Who We Are Now
Student Support Services (SSS), funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is a TRIO program dedicated to increasing the retention and graduation rates for low-income, first-generation, and/or students with documented disabilities at the UTRGV. This grant has been 100% federally funded by the United States Department of Education to serve 275 participants annually in the amount of $348,002 per year for a period of five years (2020-2025) in Brownsville. We have recently been funded in Edinburg to serve 140 participants annually for a period of five years (2025-2030).