§15093 Grants to States

Summary

The Secretary must give competitive grants to States to help them create, expand, or improve statewide family support systems for families of children with disabilities. Each grant can last no more than 3 years, and a State can get only one grant. Each year the federal share can pay up to 75% of the project costs and must be at least $100,000 and no more than $500,000. The State must provide the rest, which can be cash or in-kind help like equipment or services. Grant sizes are set using the money available and the State’s child population. In years two and three, priority goes to States that got the grant the year before. Grants should, as much as possible, be spread fairly across regions, different levels of program development, and efforts to serve underserved groups (such as racial and ethnic minorities, disadvantaged people, those with limited English, and underserved rural or urban areas).