U.S. Government approves $300k grant to Aliento!

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Government has approved a $300,000 grant for Aliento to support our higher education work with first-generation immigrant and Latino/a students!

Last year we worked in partnership with Rep. Greg Stanton’s office to submit our community project proposal and the bill was officially signed last week by President Biden. Aliento is officially included in the U.S. budget! This means we will be collaborating directly with the U.S. Department of Education to support our students. 

We will be using this $300,000 grant to support Aliento’s efforts to boost first-generation immigrant and Latinx students through social-emotional programming and post-secondary pathways. These funds will help us cover the partial cost of our student fellowships, internships, and our advocacy efforts to increase access to higher education.

We would like to thank our Congressman Greg Stanton for including us as one of his 9 community projects. Collectively, Rep. Stanton secured nearly $10 million to fund local projects in Arizona. This is an incredible win for our students and the state of Arizona and we are grateful for his leadership!