The director, project coordinator, field specialist and outreach recruiters will evaluate application data to determine if the individual:

• Is a citizen or national of the United States.

• Resides in the target area or attends a target school.

• At the time of initial selection, applicant has completed five years of elementary education or is at least 11 years of age but not more than 27 years of age.

• Is at the time of initial selection, a potential first-generation college student or a low-income individual

• Is more than 27 years of age, and cannot be appropriately served by an Educational Opportunity Center project and the individual’s described above or,

• Is enrolled in or has dropped out of any grade from 6 through12, or has graduated from secondary school, has potential for a program of POST SECONDARY education, and needs one or more of the services provided by the project in order to undertake such a program; or

• Has undertaken, but is not presently enrolled in a program of POSTSECONDARY education, has the ability to complete such a program, and needs one or more of the services provided by the project to reenter such a program.

• Has a need for academic and/or financial support as determined by grantee, in order to pursue successfully a program of education beyond high school.

• A veteran, regardless of age, and satisfies all eligibility requirements except age.
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