Special Education - Grants For Infants And Families, Recover Act

 

To provide grants to States to assist them to implement and maintain a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency systems to make available early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 84.393 Agency: Department of Education
Office: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Formula Grants Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended, Part C, 20 U.S.C 1431-1444; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111-5. See Index. See Index. In general, each State or jurisdiction must submit an application, including certifications, policies and procedures, and statement of assurances assurances to receive IDEA Part C FY 2009 funds; however no separate application were required for States to receive IDEA Part C ARRA funds. Each State lead agency is designated by the Governor of that State or jurisdiction. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. There was no separate application required for States to be eligible to receive IDEA Part C ARRA funds under the Recovery Act. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. A State did not need to submit a new application to receive the first 50 percent of its IDEA Part C ARRA because this portion of funds were made available to each State based on the Stateâ₏™s eligibility determination for FY 2008 Part C funds. States did not submit separate applications to receive the second 50 percent of its IDEA Part C ARRA funds but were required to comply with the record keeping and reporting requirements under section 1512 of the ARRA. Two grant awards, each representing 50 percent of the total State allocation of IDEA Part C ARRA funds under the Recovery Act were made to each State lead agency on April 1, 2009 and September 30, 2009 with the funds available for obligation on February 17, 2009. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Not Applicable. The Department shall not take any final action, such as disapproval of a grant application, until a State is provided reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing. Not Applicable. State lead agencies designated by the Governor are eligible applicants and must submit an approved application under Part C of the IDEA for regular FY 2009 IDEA Part C funds; as noted above, applications were not required for IDEA Part C ARRA funds. IDEA Part C AARA funds are used to assist States in implementing and maintaining their statewide systems of early intervention services. Funding may also be used to provide direct services for eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities aged birth through 2 and their families that are not otherwise provided by other public or private sources, to expand and improve services for infants and toddlers with disabilities that are otherwise available, and to provide a free appropriate public education, in accordance with Part B of IDEA, to children with disabilities from their third birthday to the beginning of the following school year. States also have the discretion to provide services to infants and toddlers who are at risk of having substantial developmental delays if they do not receive appropriate early intervention services. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 amended IDEA to allow states, at their discretion, to continue to serve children with disabilities under this program beyond age three until the children enter or are eligible to enter kindergarten or elementary school, if such children are otherwise eligible for services under the Preschool Grants Program (84.173), and previously received services under the Part C program. State lead agencies must submit an Annual Performance Report under IDEA sections 616 and 642. An annual report to the Governor and to the Secretary by the State Interagency Coordinating Council on the status of early intervention programs operated within the State as required under Section 641(e)(1)(D) of the Act, and other information that the Secretary may require, including information required under Section 618 of the Act. Annual State Performance Plans and Annual Performance Reports are submitted to the Department of Education by the lead agency on an annual basis. For the ARRA program funds, States must also report quarterly and separately beginning on October 1, 2009 under ARRA section 1512 on how IDEA Part C ARRA funds under this program are spent. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Reporting requirements will be included in the grant award document. Performance monitoring requirements will be included in the grant award document. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. As required by GEPA and EDGAR for State-administered programs (in 34 CFR 76.730-731). Generally, the State lead agency and its contractors must retain records related to grant funds and compliance for a period of 5 years. Statutory Formula: Part C.
Matching Requirements: Funds available under the Recovery Act are distributed based on the regular Part C statutory formula. Awards are based on each State applicant's proportionate share of children, aged birth through two years, in the general population, based on the most recent satisfactory data available from the United States Bureau of the Census. No State receives less than 0.5 percent of the total amount of funds available for all States. The four Outlying Areas combined receive up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated for the IDEA Part C program.
This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. This program has nonsupplanting and MOE requirements. IDEA Part C ARRA FY 2009 funds are available for obligation at the Federal level until September 30, 2010. State agencies have an additional 12-month period to obligate their funds (i.e., until September 30, 2011). See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Electronic transfer. None. Ruth Ryder, Director, Office of Special Education Programs-MSIP, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: RuthRyder@ed.gov Phone: (202) 245-7629. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/programs.html. 91-0299-0-1-501. (Formula Grants) FY 09 $500,000,000; FY 10 $0; FY 11 $0 - No additional obligations expected for FY 2010 or 2011. The range of awards for States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico: $2,398,294 to $59,511,391; average award to States is $8,928,571. 34 CFR Part 303. Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2012: No Current Data Available