Closed · ED-GRANTS-110624-001 · CFDA 84.250 · Discretionary
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA: American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS), Assistance Listing Number (ALN): 84.250R
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Education, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 7, 2025
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA: American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS), Assistance Listing Number (ALN): 84.250R is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Education that offered Varies by applicant across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 84.250
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS): Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA: American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS), Assistance Listing Number (ALN): 84.250R - is cataloged under number ED-GRANTS-110624-001 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 84.250, posted by Department of Education. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on November 6, 2024 and last updated on March 17, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is Varies by applicant. The agency has projected $4.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 8 awards. If the agency funds the expected 8 awards from the $4.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $500,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on April 7, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Varies by applicant
Close Date
April 7, 2025
Applications Available: November 6, 2024. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 7, 2025. Note: For new potential grantees unfamiliar with grantmaking at the Department, please consult our ``Getting Started with Discretionary Grant Applications'' web page at https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/apply-grant/getting-started-discretionary-grant-applications. Pre-Application Webinar Information: No later than December 12, 2024, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will post pre-recorded informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants. The webinars may be found at https://ncrtm.ed.gov/index.php/grant-info. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4A10, Washington, DC 20202-5076. Telephone: (202) 987-0049. Email: Adrienne.Rodriguez@ed.gov.
Posted
November 6, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$4,000,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Grant
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 Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide grants to Indian Tribes to provide vocational rehabilitation (VR)services, including culturally appropriate services, to eligible American Indians with disabilities who reside on or near Federal or State reservations, consistent with such eligible individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice, so that such individuals may prepare for, and engage in, high-quality employment that will increase opportunities for economic self-sufficiency. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.250R. See correction notice https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-07/pdf/2025-03702.pdf SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 6, 2024, the Department published an NIA for the FY 2025 AIVRS competition in the Federal Register (89 FR 88041). The Department is correcting the NIA by removing two selection criteria ( Quality of project services and Quality of project personnel); amending factors under one selection criterion (three factors previously under Quality of project services have been moved to Quality of the project design); adding one factor to Quality of the management plan; adding language in one selection criterion ( Quality of the project evaluation or other evidence-building) to conform with 34 CFR 75.210; changing the point distribution for the selection criteria section; and extending the deadline for transmittal of applications for the 2025 AIVRS competition. The Department is correcting this NIA as part of a comprehensive review of recently published FY 2025 NIAs. This reevaluation seeks to ensure that all priorities and requirements for the Department's FY 2025 competitions align with the objectives established by the Trump Administration while fostering consistency across all grant programs. Additionally, the Department is dedicated to optimizing the impact of our grant competitions on students and families, as well as enhancing the economic effectiveness of federal education funding. All other information in the NIA remains the same. The Department will not consider applications submitted prior to March 7, 2025. Applicants that have already submitted an application under the 2025 AIVRS competition must submit an updated application on or before the extended application deadline of April 7, 2025, for the application to be reviewed. Program staff will endeavor to notify applicants that have already submitted an application of the requirement to submit an updated application. The Department will consider the application that is last submitted and timely received by 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 7, 2025.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 07, 11, 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Julius C Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Adrienne Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4A10, Washington, DC 20202-5076. Telephone: (202) 987-0049. Email: Adrienne.Rodriguez@ed.gov.
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