OSERS: OSEP: 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 84.326E | ED GRANTS 061825 001

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This funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) supports the creation and operation of a National Technical Assistance Center focused on transition for students and youth with disabilities. In plain terms, the federal government is looking to fund one national center that will help states, districts, agencies, and service providers improve how they prepare students and youth with disabilities for life after school, including postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. The award is made as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the Department of Education expects to be actively involved in guiding major project decisions, deliverables, and performance monitoring rather than taking a hands-off approach.

The opportunity is tied to two related federal program purposes. First, under the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program, the goal is to boost academic achievement and overall outcomes for children with disabilities by providing technical assistance, sharing useful and usable information, supporting model demonstration efforts, and emphasizing practices grounded in scientifically based research. Second, under the Demonstration and Training program, the purpose expands into the vocational rehabilitation (VR) space authorized by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. That part of the authority is about improving VR and related services by increasing their availability, reach, quality, and effectiveness, and it explicitly allows related research and evaluation activities. Read together, the center is expected to help improve transition systems and practices in ways that align with IDEA-related transition requirements and with Rehabilitation Act expectations around VR services and outcomes.

The Assistance Listing Number for this competition is 84.326E, and the opportunity is listed as a discretionary grant competition. The posted funding opportunity number is ED GRANTS 061825 001. The Department anticipates making a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1), with an award ceiling of $4,099,988. The original closing date listed is July 18, 2025, which is the deadline applicants should plan around unless the official Federal Register notice or later amendments change that date.

Eligibility is broad and includes public or nonprofit agencies or organizations, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, and for-profit organizations. The notice also clarifies that several common education and rehabilitation entities qualify under the "public or nonprofit" category, including State educational agencies (SEAs), the state lead agencies under Part C of IDEA, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, local educational agencies (LEAs) including public charter schools that are considered LEAs under state law, institutions of higher education (IHEs), and community rehabilitation programs. Because the center is national in scope and built around technical assistance and dissemination, applicants should expect to demonstrate strong capacity to deliver high-quality, evidence-based supports at scale, as well as experience partnering across education, VR, and related youth-serving systems.

The description provided is only a synopsis, and the controlling details come from the official application notice published in the Federal Register. That official notice is where applicants will find the required project components, any absolute or competitive priorities, the required deliverables and performance measures, the application format and submission rules, and the program contact information. The Department also points applicants to its Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs (published December 23, 2024, 89 FR 104528) for the standard rules on obtaining and submitting applications, along with procedural requirements that apply across discretionary competitions. For anyone considering applying, the practical next step is to read the Federal Register notice carefully and build the proposal around the stated priorities, required activities, evaluation expectations, and cooperative agreement terms.

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OSERS: OSEP: 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 84.326E" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.326.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-06-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-18. (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 $4,099,988.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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