# 2025-11219: Education Department Funds Transition Help for Youth With Disabilities 2025-11219, Applications for New Awards; Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities and Demonstration and Training Programs-National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth with Disabilities, is a Federal Register notice from Education Department published 2025-06-18, effective 2025-06-18; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11219 - As of: 2026-11-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-11219 - Title: Applications for New Awards; Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities and Demonstration and Training Programs-National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth with Disabilities - Type: Notice - Agencies: Education Department - Citation: 90 FR 26038 - Published: 2025-06-18 - Effective: 2025-06-18 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-03 ## In one line Education Department Funds Transition Help for Youth With Disabilities ## 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. ## Abstract The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth with Disabilities. ## Effects PRIA read - $4.1M National TA Center Award Available: benefit, high. 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. - Who Can Apply — For‑Profits Included: benefit, medium. 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: benefit, medium. 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. - Application Deadlines and Webinar Dates: cost, low. 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. - Mandatory Travel, Meetings, and 5% Set‑Aside: cost, high. 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 OS… - Open Licensing and Dissemination Required: cost, medium. 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… - Subgranting Allowed for Priority 1, Restricted for Priority 2: mixed, low. 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… - Required Involvement of Individuals with Disabilities: benefit, low. 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 quali… - Rehabilitation Act Pre‑ETS Funding Context: benefit, medium. 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