Student support servicescopiah-lincoln community college - natchez campus

Copiah-Lincoln Community College received a $352,530 Project Grant award from the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The grant funds comprehensive supportive services designed to enhance student success and retention among disadvantaged populations, including low-income students, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities. These services are delivered at the college's Natchez Campus location in Wesson, Mississippi, and are intended to increase student academic potential, financial literacy, graduation rates, and transfer rates from two-year to four-year institutions.

Under this award, Copiah-Lincoln Community College provides direct student support services that address barriers to postsecondary completion through academic advising, tutoring, financial literacy programming, and other wraparound support designed to improve educational outcomes for vulnerable student populations. The one-year grant period is part of the broader SSS Program, which operates on a five-year grant cycle with annual continuation awards subject to performance and fund availability.