Closed · ED-GRANTS-010721-001 · CFDA 84.421 · Discretionary
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): Rehabilitation Training: Disability Innovation Fund: Career Advancement Initiative Model Demonstration Project Assistance Listing Number 84.421C
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Education, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $3.5M-$18.3M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 8, 2021
- Close date
- 31
- Expected awards
The verdict
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): Rehabilitation Training: Disability Innovation Fund: Career Advancement Initiative Model Demonstration Project Assistance Listing Number 84.421C is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Education that offered $3,548,387 -- $18,333,333 across 31 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,672 other opportunities from Department of Education.
- $3.5M-$18.3M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 31
- expected awards
- 84.421
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitativ… is closed (last close April 8, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 84.421 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Department of Education still indexes 1,672 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed April 8, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$110,000,000
Expected Awards
31
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) Program, as provided by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-94), is to support innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities, as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, including activities aimed at improving the education and post-school outcomes of children receiving SSI and their families that may result in long-term improvement in the SSI child recipient's economic status and self-sufficiency. Assistance Listing Number 84.421C. 02/19/2021- Updated Closing Date and Intergovernmental Date 02/19/2021 per the correction notice at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-02-19/pdf/2021-03430.pdf
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · ED-GRANTS-010721-001
Grants.gov marks Office of Special Education and Rehabilitativ… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). This eligibility-code string dominates the Department of Education book (658 peers, 39% of 1,673).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Innovative Approaches to Literacy
U.S. Department of Education
Agency Contact
Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Cassandra P. Shoffler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5065A, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7827. Email: 84.421C@ed.gov.
More from Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305S
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Statistical and Research Methodology in Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305D
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Policymaking in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324S
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs in Special Education, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.324B
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Training Programs in The Education Sciences, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305B
What to do next
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitativ… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 84.421 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Innovative Approaches to Literacy indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Department of Education lists 1,672 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
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