OSERS-OSEP: Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--Preparation of Early Intervention and Special Education Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs, ALN 84.325K | ED GRANTS 100824 003

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The U.S. Department of Education, through OSERS-OSEP, is offering a discretionary grant opportunity under Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.325K titled "Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities: Preparation of Early Intervention and Special Education Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs." At its core, this competition is about strengthening the pipeline of well-prepared professionals who work with children with disabilities, including infants and toddlers in early intervention and school-aged youth in special education settings, with an emphasis on children whose needs are high-intensity and require especially skilled support. The program is designed to respond to workforce gaps that States have identified and to improve the quality and effectiveness of personnel preparation so that children with disabilities experience better services and outcomes.

The purpose of the program is twofold. First, it aims to help address State-identified needs for preparing personnel across early intervention, special education, related services, and regular education roles. In other words, it is not limited to one job type; it recognizes that children with disabilities are served by teams that can include early interventionists, special educators, related service providers, and general educators who must be able to teach and support diverse learners. Second, it focuses on ensuring that those personnel develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed, with training grounded in scientifically based research. That emphasis signals that proposed preparation approaches should be evidence-informed and focused on practices with a strong research base, rather than relying primarily on tradition or anecdotal methods.

Eligibility is centered on institutions of higher education (IHEs) and certain nonprofit partners. Specifically, eligible applicants include public and State-controlled IHEs, private IHEs, and private nonprofit organizations that have legal authority to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with the Federal government on behalf of an IHE. The listing also indicates eligibility for nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), as well as an "Others" category as reflected in the opportunity data. For nonprofit organizations needing to document their status, the notice points to 34 CFR 75.51, which allows several common forms of proof, such as current IRS recognition of 501(c)(3) tax-deductible status, certification from a State taxing authority or attorney general, or incorporation documents that clearly establish nonprofit status, including documentation through a parent organization with an affiliate statement when applicable.

From a funding and timing perspective, this opportunity is administered as a grant (FundingInstrumentType: Grant) within the education activity category, with the Department of Education as the issuing agency. The opportunity number is ED GRANTS 100824 003. The posting indicates an original application closing date of December 3, 2024. The anticipated maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $350,000, and the Department expects to make approximately 12 awards. These figures give applicants a general sense of the scale of the projects the Department is looking to support and the level of competition likely involved.

The published description provided is explicitly a synopsis and not the full set of rules or requirements. The Department stresses that the controlling, official version of the opportunity is the application notice published in the Federal Register. Applicants are directed to review that Federal Register notice for key details that often determine whether an application is compliant and competitive, including any absolute or competitive priorities, pre-application requirements, application submission procedures, required performance measures, and program contact information. The notice also points applicants to the Department's Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs (published December 7, 2022) for the official addresses and standardized submission instructions. In practical terms, that means an applicant should rely on the Federal Register notice and the common instructions to shape the proposal structure, required attachments, formatting rules, deadlines, and the exact criteria that reviewers will use.

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OSERS-OSEP: Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--Preparation of Early Intervention and Special Education Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs, ALN 84.325K" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.325.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-12-03. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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