Applications for New Awards; Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind-Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind Training and Technical Assistance
Published Date: 1/14/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Education is opening applications for grants to help train and support state agencies that assist older people who are blind. This program aims to boost independence and skills for these individuals by improving services. Applications open March 17, 2025, with a key deadline on May 14, 2025, so get ready to apply and make a difference!
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Single Award up to $599,706
The notice estimates available funds of $599,706 and will make an estimated one cooperative agreement award not to exceed $599,706 for a single 12-month budget period. The project period may be up to 60 months.
Minimum Intensive Training: 3 DSAs Annually
The Center must annually provide intensive training and technical assistance to at least three designated State agencies (DSAs) or other service providers, with tailored agreements and an assessment 90 days after completion. Intensive assistance may be remote or on-site.
Public, No-Cost IT Archive Requirement
The Center must develop or modify and maintain a state-of-the-art IT platform to support virtual dissemination and an open, no-cost archiving and dissemination system that provides a central public location for training products, curricula, and examples of promising practices.
Applications open March 17, 2025
The Department of Education will make applications available on March 17, 2025 for the OIB Training and Technical Assistance competition. The intergovernmental review deadline is May 14, 2025, so applicants should plan to submit according to those dates.
Who May Apply: States, Nonprofits, IHEs
Eligible applicants are State agencies and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations and institutions of higher education with capacity to provide the required training and technical assistance. The competition does not require cost sharing or matching.
At Least 10 Virtual Events Each Year
Each year the Center must provide at least 10 webinars, podcasts, video conferences, teleconferences, or other virtual dissemination activities about the priority topic areas to describe and share emerging promising practices.
Annual In-Person or Virtual Conference
The Center must facilitate at least one in-person conference each year, or a virtual conference if health and safety reasons make in-person events infeasible, to disseminate emerging practices and technical assistance needs.
Accessibility and Accessibility Standards
All products produced by the Center must meet government and industry-recognized standards for accessibility. Individuals with disabilities may request this notice and the application package in accessible formats (e.g., braille, large print, audio) from the program contact.
Open Licensing of Grant Deliverables
Unless an exception applies, grantees must openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole or in part with Department funds and must have a plan to disseminate those public deliverables.
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