Education Department Funds Transition Help for Youth With Disabilities
Published Date: 6/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Education is inviting applications for funding to support a National Technical Assistance Center that helps students and youth with disabilities transition successfully to adulthood. This grant opportunity opens June 18, 2025, with applications due by July 18, 2025, aiming to boost services and results through expert support and training. Organizations that assist kids with disabilities can apply to make a real difference with new resources and research-backed strategies.
Analyzed Economic Effects
9 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
$4.1M National TA Center Award Available
The Department of Education will fund one cooperative agreement to establish a National Technical Assistance Center with estimated available funds of $4,099,988 and a maximum award not to exceed $4,099,998 for a single 12‑month budget period. The project period may run up to 60 months.
Mandatory Travel, Meetings, and 5% Set‑Aside
Applicants must budget for required in‑person meetings (a 1.5‑day kick‑off and planning meeting, a two‑day project directors' conference each year, and two annual two‑day Department trips), and include an annual set‑aside of 5 percent of the grant amount to support emerging needs approved by the OSEP project officer. The grantee must reallocate unused travel funds by the end of the third quarter if meetings are held virtually.
Who Can Apply — For‑Profits Included
Public or nonprofit agencies, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, and for‑profit organizations (including small businesses) are eligible to apply for this competition. The competition does not require cost sharing or matching.
Funding Split Requires Dual Budgets
The total estimated funds combine $2,000,000 in Rehabilitation Act funds and $2,099,988 in IDEA funds, and applicants must submit separate ED-524 budget forms and budget narratives for each funding source. Applicants must follow funding restrictions and regulations tied to each statute.
Open Licensing and Dissemination Required
Grantees will be required to openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole or in part with Department funds, and must have a plan to disseminate those deliverables. Licensing of modifications to pre‑existing works is limited to the modifications identifiable and allowed by prior licenses.
Rehabilitation Act Pre‑ETS Funding Context
The notice notes that under the Rehabilitation Act, State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies must reserve and expend not less than 15 percent of their Federal VR grant award for pre‑employment transition services (pre‑ETS) for eligible students and youth with disabilities, and that States request technical assistance on effective use of those reserved funds.
Application Deadlines and Webinar Dates
Applications are available June 18, 2025, and must be transmitted by July 18, 2025; intergovernmental review is due September 16, 2025. Pre‑recorded informational webinars will be posted no later than June 23, 2025 to provide technical assistance to applicants.
Subgranting Allowed for Priority 1, Restricted for Priority 2
A grantee may award subgrants under Absolute Priority 1 to IHEs, nonprofit organizations, and other public agencies to carry out project activities, but may not make subgrants to carry out activities described under Absolute Priority 2 (though contracting for supplies and services is permitted for Priority 2).
Required Involvement of Individuals with Disabilities
For project aspects related to Absolute Priority 1, applicants must involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities (ages birth through 26) in planning, implementing, and evaluating the project. Recipients must also make positive efforts to employ and advance qualified individuals with disabilities.
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