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VEOP (Vermont Educational Opportunity Programs) is our state’s professional organization that is actively interested in ensuring equal educational opportunity for Vermont’s college bound students. Our students are first generation college bound, from low to moderate income families and/or are individuals with disabilities.

Vermont currently has 16 different Educational Opportunity Programs including one statewide GEAR UP program. Collectively, these federally funded programs serve 12,351 Vermonters and bring in over $8 million dollars annually to the state. There are seven Student Support Service programs spread throughout the state that serve almost 1,500 students. The five Upward Bound programs serve 324 students statewide. The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) hosts the Talent Search program working with 1,250 high school students, the statewide GEAR UP program working with more than 7,000 needy students, and the Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), working with more than 2,000 adults. Additionally, the University of Vermont has a Ronald McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement grant.