Protection and advocacy of individual rights (pair)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded Disability Law Center Of Alaska $195,895 under the Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) program on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2026. PAIR supports protection and advocacy systems that protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities who are ineligible for services from other protection and advocacy programs or whose problems fall outside the scope of the Client Assistance Program. The award is a formula grant directed to Alaska's designated protection and advocacy system, administered from Anchorage. Disability Law Center Of Alaska provides comprehensive legal advocacy, rights protection, and support services across multiple disability populations, including individuals with disabilities, serious mental illness, developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries. The recipient maintains an active portfolio of federal protection and advocacy funding across programs administered by the Departments of Health and Human Services and Education, including grants for assistive technology, voting access, traumatic brain injury, developmental disabilities, and mental illness advocacy. The PAIR program is subject to a statutory non-supplanting requirement and restricted indirect cost rate compliance under 34 CFR 76.563 through 76.569.