What's New The planned SSS competition has been delayed. At this time, the Department expects to have an application closing date for SSS applications in spring or summer 2009 with new grants to begin in September 2010. Please read the Open Letter to All Potential Applicants under the SSS Program Talent Search and EOC annual performance report (APR) Available: November 3, 2008 Due Date: December 1, 2008 The 2007-08 SSS APR online data collection Web site will be available on November 3, 2008.

TRIO Programs

• Educational Opportunity Centers
• Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
• Student Support Services
• Talent Search
• TRIO Dissemination Partnership Program
• Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs Staff
• Upward Bound
• Upward Bound Math-Science

The Federal TRIO Programs are educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes six outreach and support programs targeted to serve and assist low-income, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to postbaccalaureate programs. TRIO also includes a training program for directors and staff of TRIO projects and a dissemination partnership program to encourage the replication or adaptation of successful practices of TRIO projects at institutions and agencies that do not have TRIO grants.

• Child Care Access Means Parents in School
• Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program

• TRIO Staff
• TRIO History

News and Information

• Talent Search and EOC annual performance report (APR)
  • Available: November 3, 2008
  • Due Date: December 1, 2008
• The 2007-08 SSS APR online data collection Web site will be available on November 3, 2008. The deadline for submitting the 2007-08 APR is December 1, 2008.
• The planned Student Support Services (SSS) competition has been delayed. At this time, the Department of Education expects to have an application closing date for SSS applications in spring or summer 2009 with new grants to begin in September 2010. Please read the Open Letter to All Potential Applicants under the Student Support Services Program.
• A Profile of the Federal TRIO Programs and Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program: 2008 is available: MS Word (446K) | PDF (267K)
• The new 2008-2009 Training Opportunities for TRIO Programs' Personnel schedule is now available.
• Following OMB's approval on September 8, 2008, the annual performance report for the Upward Bound programs is now available in text format. Most regular UB grantees and all UBMS and VUB grantees must submit their reports by January 16, 2009; regular UB projects with start dates of December 1, 2007, must submit by February 27, 2009. Upward Bound Program information - Upward Bound Math-Science Program information
• The 36-month performance report for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program is available. Due Date: November 28, 2008.
• An outcomes report for the 2004-05 cohort in Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math-Science is now available: PDF (256K) | MS Word (1.37Mb)
• The 2007-08 grantee lists are available for the following programs: EOC; McNair; Student Support Services; Talent Search; TRIO Training; Upward Bound; UB Math-Science; and Child Care Access Means Parents in School.
• The 2008 Annual Low Income Levels are available.
• On February 21, 2008 a letter was sent to Upward Bound Program grantees regarding the UB evaluation.

Upcoming Competitions for TRIO Funding

• Schedule
  • Educational Opportunity Centers - summer/fall 2009
  • Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement - spring/summer 2011
  • Student Support Services - spring/summer 2009
  • Talent Search - summer/fall 2009
  • Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs - 2010
  • Upward Bound - summer/fall 2010
  • Upward Bound Math-Science - summer/fall 2010
  • Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program - winter 2009
• Notice Soliciting Peer Reviewers (Field Readers) to Review TRIO Grant Applications

Reference Documents

Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance

• Legislation for TRIO Programs [PDF, 33K]
• Legislation Authorizing the SSS Grant Aid [MS Word, 21K]
• Regulations
• OMB Circulars
• Indirect Costs Guidance
• Guidance on the Federal Requirements for Cash Drawdowns: (1) Letter to TRIO Project Directors; (2) Memo to ED Discretionary Grantees [MS Word, 86K]

Low-Income Levels

• 2008 Annual Low Income Levels
• Prior-Year Low Income Levels

Statistical Information

• Recent Funding
• A Profile of the Federal TRIO Programs and Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program: 2008 MS Word (446K) | PDF (267K)
• Total estimated 2008 funding allocation for TRIO Programs: $880,150,000
• Total 2007 funding allocation for TRIO Programs: $882,898,107; Total number of TRIO projects: 2,886; Total number of TRIO participants: 844,889

National TRIO Program Reports

• Veterans Upward Bound
• Upward Bound Math-Science
• Upward Bound
• Student Support Services
• Talent Search
• Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
• Educational Opportunity Centers

Program Evaluations

• Upward Bound
• Talent Search

Other Resources

• FSA for Counselors - Web Site for Middle School, High School, and TRIO Counselors
• TRIO ThinkQuest
• Archived TRIO Information

Questions or Comments? OPE_TRIO@ed.gov
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