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Lifelab Studios, Inc. received a Cooperative Agreement award of $1,249,459 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2027. The company is developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-integrated platform designed to deliver evidence-based life skills programming and behavioral interventions to justice-involved youth. Building on successful Phase I implementations across...

Louisiana Works, the Workforce Development Division of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, received a $150,000 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) for the Supported Employment Services for Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities program (CFDA 84.187). The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with performance based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Under this award, Louisiana...

Learning Q LLC received a $199,996 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 project grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), CFDA 93.433, awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for March 15, 2026. Over the six-month project period, the company will develop and test a microlearning curriculum focused on self-determination skills for workforce success, delivered through the LearningQ platform in partnership with...

Federal Grant Award Summary Louisiana State University received a $499,809 Project Grant from the Office of Postsecondary Education under the Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education (TPSID) program (CFDA 84.407) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award supports the development and implementation of a comprehensive transition program titled "Empowered to Be Gainfully Employed," which focuses on co-developing...

Life, A Center For Independent Living Inc. received a $348,253 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432) on September 30, 2025, with a performance period through September 29, 2027. As part of Idaho's statewide network of centers for independent living, Life delivers five core independent living services to individuals with significant disabilities:...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Lowell received a $227,876 Project Grant award from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award supports the Interdisciplinary Lowell Interdisciplinary Personnel Prep (LIPP) initiative, which develops and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Louisiana Works, the designated state entity for Louisiana, received a $464,382 formula grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the ACL Independent Living State Grants program (CFDA 93.369). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, supports the expansion and improvement of independent living services for individuals with significant disabilities across the state. Under this award,...

Louisiana Works, the Workforce Development Division of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, received a $150,000 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The award supports the Supported Employment Services for Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities program (CFDA 84.187), which provides collaborative supported employment services to individuals with...

Federal Grant Award Summary Langston University received a $222,200 Project Grant from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) under the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training (RLTT) program (CFDA 84.129), awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. This award supports the development and delivery of academic training programs designed to prepare personnel to provide Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) to youth with mental...

Living Independence Network Corp (Linc) received a formula grant award of $232,046 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the ACL Centers for Independent Living program (CFDA 93.432). The award, dated September 30, 2025, supports Linc's operation of a statewide network of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) across Idaho through September 29, 2027. As a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization governed...