TRIO Student Support Services

The Danville Area Community College TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program provides academic support services to empower students to be successful in college and life. TRIO SSS is a competitive, five-year grant funded by the United States Department of Education and is part of a network of federal programs at middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities, and social service agencies across the United States.Each year, TRIO SSS provides services to 190 first-generation, low-income students, and/or students with documented learning or physical disabilities. The goal of the TRIO SSS Program is to increase good academic standing, retention, graduation, and transfer rates of program participants.

Services include: Individualized academic advisement and course selection, tutoring, financial aid counseling, financial literacy, transfer counseling and assistance with applications to four-year universities and colleges, transfer visits, scholarship searches, computer lab access, and academic success workshops.

Interested students are encouraged to submit a TRIO New Student Application via the DACC website: https://dacc.edu/ssc/trio. Students who need assistance with submitting an application should visit Student Success Center in Cannon Hall, Room 113, or by calling (217) 443-8898 (TDD/TTY (217) 443-8701).