TRIO Funding Takes Tutas-Cohen to Congress
April 29, 2009 9:29 AM
Funding for the national TRIO program for fiscal year 2010 took Carolyn Tutas-Cohen, assistant director of budgets and compliance for the USC TRIO program, to the offices of four California members of Congress on March 24.
Tutas-Cohen, along with leaders of the Cal State Long Beach TRIO program, were advocating for a $120 million nationwide increase in funding for the program, to bring total support to $968 million.
“We haven’t had an increase for the past seven years, which is why it is so critical,” Tutas-Cohen said.
At USC, increased support would be used to fully fund the summer Upward Bound residential program, where students from low-income neighborhoods spend five weeks on campus taking classes. About 170 students will be able to participate this summer, Tutas-Cohen said, while in the past, more than 200 have taken part.
The USC TRIO programs include four Upward Bound programs that serve about 310 students each academic year. TRIO’s Educational Talent Search program serves about 2,000 students.
The offices where Tutas-Cohen spoke to staff members were those of representatives Diane Watson, Maxine Waters, Lucille Roybal-Allard and Dana Rohrbacher.
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