Colby community college student support services 2025-2030 grant proposal

Colby Community College received a $283,639 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award funds comprehensive support services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged students, including low-income students, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities. Through this grant, Colby Community College will deliver services aimed at increasing student retention and graduation rates, facilitating transfers from two-year to four-year institutions, and improving academic performance and financial literacy among its student population in northwest Kansas.

The TRIO SSS Program at Colby Community College provides targeted supportive services to help disadvantaged students successfully complete their postsecondary education programs. As a community college serving rural northwest Kansas, the institution utilizes this funding to strengthen student success initiatives through academic advising, tutoring, career counseling, and financial literacy programming. The one-year project period allows the college to deliver these essential student support services while maintaining institutional compliance with Department of Education requirements and working toward continuation funding in subsequent years based on demonstrated progress and sustained availability of federal resources.