Vermont Business Magazine Community College of Vermont has been awarded over $1.7 million in TRIO funding from the United States Department of Education. The College will receive approximately $340,000 annually for five years to fund the Student Support Services (SSS) program. The SSS program at CCV serves 225 students annually. Students chosen for SSS come from low-income families, are first-generation college students, or have a disability. The SSS program fosters a supportive environment for these individuals, who often experience daily struggles to balance family, job and school responsibilities, and provides direct support to them in the form of intensive advising, academic coaching and post-secondary training.
“We are very pleased to have received this substantial grant from the Department of Education,” said CCV Dean of Students Heather Weinstein. “CCV has a richly diverse student population and TRIO funding ensures our less-advantaged students have the resources available to them to be successful in college.”
The Federal TRIO programs came into existence with the passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965. TRIO is comprised of eight programs, one of which is SSS. The goal of SSS is to improve the college retention and graduation rates of participants.
CCV is Vermont’s second largest college, serving over 7,000 students each semester. With 12 locations and extensive online learning options, our students don’t have to travel far from their communities to access our degree and certificate programs, workforce, secondary and continuing education opportunities, and academic and veterans support services.