Rehabilitation Training – State Vocational Rehabilitation Unit In-Service Training

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services funds training projects for state vocational rehabilitation unit personnel under CFDA 84.265, with the most recent award disbursed on October 1, 2010. This program is inactive by contemporary standards and presents material risk as a pursuit target.

The program funds in-service training initiatives addressing recruitment and retention of rehabilitation professionals, succession planning, leadership development and capacity building, and training on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Recent awards demonstrate scope ranging from basic staff training across job classifications to specialized quality-focused initiatives. Award sizes typically fall between $82 thousand and $2.065 million, though the largest documented award reached $2.065 million. Representative 2010 awards include $1.779 million for state vocational unit training, $1.448 million for vocational unit in-service training, and $1.108 million for basic in-service training.

All 250 grants in the portfolio are structured as Project Grants. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services funded 235 awards totaling $54.4 million in federal dollars obligated; a subsidiary Department of Education unit funded 15 awards totaling $3.9 million. Combined federal obligated dollars reached $58.4 million against combined total obligated (including non-federal cost-share) of $98.1 million, indicating significant recipient match requirements.

Award activity contracted sharply after a spike in 2005 (76 awards) and 2010 (94 awards). The most recent grant award dates to October 1, 2010—sixteen years ago. No recent grant opportunities appear in the source, and no award activity is documented in the past decade and a half. The source contains no information on current solicitation status or whether the program remains active.