Spalding University Inc. received a $272,364 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 25, 2025, through September 24, 2026. The award supports comprehensive student support services designed to enhance retention and graduation rates for disadvantaged college students, including low-income students, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities at the Louisville, Kentucky-based institution.
The SSS program provides on-campus academic services including tutoring, academic advising, career counseling, and financial literacy workshops to increase student success and facilitate transfer from two-year to four-year institutions. This award represents one component of Spalding University's broader federal portfolio of healthcare workforce development initiatives, which includes nursing education, mental health workforce training, and graduate psychology programs funded through multiple Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Labor grants.