Woodland community college student support services (SSS) for low-income, first-generation and/or disabled undergraduate participants, retention, persistence academic excellence

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Woodland Community College $272,364 on September 1, 2026, under the TRIO Student Support Services program (CFDA 84.042) to provide supportive services to low-income, first-generation, and disabled undergraduate students to enhance retention, persistence, and academic excellence.

The grant funds Student Support Services delivered at Woodland Community College in Woodland, California, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027. The TRIO Student Support Services program increases the number of disadvantaged students who successfully complete postsecondary education programs and facilitates transfer from two-year to four-year institutions. Supported services enhance retention and graduation rates, foster an institutional climate supporting students who are limited English proficient, from historically underrepresented groups, with disabilities, homeless, in or aging out of foster care, or otherwise disconnected, and improve financial and economic literacy.