Updated changes to Talent Search Grant 2016

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From: *Kimberly Jones* <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Subject: [Trio-list] Announcement from COE President Maureen Hoyler re:
Talent Search
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Dear Colleague:



Tomorrow the U.S. Department of Education will release the revised Talent
Search application packet.  This corrected application is necessary because
of, and takes into account, the $60.2 million increase Congress
appropriated for TRIO in December.  The announcement is attached in pdf
format.

The major changes in this announcement are:

1)       The allowable cost per student in Talent Search has been raised
from $460 to $480;

2)       Currently funded institutions and agencies are allowed to request
up to $480 multiplied by the number of participants funded to serve in
2015-2016;  and

3)       The minimum grant has been raised from $230,000 to 240,000.

There is no provision in the announcement for institutions and agencies
currently hosting Talent Search programs to enable them to reduce the
number of students served except by reducing the amount requested to
$240,000.



COE’s preliminary analysis suggest that colleges and agencies currently
receiving Talent Search funds will be eligible to increase their budget
request in the application due February 5 by anywhere from 3 percent to 44
percent.  The average increase permitted by COE calculations is 11
percent.   In dollars, these permitted increases range from $10,000 to
$117,000.   Institutions and agencies presently receiving the lowest cost
per student are eligible for the largest percentage increase.



If every currently funded Talent Search project were continued, such
increases would account for slightly over $14 million.  The Department of
Education has not yet released its plans for allocating the remaining $46
million increase provided TRIO in the FY 2016 appropriation bill.



Should you have any questions, please e-mail Angelica Vialpando, COE’s
Vice-President of Program and Professional Development at
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Thank you again for your continued advocacy which makes these needed
increases possible.



Sincerely,



Maureen Hoyler

President









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