The Office of Higher Education administers the Intervention for College Attendance Grant Program to foster postsecondary attendance and retention by providing outreach services to historically underserved students in grades six through 12 and historically underrepresented college students.
The Minnesota Legislature established the Intervention for College Attendance Grant Program (ICAP) in 2001. The 2021 Legislature allocated $772,120 per year in the 2022- 2023 biennium to be granted out to eligible nonprofit organizations, postsecondary institutions, school districts, and professional organizations that actively support youth of color, students from low-income families, and students who will be the first in their family to go to college. Funding for the 2024 - 2025 biennium is to be determined based on the outcomes of the 2023 Legislative Session.
Request for Proposals is estimated to be launched in March, 2023. This competition will determine the grant recipients for academic years 2024 and 2025. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education welcomes all eligible applicants to apply at that time.
The grant recipients for the 2022-2023 biennium are:
The American Rescue Plan provided supplemental funding to ICAP to help mitigate learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These grantees are:
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