Suny plattsburgh student support services program

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded $636,868 through the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042) to support disadvantaged students at SUNY Plattsburgh. The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, provides comprehensive supportive services designed to enhance retention and graduation rates for low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities. The program delivers targeted interventions to increase academic success, financial literacy, and overall student persistence in postsecondary education, with particular emphasis on facilitating successful transfers from two-year to four-year institutions.

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY) serves as the fiscal agent administering the award on behalf of SUNY Plattsburgh. As part of the TRIO SSS Program, the funded services support student access, affordability, and completion initiatives across the institution's student population. The one-year project period represents a continuation or new phase of the institution's Student Support Services initiative, contributing to the broader federal commitment of funding approximately 1,159 grants nationwide under this program in recent cycles.