Formula Grant H426A210087

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $1.382 million Formula Grant to the Florida Department of Education under the Randolph-Sheppard – Financial Relief and Restoration Payments federal grant program (CFDA 84.426). The grant provides financial relief and restoration payments to offset losses incurred by blind vendors in Florida during calendar year 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, where those losses were not otherwise compensated. The funding supports the state's Business Enterprise program and will go toward ensuring economic security for blind vendors during the public health emergency period. The grant period is from May 5, 2021 through September 30, 2022.