). This position is eligible to be performed remotely within the state of Iowa. Employees who elect remote work must comply with the requirements of our remote work policy and agreement.
Project sites within each region are indicated by star on the map.

Counties in each region:
- Green - Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O'Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Monona
- Brown - Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Mitchell, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Hamilton, Hardin
- Blue - Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Bremer, Fayette, Clayton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn
- Orange - Crawford, Carroll, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Pottawattamie, Cass, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Clarke, Fremont, Page, Taylor, Ringgold, Decatur
- Grey - Pocahontas, Humboldt, Calhoun, Webster, Greene, Boone, Guthrie, Dallas, Polk, Adair, Madison
- Yellow - Grundy, Story, Marshall, Tama, Jasper, Poweshiek, Warren, Marion, Mahaska, Keokuk, Lucas, Monroe
- Purple - Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Washington, Louisa, Wapello, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Wayne, Appanoose, Davis, Van Buren, Lee