# Innovative Rehabilitation Training (84.263)

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Innovative Rehabilitation Training is run by Department of Education. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $19.7 million in 21 grants, about $940,124 per award.

## Objectives

This program is designed to: (a) Develop new types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel and to demonstrate the effectiveness of these new types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel in providing rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities; (b) develop new and improved methods of training rehabilitation personnel so that there may be a more effective delivery of rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities by designated State rehabilitation units or other public or non-profit rehabilitation service agencies or organizations; and (c) develop new innovative training programs for vocational rehabilitation professionals and paraprofessionals to have a 21st century understanding of the evolving labor force and the needs of individuals with disabilities so they can more effectively provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3.0 million | 9 |
| 2022 | $3.2 million | 9 |
| 2023 | $3.4 million | 9 |
| 2024 | $3.5 million | 9 |
| 2025 | $6.6 million | 12 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Mass at Boston | Massachusetts | $4.3 million |
| George Washington University (the) | District of Columbia | $2.0 million |
| The Center for Social Capital Inc | Georgia | $1.8 million |
| Auburn University | Alabama | $1.8 million |
| West Virginia University Research Corporation | West Virginia | $1.6 million |
| University of Memphis | Tennessee | $1.5 million |
| South Carolina State University | South Carolina | $1.4 million |
| Emporia State University | Kansas | $815,132 |
| The University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Kentucky | $640,000 |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $640,000 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Virginia | $640,000 |
| Texas A&m University-San Antonio | Texas | $579,642 |
| Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | New Jersey | $528,472 |
| University of Arizona | Arizona | $503,513 |
| University of Alabama | Alabama | $475,802 |
| The University of Iowa | Iowa | $374,397 |
| Florida International University | Florida | $282,115 |