Durbin, Duckworth Announce $15.2 Million In Upward Bound Grants For Educational Institutions
SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded 46 grants, totaling $15,217,775, to Illinois educational institutions through the Upward Bound program. As one of the eight TRIO programs, Upward Bound aims to provide opportunities for high school students from low-income families and families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree to succeed academically and ultimately graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
“Federal support for educational programs like Upward Bound is critical to ensure that disadvantaged students can graduate high school and college so they can compete in today’s competitive global workforce,” said Durbin. “Today’s investment in students will help Illinoisans better prepare for their future careers.”
“Those of us who weren’t always sure we’d be able to go to college or faced barriers upon entry understand the power of a diploma,” Duckworth said. “I’m proud that organizations like Upward Bound are working to help more of Illinois’s high school students from working families have an opportunity to achieve academic success and complete a degree.
The following Illinois schools have been awarded funding:
- John Wood Community College: $297,601
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, District 529: $312,480
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, District 529: $297,601
- Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, District 529: $361,983
- Waubonsee Community College: $297,601
- Carl Sandburg College: $312,480
- Waubonsee Community College: $297,601
- Elgin Community College: $287,536
- Elgin Community College: $345,398
- A Knock At Midnight, NFP: $297,600
- Kankakee Community College: $414,062
- Kishwaukee College: $297,601
- Highland Community College: $297,601
- The Gloria J. Taylor Foundation: $287,537
- The Gloria J. Taylor Foundation: $287,537
- Rend Lake College: $312,480
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: $686,293
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: $370,801
- Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University: $455,329
- Illinois Central College: $297,601
- Southeastern Illinois College: $287,537
- Lewis and Clark Community College: $370,393
- Introspect Youth Services, Inc.: $297,601
- The Endeleo Institute, Inc.: $297,601
- McHenry County College: $297,023
- Northeastern Illinois University: $297,600
- Family Centered Educational Agency, Inc.: $297,601
- PROJECT P.R.O.M.I.S.E.: $287,632
- Family Centered Educational Agency, Inc.: $364,977
- Rock Valley College: $297,090
- 3 Seeds Mentoring Group: $297,600
- Family Centered Educational Agency, Inc.: $297,601
- Family Centered Educational Agency, Inc.: $312,480
- Chicago State University: $297,601
- Family Centered Educational Agency, Inc.: $287,537
- Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $505,580
- Moraine Valley Community College: $312,480
- Metropolitan Family Services: $297,601
- Illinois Community College, District No 515: $297,600
- Gary Comer Youth Center, Inc. dba Comer Education Campus: $297,601
- Roosevelt University: $288,933
- Roosevelt University: $387,335
- Roosevelt University: $288,933
- Northern Illinois University: $564,041
- Highland Community College: $287,537
- The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $287,537
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