TriO Program

With the increasing enrollment of Hispanic youth in our schools, the high dropout rate among this population threatens the well-being of our community. It is critical to ensure our children are staying in school and going on for higher education, not only for their sake, but for the benefit of the entire community and the reason why the TRiO/Educational Talent Search Program is important for our children.

This program has been in existence since 2002 and our aim is to provide support and guidance to students and their families from 6th through 12th grades. The TRiO/Educational Talent Search Project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and works to keep kids who otherwise would drop out of school, to stay in school and assists them to enroll into a post-secondary institution after High School. The program targets 600 students from our target schools who have the potential to attend a college or university, who are from low income backgrounds and are considered to be the first generation in their families to attend college.

Participants in the program are encouraged to complete secondary school and are provided the academic support, guidance and assistance needed to succeed in institutions of higher education. Some of the services provided to the students by the ETS program include; after school tutoring, time management skills, parent workshops, mentoring, study skills, cultural activities as well as a one week summer camp.

In order to qualify a potential participant must be a United States Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident or in the process of legalizing status, be between the ages of 11 – 27 and have completed the 5th grade. For more information please contact the Trio Program Assistant at (602) 416-7254, our mailing address is 802 S. 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 3695, Phoenix, AZ 85030.

We can also be reached via e-mail at melissag@friendlyhouse.org or josev@friendlyhouse.org