The TAG award amount is set annually by act of the General Assembly. The process begins with the Governor's Office. CICV and our many stakeholders have been advocating for an increase in funding to enable a $4,500 TAG award to undergraduate students and a $2,500 award to graduate students in health professions for the next school year. 

Governor Northam will introduce a new budget in December 2021, which will be acted upon by the General Assembly in early 2022. 

Your messages to the Governor over the next few weeks while his budget is in preparation could be influential in helping him choose to appropriate sufficient funds. Your members of the General Assembly will also receive your message, encouraging them to also support funding for TAG once the bill comes before them for consideration. Hearing from constituents about the value of the TAG program is key. 

Help us remind them of all of the ways that TAG makes a difference to you so that they will remain focused on seeing this through to the finish line. 

Thank you!