Hello NEOA Members!!!

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) has shared important updates regarding the pause on federal fund disbursement and obligation, effective TODAY at 5:00pm ET! This will make the G6 system unavailable after this time.

To address this, COE advises TRIO grantees to:

1. Work with your business office to draw down funds today, before 5:00pm, to prevent any disruptions in TRIO services. This may allow you to maintain operations while agencies assess compliance with recent Executive Orders and provide their reports to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by Monday Feb 10th.
2. Contact your House representatives and both Senators to explain how this pause impacts your students and families (You may find sample letter attached to this e-mail) be sure to update to your information):
3. Join the Government Relations Meetings on Friday January 31st at 1:00pm ET for further updates: You may register here: Webinar Registration - Zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yV2K2FCNT4S5qdWzolHXTw#/registration

NEOA remains committed to supporting TRIO professionals and programs throughout New England. Your advocacy and swift action are crucial to minimizing the impact on TRIO programs and students.

Thank you for your dedication and support!
Yara Zoccarato
NEOA President
203-837-9399
https://www.neoaonline.org/index.php
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Falo Portugues; Hablo Español

Hello NEOA Members!!!

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) has shared important updates regarding the pause on federal fund disbursement and obligation, effective TODAY at 5:00pm ET! This will make the G6 system unavailable after this time.

To address this, COE advises TRIO grantees to:

1. Work with your business office to draw down funds today, before 5:00pm, to prevent any disruptions in TRIO services. This may allow you to maintain operations while agencies assess compliance with recent Executive Orders and provide their reports to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by Monday Feb 10th.
2. Contact your House representatives and both Senators to explain how this pause impacts your students and families (You may find sample letter attached to this e-mail) be sure to update to your information):
3. Join the Government Relations Meetings on Friday January 31st at 1:00pm ET for further updates: You may register here: Webinar Registration - Zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yV2K2FCNT4S5qdWzolHXTw#/registration

NEOA remains committed to supporting TRIO professionals and programs throughout New England. Your advocacy and swift action are crucial to minimizing the impact on TRIO programs and students.

Thank you for your dedication and support!
Yara Zoccarato
NEOA President
203-837-9399
https://www.neoaonline.org/index.php
[NEOA Logo]
Falo Portugues; Hablo Español

Thank you, Yara, for this critical information.

Sincerely,
Kim

Kimberly Gorman
Associate Director, Center for Access & Postsecondary Success
Director, Student Support Services
Phone: 860-486-5460
https://caps.center.uconn.edu/

From: Yara Zoccarato via NEOA neoa@lists.neoaonline.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 4:11 PM
To: neoa@lists.neoaonline.org
Subject: [NEOA] NEOA TRIO Action Needed: Join Jan 31st Government Relations Meeting
Importance: High

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Hello NEOA Members!!!

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) has shared important updates regarding the pause on federal fund disbursement and obligation, effective TODAY at 5:00pm ET! This will make the G6 system unavailable after this time.

To address this, COE advises TRIO grantees to:

1. Work with your business office to draw down funds today, before 5:00pm, to prevent any disruptions in TRIO services. This may allow you to maintain operations while agencies assess compliance with recent Executive Orders and provide their reports to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by Monday Feb 10th.
2. Contact your House representatives and both Senators to explain how this pause impacts your students and families (You may find sample letter attached to this e-mail) be sure to update to your information):
3. Join the Government Relations Meetings on Friday January 31st at 1:00pm ET for further updates: You may register here: Webinar Registration - Zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yV2K2FCNT4S5qdWzolHXTw#/registration

NEOA remains committed to supporting TRIO professionals and programs throughout New England. Your advocacy and swift action are crucial to minimizing the impact on TRIO programs and students.

Thank you for your dedication and support!
Yara Zoccarato
NEOA President
203-837-9399
https://www.neoaonline.org/index.php
[NEOA Logo]
Falo Portugues; Hablo Español

Yara,

Thank you for sharing this very important information. As we have all been working with our institutions to better understand the scope of what we are dealing with, it is important for our network to stay close together to share information.

Best,

Rob

Robert A. Pote
Director- Pre-Collegiate and Access Programshttps://www.wcsu.edu/pcaap/

Educational Achievement and Access Bridge Program (EA2P)https://www.wcsu.edu/pcaap/eap/
Promoting Academically Successful Students (PASS)https://www.wcsu.edu/pcaap/pass-program/
Danbury Public Schools Collaborative/Upward Bound/ConnCAP/https://www.wcsu.edu/pcaap/upward-bound/Excelhttps://www.wcsu.edu/pcaap/excel/

Western Connecticut State University
181 White Street
Danbury, CT  06810
T: (203) 837-8802 | F: (203) 837-8602 | poter@wcsu.edumailto:poter@wcsu.edu mailto:poter@wcsu.edu

From: Gorman, Kimberly via NEOA neoa@lists.neoaonline.org
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Subject: [NEOA] Re: NEOA TRIO Action Needed: Join Jan 31st Government Relations Meeting

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Thank you, Yara, for this critical information.

Sincerely,
Kim

Kimberly Gorman
Associate Director, Center for Access & Postsecondary Success
Director, Student Support Services
Phone: 860-486-5460

https://caps.center.uconn.edu/

From: Yara Zoccarato via NEOA neoa@lists.neoaonline.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 4:11 PM
To: neoa@lists.neoaonline.org
Subject: [NEOA] NEOA TRIO Action Needed: Join Jan 31st Government Relations Meeting
Importance: High

Message sent from a system outside of UConn.

Hello NEOA Members!!!

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) has shared important updates regarding the pause on federal fund disbursement and obligation, effective TODAY at 5:00pm ET! This will make the G6 system unavailable after this time.

To address this, COE advises TRIO grantees to:

1. Work with your business office to draw down funds today, before 5:00pm, to prevent any disruptions in TRIO services. This may allow you to maintain operations while agencies assess compliance with recent Executive Orders and provide their reports to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by Monday Feb 10th.
2. Contact your House representatives and both Senators to explain how this pause impacts your students and families (You may find sample letter attached to this e-mail) be sure to update to your information):
3. Join the Government Relations Meetings on Friday January 31st at 1:00pm ET for further updates: You may register here: Webinar Registration - Zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yV2K2FCNT4S5qdWzolHXTw#/registration

NEOA remains committed to supporting TRIO professionals and programs throughout New England. Your advocacy and swift action are crucial to minimizing the impact on TRIO programs and students.

Thank you for your dedication and support!

Yara Zoccarato

NEOA President

203-837-9399

https://www.neoaonline.org/index.php

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Falo Portugues; Hablo Español