Transition programs for students with intellectual disabilities - coordinating center

Federal Grant Award Summary

The University of Massachusetts Boston received a $2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under CFDA 84.407 (Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. As the designated national Coordinating Center, UMass Boston provides oversight, coordination, and technical support services to 31 concurrent model demonstration programs operating at institutions of higher education across the United States. The coordinating center serves as the central hub for facilitating collaboration, disseminating best practices, and ensuring program quality and accountability across the national network of transition programs designed to support students with intellectual disabilities in accessing and succeeding in postsecondary education.

The award supports the infrastructure and personnel necessary to coordinate comprehensive transition and postsecondary programming that promotes the successful integration of students with intellectual disabilities into higher education settings. Activities include facilitating information sharing among the 31 model programs, providing technical assistance to institutional grantees, monitoring program performance and compliance, and supporting data collection and evaluation efforts to advance knowledge in transition services for this student population. This coordinating center function is critical to the Department's larger TPSID initiative, which has obligated $188.9 million in federal funding across 107 total awards since 2010.