SmartPath: Eligibility Requirements

TRIO Student Support Services' Request for Application (RFA) states
"that are population must be:

1. The applicant assures that at least two-thirds of the students who will participate in the project will be individuals with disabilities and/or low-income individuals who are also first generation college students; and that at least one- third of the student participants who are individuals with disabilities also will be low-income individuals.
2. The applicant assures that the remaining students participating in the project will be either low-income individuals, first-generation college students, or individuals with disabilities."

Federal Statute 34 CFR 646.7(b)

First Generation College student means, per Federal Statute 34 CFR 646.7(b), 

(1) A student neither of whose natural or adoptive parents received a baccalaureate degree;

(2) A student who, prior to the age of 18, regularly resided with and received support from only one parent and whose supporting parent did not receive a baccalaureate degree; or

(3) An individual who, prior to the age of 18, did not regularly reside with or receive support from a natural or an adoptive parent.

View the low-income definition as defined by federal TRIO guidelines information.

Individual with a disability means a person who has a disability, as that term is defined in Section 12102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 12102 states: 

1. Disability
   The term “disability” means, with respect to an individual—
   1. a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual;
   2. a record of such an impairment; or
   3. being regarded as having such an impairment (as described in paragraph (3)).
2. Major Life Activities
   1. In general
      For purposes of paragraph (1), major life activities include, but are not limited to, caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working.
   2. Major bodily functions
      For purposes of paragraph (1), a major life activity also includes the operation of a major bodily function, including but not limited to, functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive functions.
3. Regarded as Having such an Impairment
   For purposes of paragraph (1)©
   1. An individual meets the requirement of “being regarded as having such an impairment” if the individual establishes that he or she has been subjected to an action prohibited under this chapter because of an actual or perceived physical or mental impairment whether or not the impairment limits or is perceived to limit a major life activity.
   2. Paragraph (1)(C) shall not apply to impairments that are transitory and minor. A transitory impairment is an impairment with an actual or expected duration of 6 months or less.

View the Student Services Support Program, Federal Statute 34 CFR 646.