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ED-GRANTS-121624-001: Office of Special Programs (OSEP): Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities: Parent Training and Information Centers CFDA Number 84.328M

Closed Closed March 26, 2025 Opportunity ED-GRANTS-121624-001 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$798,050
• Total funding$25.8 million
• Expected awards64
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible Applicants: Parent organizations. Note: Section 671(a)(2) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) defines a “parent organization” as a private nonprofit organization (other than an institution of higher education (IHE)) that-- (a) Has a board of directors--(1) The majority of whom are parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26;(2) That includes--(i) Individuals working in the fields of special education, related services, and early intervention; and(ii) Individuals with disabilities; and(3) The parent and professional members of which are broadly representative of the population to be served, including low-income parents and parents of limited English proficient children; and(b) Has as its mission serving families of children with disabilities who are ages birth through 26 and have the full range of disabilities described in section 602(3) of IDEA.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Special Education Parent Information Centers awards averaged $947,652; this notice allows up to $798,050 per award.
• Most of the program's money (87% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Special Education Parent Information Centers program is to ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive high-quality, relevant, and useful training and information to help improve outcomes for their children. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.328M. Corrections and Reopening Notice published in Federal Register on March 20, 2025. Please see https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-20/pdf/2025-04087.pdf for additional information. On December 16, 2024, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Special Education Parent Information Centers—Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) competition. The NIA established a deadline date of March 3, 2025, for the transmittal of applications. The Department is correcting the NIA by removing certain application requirements and replacing the selection criteria. This notice also reopens the competition and extends the deadline date for transmittal of applications until March 26, 2025, and extends the deadline for intergovernmental review until May 25, 2025. All other information in the NIA remains the same.

Category: Education.

Applying now

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