TRIO Student Support Services - Disabilities

Eligibility

Thank you for your interest in the TRIO-SSSD program.

We regret to inform you that our TRIO-SSSD program was not selected for funding in the new federal grant cycle (2025-2030). As a result, we are unable to offer TRIO-SSSD services at this time.

However, you are still encouraged to continue working with the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) to receive academic accommodations and support tailored to your individual needs. SSD remains committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive learning environment for all students. Please be sure to check in with your Access Specialist regularly for updates, guidance, and ongoing support.

You may be eligible to receive TRIO SSS-D program services if you are an undergraduate student who receives accommodations through Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), demonstrate academic need, and identify as one or more of the following:

Student with a long term disability.
Low-income student (see guidelines below).
First-generation student (parent(s)/legal guardian(s) did not graduate from a 4 year institution).

TRIO Student Support Services - Disabilities is a U.S. Department of Education federally funded program that serves undergraduate college students who demonstrate academic need and either have a documented disability, are low-income, and/or are first-generation students.

Federal TRIO Programs Current-Year Low-Income Level Guidelines

*(Effective January 11, 2024 until further notice)*
Size of Family Unit	48 Contiguous States, D.C., and Outlying Jurisdictions	Alaska	Hawaii
1	$22,590	$28,215	$25,965
2	$30,660	$38,310	$35,250
3	$38,730	$48,405	$44,535
4	$46,800	$58,500	$53,820
5	$54,870	$68,595	$63,105
6	$62,940	$78,690	$72,390
7	$71,010	$88,785	$81,675
8	$79,080	$98,880	$90,960

For family units with more than eight members, add the following amount for each additional family member: $8,070 for the 48 contiguous states, and the District of Columbia and outlying jurisdictions; $10,095 for Alaska; and $9,285 for Hawaii.

The tern "low-income individual" means an individual whose family's taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount.

The figures shown under family income represent amounts equal to 150 percent of the family income levels established by the Census Bureau for determining poverty status. The poverty guidelines were published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on January 17, 2024 and are effective as of January 11, 2024.