Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
Active
- Assistance listing
- 84.326
- Agency
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Department of Education
- Grant awards
- 551 $1,033,918,218 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Assistance types
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- Project Grant
- Cooperative Agreement
- Treasury account
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- 91-0300-0-1-501
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is funding technical assistance, model demonstration projects, and dissemination activities for children with disabilities under CFDA 84.326, with the most recent grant award made on October 1, 2026.
The program funds state and national technical assistance initiatives, model demonstration projects, and centers supporting improved services and results for children with disabilities. Recent awards have supported state deafblind projects (Oregon Deafblind Project, $133,543; New England Consortium on Deafblindness, $493,100; Washington Deafblind Program, $212,573), national centers on transition for students with disabilities ($6.2 million), family engagement initiatives, positive behavioral interventions and supports ($15.4 million), systemic improvement ($16.9 million), dispute resolution ($2.96 million), early childhood technical assistance ($27.2 million), and inclusive practices and policies ($10 million). Eligible applicants include state educational agencies, local educational agencies, public charter schools, institutions of higher education, other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, outlying areas, freely associated states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and approved for-profit organizations.
Awards are predominantly Project Grants (549 of 551 awards, 99.6%), with two Cooperative Agreements. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 517 awards totaling $968.7 million in federal dollars obligated; the broader Department of Education funded 34 awards totaling $65.2 million. Combined federal and non-federal dollars obligated total $1.06 billion. Award activity has been episodic: 50 awards in 2023, 4 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 4 in 2026 year-to-date; the program dates to 2001. Typical award durations run one to five years subject to appropriations availability.
Multiple grant opportunities remain active with recently posted deadlines. The National Center on Academic Interventions (ALN 84.326Q) as a Cooperative Agreement closed August 10, 2026. The National Technical Assistance Center for Postsecondary Education and Training for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (ALN 84.326D, Cooperative Agreement) closed July 30, 2026. The National Assessment Center (ALN 84.326G, Cooperative Agreement) closed July 20, 2026. State Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Services and Results for DeafBlind Children in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin (ALN 84.326T, Grant) closed April 21, 2026.
Objective and description
- Objective
The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing technical assistanc
- Description
Special Education State Personnel Development Grants assist State educational agencies in reforming and improving their systems for personnel preparation and professional development in early intervention, educational and transition services, to improve results for children with disabilities. As used in this program, "personnel" means special education teachers, regular education teachers, principals, administrators, related services personnel, paraprofessionals, and early intervention personnel serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or children with disabilities, except where a particular category of personnel, such as related services personnel, is identified.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), public charter schools that are LEAs under State law, institutions of higher education (IHEs), other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, outlying areas, freely associated States, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and, if approved by the Secretary, for-profit organizations.
- Beneficiary eligibility
School based personnel as defined in the IDEA and their families.
- Uses of assistance
The Personnel Preparation program helps meet State-identified needs for adequate numbers of fully certified personnel to serve children with disabilities by supporting competitive awards to: • provide research-based training and professional development to prepare special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education personnel to work with children with disabilities; • ensure that those personnel are fully qualified and possess the skills and knowledge that are needed to serve children with disabilities; and • ensure that regular education teachers have the necessary knowledge and skills to provide instruction to students with disabilities in regular education classrooms.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Typically from one to five years; subject to the availability of appropriations.
How to apply
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Criteria for selecting among grant applications will normally be selected from those in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR Part 75.210, and announced in the application package or the application notice in the Federal Register.
- Award procedure
Applications are reviewed and evaluated by outside experts and program staff, in accordance with the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR 75, Subpart D).
- Time to approval or disapproval
Application deadlines are identified in the notice inviting applications, published in the Federal Register.
- Renewals
As required by EDGAR, awards may be renewed annually for up to five years throughout the project period of the award if the recipient has made substantial progress in meeting the goals of the project, depending upon the availability of appropriations. (See 34 CFR 75.253).
Grant opportunities
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Grant awards
Latest 10 of 551 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wested | $101,408,740 | 10% |
| 2 | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill | $95,810,980 | 9% |
| 3 | University Of Oregon | $89,063,261 | 9% |
| 4 | American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences | $58,700,728 | 6% |
| 5 | Regents Of The University Of Minnesota | $50,666,644 | 5% |
| 6 | University Of Texas At Austin | $48,723,303 | 5% |
| 7 | University Of North Carolina At Charlotte | $45,675,917 | 4% |
| 8 | University Of Kansas Center For Research Inc. | $41,996,361 | 4% |
| 9 | The University Corporation | $21,529,039 | 2% |
| 10 | University Of Oregon | $21,472,070 | 2% |
10 of 118 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $34,969,420 |
| FY2025 | $47,645,707 |
| FY2024 | $44,614,599 |
| FY2023 | $55,623,202 |
| FY2022 | $53,382,865 |
| FY2021 | $53,360,512 |
| FY2020 | $53,499,381 |
| FY2019 | $49,056,476 |
| FY2018 | $54,026,097 |
| FY2017 | $49,055,111 |
| FY2016 | $51,045,786 |
| FY2015 | $48,474,228 |
| FY2014 | $48,334,713 |
| FY2013 | $43,941,805 |
| FY2012 | $38,185,675 |
| FY2011 | $21,526,086 |
| FY2010 | $57,041,828 |
| FY2009 | $57,154,947 |
| FY2008 | $34,022,535 |
| FY2007 | $46,510,477 |
| FY2006 | $10,081,244 |
| FY2005 | $8,996,330 |
| FY2004 | $11,233,790 |
| FY2003 | $21,755,840 |
| FY2002 | $11,048,984 |
| FY2001 | $29,330,576 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 84.326?
Assistance Listing 84.326 is Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities, a federal grant program run by Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (Department of Education).
What is the CFDA number for Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities?
Its CFDA number is 84.326: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 84.326 awarded?
551 grant awards under 84.326 have obligated $1,033,918,218 in federal funds to 118 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 84.326?
The recipients obligated the most under Special Education Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities are Wested ($101,408,740), University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill ($95,810,980) and University Of Oregon ($89,063,261).
How much did 84.326 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 84.326 obligated $47,645,707 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
Are there open grant opportunities under 84.326?
No opportunity listed under 84.326 is open now. The latest, OSERS-OSEP: National Center on Academic Interventions Assistance Listing Number (ALN): 84.326Q, was posted on June 15, 2026.
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