Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 082118 001
This grant opportunity, listed as CFDA 84.326T under the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), is aimed at strengthening services and improving outcomes for children who are deaf-blind. It funds a set of connected efforts: State-level technical assistance projects focused specifically on deaf-blindness, along with a National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center that supports and coordinates work across states. The overall intent is to help children who are deaf-blind access stronger educational and early intervention services, while also building the capacity of the professionals and systems that serve them.
The competition is supported by two ED programs with complementary roles. The Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (TA and D) program focuses on improving academic achievement and broader results for children with disabilities by delivering technical assistance, supporting model demonstration projects, sharing high-quality and usable information, and promoting activities grounded in scientifically based research. Alongside that, the Personnel Development (PD) program targets workforce needs: it supports efforts to address state-identified shortages or gaps in qualified personnel across special education, related services, early intervention, and general education, and it emphasizes ensuring personnel are trained in practices shown through research and experience to work well for children with disabilities. In practice, this means the opportunity is not just about producing guidance; it is also about building skills, training pipelines, and consistent service quality.
The grant structure reflects a combination of grants and cooperative agreements, meaning some awards may involve closer federal involvement in project direction and oversight than a standard grant. The activity category is education, and the opportunity is discretionary, so funding is competitive rather than formula-based. The opportunity number is ED GRANTS 082118 001, and the agency is the Department of Education.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of entities that can plausibly lead statewide or national technical assistance work. Eligible applicants include state governments and local governments (county, city, township), special district governments, independent school districts, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those categories), and even for-profit organizations (other than small businesses). The listing also includes an "others" category that requires checking the official notice for any additional clarifications or limits, which is common in OSEP competitions where specific project roles or lead applicant expectations can be spelled out in the Federal Register notice.
In terms of scale and anticipated reach, the posting indicates an award ceiling of $2,100,000 and an expectation of 55 awards. That combination suggests a network-style investment, where multiple state projects are funded (likely one per state or jurisdictional service area, depending on the program design in the official notice) and a national center provides coordination, shared resources, dissemination, and technical support across the portfolio. The basic logic is that state projects can do hands-on, locally responsive capacity building while the national center can standardize tools, spread effective practices, and reduce duplication by creating shared training and resource infrastructure.
The timeline provided in the synopsis shows applications becoming available on August 21, 2018, with a deadline for transmittal of applications on September 20, 2018. The posting repeatedly emphasizes that the synopsis is not the authoritative source for requirements. Applicants are directed to the official Federal Register application notice for the details that typically determine whether an application is compliant and competitive, including priorities, selection criteria, performance measures, required project components, and any pre-application steps. It also points applicants to the Department's Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs (published February 12, 2018, 83 FR 6003) for standardized submission rules, including where and how to obtain and submit an application.
At a high level, the opportunity is designed to improve results for children who are deaf-blind by strengthening systems: providing targeted technical assistance, spreading research-informed practices, supporting demonstrations and evidence-based approaches, and investing in the personnel who deliver services. The state projects and the national center are meant to work in tandem so that improvements are not isolated, but shared, scalable, and sustained across programs serving children who are deaf-blind. For anything that affects how a proposal should be written such as specific absolute or competitive preference priorities, required partnerships, deliverables, evaluation expectations, or reporting measures the Federal Register notice is the document that governs.Apply for ED GRANTS 082118 001
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OSERS-OSEP: State Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Services and Results for Children who are Deaf-Blind and National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children who are Deaf-Blind CFDA Number 84.326T" 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 Aug 21, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 20, 2018 Applications Available August 21, 2018. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications September 20, 2018.. (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 $2,100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 55 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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