San Francisco Chronicle: Low-income, first-generation students could lose vital college resource under Trump’s budget cuts
On Thursday, June 12, 2025, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Trump administration is proposing to eliminate all federal funding for TRIO programs like Upward Bound - programs that have changed the lives of millions, including those in our own community. Read full article here.
Why this matters:
JCYC receives $2.6 million each year to support 3,000 first-generation, low-income students across 13 local schools.
These resources have sent students like Mariana Aguilar to college on merit and scholarship, transforming their lives.
Losing TRIO funding would deepen the racial wealth gap and leave vulnerable students without the coaching, mentoring, and financial guidance they need.
What You Can Do:
Write to your Congress members to protect TRIO (It takes less than 3 minutes). Under Your Associated TRIO Institution, enter Japanese Community Youth Council.
Share this with your network.
Our students’ success shouldn’t depend on politics. With the path of these cuts still uncertain, the stronger our voices, the better chance we have to stop this now.
