---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 644.1"
title: "34"
number: "644.1"
heading: "What is the Educational Opportunity Centers program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/644.1"
---

# §644.1. What is the Educational Opportunity Centers program?


The Educational Opportunity Centers program provides grants for projects designed—

- (a) To provide information regarding financial and academic assistance available to individuals who desire to pursue a program of postsecondary education;
- (b) To provide assistance to individuals in applying to admission to institutions that offer programs of postsecondary education, including assistance in preparing necessary applications for use by admissions and financial aid officers; and
- (c) **To improve the financial and economic literacy of participants on topics such as—**
  - (1) Basic personal income, household money management, and financial planning skills; and
  - (2) **Basic economic decision-making skills.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 2658, Jan. 18, 1994, as amended at 75 FR 65780, Oct. 26, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-16, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 2658, Jan. 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 2658, Jan. 18, 1994, as amended at 75 FR 65780, Oct. 26, 2010]