Project Connections, a program at Middlesex County College that provides intensive support services for college-able students with learning disabilities, has received a five-year federal grant.
Project Connections is a competitive program, limited to 160 students who have learning disabilities and are able to do college work. The program provides intensive support, including group and individual tutoring, counseling and a special orientation program.
The program, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, will receive $297,987 per year, making the full allocation almost $1.5 million.
The grant covers 58 percent of Project Connections’ annual program costs. Nonfederal funding sources support the remaining 42 percent — $216,528 — of the first-year costs.