Student Support Services
Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally funded undergraduate retention
program designed to help first generation, low-income, disabled (seen or unseen)
students graduate from college. The SSS program provides opportunities for
academic development, assists students with basic college requirements, and
serves to motivate students towards the successful completion of their
postsecondary education. The SSS program may also provide grant aid to current
SSS participants who are receiving Federal Pell Grants. The goal of SSS is to
increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants and
facilitate the process of transition from one level of higher education to the
next. Services provided free of charge include individual and group tutorials; study skill
resources, textbooks, personal, career, and academic counseling; social and
cultural development activities; and assistance in gaining entrance into
graduate school.
Participant Eligibility for Program Service
To receive assistance, students must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a program of postsecondary education at a grantee institution. Low-income students who are first-generation college students and students with disabilities evidencing academic need are eligible to participate in SSS projects. Two-thirds of the participants in any SSS project must be either disabled or potential first-generation college students from low-income families. One-third of the disabled participants must also be low-income students.
Participants Eligibility for Grant Aid
To receive SSS program grant aid, students must be current participants in the SSS project who are in their first two years of postsecondary education and receiving Federal Pell Grants. Grant aid may be offered to students who have completed their first two years of postsecondary education and are receiving Federal Pell Grants if the institution demonstrates that these students are at high risk of dropping out and it has first met the needs of all its eligible first and second-year students.
Click here to find out how to qualify, get an application, or find other information. You may contact Student Support Services by visiting Malone Hall, Room 116, phoning (334) 983-6556 ext. 214, or by e-mail at dpettway@troy.edu.
