{"id":1119,"date":"2021-05-31T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenetorg.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1119"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:53:45","slug":"trio-caucus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/trio-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"TRIO Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"common-interior-banner alignfull  has-background image-as-background coe-block\">\r\n\t<!--        \/\/ If we have a background image, echo our background image markup inside the block container.-->\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"image-background center jpeg\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CAPITOL-HILL-TRIO-FUNDING-LETTER-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-herring-short\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"common-interior-banner__inner container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"common-interior-banner__inner-content\">\r\n                        \t\t\t    <div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t    <h1 class=\"common-interior-banner__title\">TRIO Caucus<\/h1>\r\n            \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"two-col-sidenav alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"two-col-sidenav__inner  container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"two-col-sidenav__navigation list-unstyled fade-in-right-fixed-all-children\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link-item wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/TRIO-Caucus-Invite-Letter_012623.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"acf-link nav-link link-reset\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JOIN THE CAUCUS<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"link-item wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TRIO-Caucus-List_061825.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"acf-link nav-link link-reset\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEMBER LIST<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"two-col-sidenav__content fade-in-up-fixed-all-children \">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"kicker wow\">overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title wow\">The Congressional TRIO Caucus is a bipartisan group of Members of Congress supportive of the Federal TRIO Programs and higher education access for low-income, first-generation, and disabled students.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description wow\"><p>TRIO programs serve students from middle school through post-graduate study across America and provide academic tutoring, personal counseling, mentoring, financial guidance, and other supports necessary for educational access and retention. In addition to providing direct support services for students, TRIO also provides relevant training for directors and staff.<\/p>\n<p>It is the aim of the Congressional TRIO Caucus to generate support for TRIO programs from congressional offices, the U.S. Department of Education, and other entities and to expand awareness of the need for improving educational opportunities for all Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TRIO-Caucus-List_061825.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"acf-link link--inline wow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Member List<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"poin-contact__wrapper poin-contact alignfull  has-background gradient-as-background coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"poin-contact__inner container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"poin-contact__inner-headers\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h2 poin-contact__title\"> Get in Touch<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"poin-contact__text\"> <p>Questions? Contact\u00a0<strong>COE Vice President for Public Policy Diane Shust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-columns\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-columns__content\"><h3>Diane Shust<\/h3>\n<p>Vice President, Public Policy <a href=\"mailto:diane.shust@coenet.org\">diane.shust@coenet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-columns__content\"><h3>Vacant<\/h3>\n<p>Director, Congressional Affairs<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"poin-contact__inner-links\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"links__title kicker\">Popular Links<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"links__list\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span><a href = \"https:\/\/coenet.org\/about-coe\/\">About COE<\/a><\/span><span><a href = \"https:\/\/coenet.org\/coe-and-trio-programs\/\">about TRIO PRograms<\/a><\/span><span><a href = \"https:\/\/coenet.org\/people\/maureen-hoyler\/\">about our president<\/a><\/span><span><a href = \"http:\/\/pellinstitute.org\/\">the pell institute<\/a><\/span><span><a href = \"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/\">press releases<\/a><\/span><span><a href = \"https:\/\/coenet.org\/state-leadership\/\">state leadership<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\t<section class=\"slider-articles alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__intro container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"slider-articles__title\">Latest News &#038; Impact<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-nav__arrows\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow prev\" aria-label=\"Previous article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  d=\"M0.787494 15.2904L15.6648 0.413086L17.7373 2.48555L4.89734 15.3255L17.7369 28.1651L15.6644 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style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/professional_development_community_college_initiative_award_effectiveness_trio_student_support_sss-500x500.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-launches-inaugural-award-for-institutional-effectiveness-to-scale-trio-student-support-services-practices-campus-wide\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Launches Inaugural Award for Institutional Effectiveness to Scale TRIO Student Support Services Practices Campus-Wide<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">press release<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-launches-inaugural-award-for-institutional-effectiveness-to-scale-trio-student-support-services-practices-campus-wide\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Launches Inaugural Award for Institutional Effectiveness to Scale TRIO Student Support Services Practices Campus-Wide<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news_and_impact_trio_achievers_coeac2025_annual_conference_chicago-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2025-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2025 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">press release<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-announces-2025-national-trio-achiever-award-recipients\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces 2025 National TRIO Achiever Award Recipients<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/27Williams-04-vqgh-articleLarge-500x417.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/pat-williams-a-champion-who-gave-wings-to-trios-defiance\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Pat Williams: A Champion Who Gave Wings to TRIO\u2019s Defiance\u00a0<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/pat-williams-a-champion-who-gave-wings-to-trios-defiance\/\" target=\"_self\">Pat Williams: A Champion Who Gave Wings to TRIO\u2019s Defiance\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Arnold L. Mitchem<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trio_programs_in_the_news_summer_2025_new_hampshirt_hassan_senator-500x456.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/news\/trio-in-the-news-summer-2025\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: TRIO in the News, Summer 2025<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">In the News<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/news\/trio-in-the-news-summer-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">TRIO in the News, Summer 2025<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/news_impact_college_students_trio_budget_institutions-500x500.jpeg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/why-trumps-budget-proposal-betrays-a-generation-of-low-income-college-students\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Why Trump\u2019s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/why-trumps-budget-proposal-betrays-a-generation-of-low-income-college-students\/\" target=\"_self\">Why Trump\u2019s Budget Proposal Betrays a Generation of Low-Income College Students<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Alejandra Campoverdi and Aaron Brown, Ph.D.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advocacy_coeps2025_assembly_policy_seminar_capitol_hill3-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/more-than-10000-trio-alumni-urge-congress-to-protect-federal-trio-programs\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">press release<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-release\/more-than-10000-trio-alumni-urge-congress-to-protect-federal-trio-programs\/\" target=\"_self\">More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/advocacy_update_department_education_grant_award_notifications_upward_bound-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/advocacy-update\/federal-cancellations-of-upward-bound-grants-signal-broader-threat-to-college-access-programs\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Federal Cancellations of Upward Bound Grants Signal Broader Threat to College Access Programs<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Advocacy Update<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/advocacy-update\/federal-cancellations-of-upward-bound-grants-signal-broader-threat-to-college-access-programs\/\" target=\"_self\">Federal Cancellations of Upward Bound Grants Signal Broader Threat to College Access Programs<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image 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