The Federal TRIO Programs are educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes six outreach and support programs targeted to serve and assist low-income, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post-baccalaureate programs. TRIO also includes a training program for directors and staff of TRIO projects and a dissemination partnership program to encourage the replication or adaptation of successful practices of TRIO projects at institutions and agencies that do not have TRIO grants.

Nebraska TRIO programs continue to increase recognition and knowledge across the state.  Our programs have a significant impact on students and it's vital we continue to tell our stories, better yet that our students tell their stories.

In Nebraska alone we have 29 current TRIO programs, serving over 8216 students.  As a whole, TRIO programs in Nebraska currently provide over $8,000,000 in federal funds to low-income and first-generation students.