This $2,615,382 Formula Grant was awarded on July 1, 2021 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education Preschool Grants program (CFDA 84.173). The Maine Department of Education received funding to administer and provide subawards totaling the full award amount to 40 local educational agencies and schools across the state. The grant program aims to assist states in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities ages 3 through 5, and at the state's discretion, to 2-year-old children with disabilities. Subawardees will use their allocated funding to deliver direct early childhood special education services and supports to eligible students during the grant period ending September 30, 2022.