Infant, toddlers & families (part C)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded $8.179 million to the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services on July 1, 2026, under the Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families program (CFDA 84.181), a formula grant supporting early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.

The award funds Wisconsin's statewide system of coordinated, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, interagency early intervention services for children with disabilities aged birth through two years, including Indian children and families residing on reservations geographically located within the state. The State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services serves as the state lead agency responsible for ensuring that appropriate early intervention services are made available to all eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families within Wisconsin.

Performance runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Madison, Wisconsin. The assistance type is a formula grant. Wisconsin's Department of Health Services administers substantial federal portfolios across early intervention, Medicaid, nutrition assistance, public health infrastructure, and social services, and actively sub-awards portions of grants to local public health departments, county governments, non-profit organizations, and community-based service providers to implement programs at the community level. Grant records must be retained for three years from submission of the final expenditure report; records related to identification, evaluation, and provision of services for specific children must be maintained for the period during which a due process hearing request or state complaint may be filed.