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Assistance listing · 84.042
TRIO Student Support Services
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 84.042, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
USAspending caveat. Figures are obligations reported by federal agencies to USAspending.gov, not payments. In USAspending's words: "An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ('obligated')." "Every agency has a Senior Accountable Official who must officially certify that the quarterly financial data submitted by their agency is accurate and complete." "If there are any discrepancies in procurement data, FPDS is the authoritative source." Contract data for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is published with a 90-day delay. Data loaded 30 Sep 2026.
Federal agencies obligated $325M in awards under assistance listing 84.042, TRIO Student Support Services, in FY2026, and $1.5B over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 223 of 988 on this site.
Obligations were down 19% on FY2025 ($400M), with $0 so far in FY2027.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were Arizona State University ($9.0M), Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc ($8.0M) and University of Central Oklahoma ($7.6M).
By place of performance, the most money went to AL and MN.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2026
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2026 | $325M | $722B | $4.4T |
| Five-year total | $1.5B | $2.6T | $17T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2023
| Recipient | Awarding agency | Type | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadsden State Community College | Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | $2.0M | 3 Jul 2025 | AL | USAspending |
| Minnesota State Colleges and Universities | Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | $1.7M | 31 Aug 2026 | MN | USAspending |
| Troy University | Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | $1.6M | 4 Jul 2025 | AL | USAspending |
| George C Wallace Community College-Dothan | Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | $1.5M | 3 Jul 2025 | AL | USAspending |
| Northwest Shoals Community College | Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | $1.3M | 3 Jul 2025 | AL | USAspending |
| Enterprise State Community College | Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | $1.2M | 3 Jul 2025 | AL | USAspending |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Department of Education | GrantProject Grant (B) | $1.0M | 3 Jul 2025 | AL | USAspending |
Other programs numbered 84.xxx
- 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $139B
- 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies $73B
- 84.027 Special Education Grants to States $57B
- 84.126 Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States $15B
- 84.367 Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (formerly Improving Teacher Quality State Grants) $8.7B
- 84.041 Impact Aid $6.8B
- 84.048 Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States $5.6B
- 84.424 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program $5.5B
- 84.287 Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers $5.3B
- 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $4.6B
- 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid $4.5B
- 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $3.6B
- 84.365 English Language Acquisition State Grants $3.5B
- 84.002 Adult Education - Basic Grants to States $2.9B
- 84.181 Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families $2.2B
- 84.047 TRIO Upward Bound $1.8B
- 84.173 Special Education Preschool Grants $1.7B
- 84.184 School Safely National Activities $1.6B
- 84.369 Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities $1.5B
- 84.011 Migrant Education State Grant Program $1.5B
- 84.334 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs $1.4B
- 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education $1.4B
- 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects $1.2B
- 84.411 Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) $988M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 84.042?
$325M in FY2026 and $1.5B over the five fiscal years since FY2023, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under TRIO Student Support Services?
Arizona State University ($9.0M), Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc ($8.0M), University of Central Oklahoma ($7.6M), University of Louisiana at Lafayette ($7.3M), Washington State University ($7.0M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.