Southwest texas junior college, trio-student support services, new grant, two year school

Southwest Texas Junior College Foundation, Inc. received a $372,549 Project Grant 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. This new grant funds comprehensive support services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged students at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas, a two-year institution.

The grant supports a range of student support services targeting low-income, first-generation, and students with disabilities. Services include academic support, financial literacy programming, and retention initiatives aimed at increasing student graduation rates and facilitating successful transfers from the two-year institution to four-year universities. Through this one-year funding period, the program will work to strengthen student success outcomes and expand access to postsecondary education completion for underserved populations. As a TRIO SSS program, continuation funding may be available annually subject to satisfactory progress and grantee performance.