The Student Support Services Program (SSSP) is a Trio program designed to provide comprehensive academic support services to increase retention and transfer rate of eligible students and also to foster an institutional climate that is supportive of the success of low-income, first generation college students and students with disabilities.

The students who are accepted into the program recieve academic advisement, personal counseling, peer mentoring, individual and group tutoring, and other academic enrichment activities designed to help students adjust to campus life, succeed academically, and complete their academic programs at COM-FSM.