Opportunity Programs

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Contact Information

Johnni F. Mahdi
Director of Opportunity Programs

(315) 792-3209

Economic Criteria


First Time HEOP & CSTEP Students



(All economic eligibility criteria apply to the calendar year prior to the academic year of first entry to college. For 2008-09, it is the 2007 calendar year.)

A student is considered economically disadvantaged if he or she is a member of:

  • A household supported by one parent if dependent, by the student or by a spouse if independent, whose total annual income is not more than the applicable amount listed in the table below

    - or -

  • A household supported by solely by one member thereof who works for two or more employers with a total annual income which does not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the following table by more than $1,800

    - or -

  • A household supported by more than one worker (parents if dependent, student and spouse if independent ) in which the total annual income does not exceed the applicable amount listed in the table below by more than $4,800

    - or -

  • A household supported by one worker (parent if dependent, student if independent) who is the sole support of a one-parent family in which the total annual income does not exceed the applicable amount listed in the table below by more than $4,800
For students first entering college between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009:


Number of members in household (including head of household) Total annual income in preceding calendar year
1 $15,140
2 $20,390
3 $25,650
4 $30,900
5 $36,150
6 $41,410
7 or more
$46,660 plus $5,250 for each family member in excess of 7

Excerpt from Guidelines for Submission of Higher Education Opportunity Program Proposals . The State Education Department, Albany, New York, 12234.