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The TRIO programs had their beginnings in the nation's War on Poverty in the 1960s. The first program, Upward Bound, was created as part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The program began with 17 pilot programs in the summer of 1965, and served 2,061 eligible high school students. Talent Search was the next program to be created, and was included in …
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