TRVFA has already funded 95 vocational education grants this year totaling $168,128.50. That is what a typical year's funding has looked like in the past couple of years. There are four months left in 2020-21, and our pipeline of grants in process is not slowing down. Because TRVFA grants are awarded only to those who meet specific low-income guidelines, your donations help individuals lift themselves out of poverty and help grow the economy of our state.When we set our fundraising goal for 2020-21 at $300,000, it was our hope that we would not only be able to keep up with the growing demand, but also in 2021-22 be able to restore the maximum grant to $3,000. The maximum was reduced in 2018 from $3,000 to 2,000 to be able to help more students as the growth in demand was already starting to occur.
That $300,000 goal, if reached, is looking less and less likely to do much more than keep up with the growth in activity. We will need more to allow us to increase the maximum available TRVFA vocational education grant.
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