There are a number of programs funded by the federal government intended to give motivated but disadvantaged children the same chance to succeed academically as their more fortunate schoolmates. TRiO is one set of programs that does just that. Over the fifty years of its existence, professional athletes, United States congressmen and women, Oscar winning actors, and astronauts have been the beneficiaries of the efforts of these grants. Trio Minneapolis is one of the entities that serve the mid west region.