The University of Georgia has received a $1.1 million federal grant to help first-generation and low-income students on its campus.
The grant is part of the U.S. Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services program that provides services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds at colleges across the country, and will be distributed over the next five years.
The UGA grant will fund three new full-time staff members to work directly with 140 students providing workshops, counseling and extra support to increase college retention and graduation rates among these selected groups. Any first- or second-year student whose parents did not finish college, have a documented psychological or learning disability, are Pell-eligible or have an academic need my qualify for the TRIO support services program.
TRIO, named for the Upward Bound, Talent Search and Student Support Services programs at its inception in the 1960s, includes eight programs to assist these students and those with disabilities navigate the academic journey from middle school to graduate school programs.
UGA has three other TRIO grants focused on middle and high school students that have been active for more than two decades.
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