Eligible Participants
An individual is eligible to participate in Upward Bound if he/she meets the following criteria:
    1.  a)  Is a citizen or national of the United States; 
         b)  is a permanent resident of the United States; 
         c)  provides evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service that he or she is in the United
              States for other than temporary purposes with the intention of becoming a citizen or permanent
              resident; 
        d)  is a resident of Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands; or 
        e)  is a resident of the Freely Associated States-- the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic
             of the Marshall Islands and Palau.
    2.  Is, at the time of inital selection, a potential first generation college student or a low-income
         individual, as established by the U.S. Department of Education;
    3.  Has a need for academic support, as determined by the grantee, in order to pursue a successful
         program of education beyond high school; and
    4.  At the time of initial selection, has completed the eighth grade, but has not entered the twelfth grade
         and is at least 13 years old, but not older than 19.
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