The Office of Student Support Services (SSS) at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) is an academic support program for at-risk students. Created for low-income and first-generation students and those with physical and learning disabilities, the program provides specialized study tools, tutorial assistance, and social and emotional support. PGCC assessed the effectiveness of its program using a control group comparison research approach. Students were divided into three groups: active SSS participants, students not participating but eligible to, and the remaining student body. Comparisons of the three groups based on academic performance indicators showed that in 1996, SSS participants strongly outpaced the eligible nonparticipant control group, and either matched or bettered the performance record of the remaining PGCC students. Cross-tabulations indicated that SSS participant success was not merely due to population differences in the three groups, but was indeed a result of program participation. Comparison of SSS with a similar academic support program for minority students, ALANA, showed comparable success rates for participants in both groups. Appendix includes table of comparison groups. (YKH)