What's New The EOC Web application for the Annual Performance Report for 2011-2012 will go Live on June 10, 2013. APR Due Date: July 12, 2013. You can find the APR form, instructions, and link to the secure APR Web site on the EOC Report page. Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program FY 2013 Application for Grants available in Grants.gov: May 24, 2013. Closing date: June 24, 2013.

Programs

TRIO Programs

• Educational Opportunity Centers
• Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement
• Student Support Services
• Talent Search
• Training Program for Federal TRIO Staff
• Upward Bound
• Upward Bound Math/Science
• Veterans Upward Bound

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)

Graduate Programs

• Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
• Jacob K. Javits Fellowships

Other Access and Scholarship Programs

• Child Care Access Means Parents in School
• Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity
• Erma Byrd Scholarship Program

News and Information

The EOC Program's Web application for the 2011-12 Annual Performance Report will go Live on June 10, 2013. APR Due Date: July 12, 2013. You can find the APR form, instructions, and link to the secure APR Web site on the EOC Report page.

The FY 2013 application for grants under the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program (CCAMPIS CFDA Number: 84.335A) was announced on May 24, 2013. The closing date for the submission of applications is June 24, 2013. Applications for this competition are available in Grants.gov. For more specific information, refer to the CCAMPIS Applicant Information page.

Get information about federal student loan reduction or forgiveness.

Federal Student Aid – Pell Grant Webinar on Recent Statutory Changes, May 2012: MS PowerPoint (626K) | PDF (515K) | MS Word (50K)

More News:

• All Office of Postsecondary Education open grant program competitions
• Student Service Newsletters

About the Student Service

Student Service Organizational Structure

The Student Service performs planning, program development, and grant administration functions for the Federal TRIO programs; the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program; the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity program; Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP); the Graduate Fellowships Programs (Title VII, Part A, HEA); and the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program. Dr. Linda Byrd-Johnson is the Senior Director of the Student Service.

The service defines and articulates program goals and objectives; identifies and implements policy changes needed to achieve goals and objectives; evaluates program effectiveness; develops and updates policy manuals, program regulations, and proposed legislative amendments; prepares program budget requests; and prepares an annual funding schedule and funding strategy, incorporating the Secretary's goals and objectives; develops funding criteria and funding priorities for publication in the Federal Register.

The Student Service is responsible for managing the grant awards processes for new applicants and non-competing continuation grantees and for providing overall management and monitoring of ongoing projects, including technical assistance to funded grantees, data gathering and analysis, and grant close-out activities.

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Office of Postsecondary Education
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Washington, DC 20006-8510
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