The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
TRIO includes eight programs targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post-baccalaureate programs.
More than 1,000 colleges, universities, and agencies now offer TRIO Programs in America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands. TRIO funds are distributed to institutions through competitive grants. Every five years, TRIO programs at institutions must reapply for a federal grant to continue.
Although there are now six distinct TRIO programs, the name TRIO originates from the Higher Education Amendments of 1968 (P.L. 90-575), which consolidated a "trio" of programs under one overall program.
Bye Bye was marketed with many different covers; for example, copies in North America were called TRIO and Error and featured no artwork. While Trio was active, in the early 1980s, the group enjoyed some popularity in Germany, UK, Canada, and the United States.
Significant events such as the formal naming of the programs as the “Federal TRIO Programs” in 1992 and the defeats of attempts to eliminate TRIO funding underscore the resilience and impact of the TRIO community in supporting disadvantaged students’ access to education.
The Federal TRIO Programs Current-Year Low-Income Levels information is used by the TRIO grantees (3,000 +) to establish eligibility for project services specifically for students who are first-generation and low-income.
Trio (band), a German group formed in 1979 The supergroup of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt (unofficially known as Trio due to their album of the same title).