Title III

Spelman College receives Title III funding from the U.S. Department of Education -- specifically funds from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) program. The program includes two grants, FUTURE Act and HBCU B. This program is designed to assist institutions of higher education with becoming self-sufficient and developing their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, student services and outcomes and fiscal stability of eligible institutions.

The Title III Program at Spelman College reports to the Office of the President and manages all Title III funding awarded to the College from the U.S. Department of Education. This includes providing programmatic and fiscal oversight of the activities supported by this federal funding. These responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Assisting with proposal applications, budget preparation, mid-year and 
end of-year performance reports
• Providing technical support and training for Activity Directors and staff
• Ensuring the College maintains compliance with all federal regulations
• Determining if budget requests are allowable, allocable and reasonable
• Monitoring and approving expenditures according to Federal and College 
policies and regulations
• Preparing and submitting interim and annual performance reports
• Ensure that Time and Effort Reports are completed monthly