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General TRIO Questions

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Tracy Gerth

Brand New Program

Hello! My university was granted the TRIO SSS grant and I was just hired mid-February as Director of the program. There are so many questions I have as a I feel like I am starting behind. Can you provide the best trainings that I should be signing up for and watching first? Next, our budget has been submitted twice prior to me being hired. Through discussions with directors, there are a lot of changes that seem necessary. Is it appropriate to ask my program specialist to review and approve a new budget? Also, any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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Lisa
Lisa
Mar 01
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Hello - I might be the wrong person to ask this question since I have used Blumen since 1994 for all the TRIO programs to manage Participant caseloads, staff management, generate monthly reports, and of course, the APRs. I also have used Blumen to send personalized text messages to Participants, create UB Summer Component Schedules and Report Cards, online forms via BOT, and electronic verification of services provided via BOLT - two additional features located within Blumen.  I have been happy with Blumen for all these years. I also offer Blumen Database & Customization Services. Click the following link for more information: https://www.nosotrosedu.org/product-page/blumen-database-customization-training-1-hour

Leah WLeah W
January 23, 2026

Moderator

EOC PD Course

Dear Lisa

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Nelson RojasNelson Rojas
January 7, 2026
TRIO Umbrella Regulations - Free Course

Umbrella Regs Course

Membership Renewals for TRiO SSS

Hello! Could someone please provide guidance on which Code of Federal Regulations section covers allowable costs for memberships such as COE and NAEOP? When I submit a purchase request, I like to include a direct CFR citation that supports the expense. For this particular situation, the only citation that seems somewhat relevant is 34 CFR 646.30(c) regarding in‑service training of project staff, but I’m not sure this is the correct one to use. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you in advance!

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Lisa
Lisa
Jan 07
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Institutional Memberships are allowable.


https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/section-200.454


§ 200.454 Memberships, subscriptions, and professional activity costs.

(a) Costs of the recipient's or subrecipient's membership in business, technical, and professional organizations are allowable.

(b) Costs of the recipient's or subrecipient's subscriptions to business, professional, and technical periodicals are allowable.

(c) Costs of membership in any civic or community organization are allowable.

(d) Costs of membership in any country club or social or dining club or organization are unallowable.

(e) Costs of membership in organizations whose primary purpose is lobbying are unallowable. See § 200.450.

Alex RectorAlex Rector

Blumen - Ipads Needed?

Hey - we are starting our database migration to Blumen and are looking forward to streamlining our logging contacts process - will purchasing iPads be helpful for this process with the Blumen software? or Would that process be easy enough on a staff laptop?


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Lisa
Lisa
Dec 12, 2025
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Hello - logging services provided (documentation) in Blumen is easy to do via staff laptops. Still, you can do it on iPads and even on your iPhone (too small for me!) via the Blumen App, which you can download. You can also use the iPads to have students sign in electronically (verification) via the BOLT feature in Blumen. Feel free to let me know if you have any more questions about migrating to Blumen.

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