2025-2027 Student Handbook

TRIO Student Support Services Program / Student Success Center

TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally funded college success program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. TRIO SSS provides free academic support services to first-generation, low-income, and/or students with documented learning or physical disabilities throughout their enrollment at DACC. The goal of the TRIO SSS Program is to increase college retention and degree completion rates of its program participants. TRIO SSS is located inside the Student Success Center in Cannon Hall, Room 113. 

 

TRIO provides individualized support in the following areas:

  • Academic planning
  • Professional tutoring in-person and virtually
  • Financial aid counseling
  • Financial literacy
  • Transfer advisement
  • Assistance with applications to four-year universities and college transfer visits
  • Assistance with scholarship searches and applications
  • Computer lab access
  • Cultural enrichment activities
  • Academic success workshops and much MORE! 

Interested in joining TRIO SSS? Students are encouraged to complete a TRIO New Student Application at https://dacc.edu/ssc/trio. For assistance with completing the TRIO New Student Application or any questions regarding the application process, please call the Student Success Center at 217-443-8898 or email trio@dacc.edu. TRIO Works!