Closed · PAS-JOR-FY25-003 · CFDA 19.040 · Discretionary

Empowered Parents In Charge (EPIC)

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. Mission to Jordan, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$150K-$350K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 14, 2025
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Empowered Parents In Charge (EPIC) is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. Mission to Jordan that offered $150,000 -- $350,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 37 other opportunities from U.S. Mission to Jordan.

$150K-$350K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
19.040
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Empowered Parents In Charge (EPIC) is closed (last close July 14, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 19.040 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. Mission to Jordan still indexes 37 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 July 14, 2025

Posted May 14 Closes Jul 14

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

People with disabilities (PWD) in Jordan face significant barriers to their full participation in society. Surveys find that currently 11.2 percent of the Jordanian population over the age of five has a disability. Although the government passed the "Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" in 2017 and mandated that at least one percent of ministries' total annual budgets be allocated to ensure programs and services are accessible to persons with disabilities, government funding remains insufficient to address the needs of PWDs. NGOs report many PWDs are stigmatized, ostracized, and are not recognized for their capabilities and their potential to live full lives. Families, fearing that their children will face discrimination in school, choose to keep their children at home, leading to 79 percent of school-aged people with disabilities not enrolled in any educational institution. The lack of access to education has lifelong consequences. One third of illiterate Jordanians aged 13 and older are PWDs, and around 84 percent of working age people with disabilities of in Jordan are unemployed. Thanks to the passage of the American with Disabilities Act in 1990, the United States is a world leader in protecting and promoting the civil rights of PWDs. Partnering Jordanian organizations with American institutions will showcase America’s global leadership, provide Jordanians with an authentic glimpse into America’s achievements on protecting the civil rights of PWDs, and create bonds between American and Jordanian communities. The Empowered Parents In Charge (EPIC) program will celebrate American excellence by spotlighting the achievements of specific Americans while offering best practices about and sharing aspects of the American experience to equip Jordanian parents of children with disabilities with advocacy skills, legal frameworks, financial resources, and civic engagement training. Parents will be empowered to ensure their children remain in school, are prepared for employment opportunities, and ultimately contribute to Jordan's economic growth and stability, thus reinforcing Jordan as a reliable regional partner to advance U.S. interests. Finally, the EPIC program will demonstrate how American excellence in the science, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) arenas have benefited PWDs and explore ways Jordanians could apply such innovations to advocating and supporting PWDs.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Empowered Parents In Charge (EPIC) (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Education · Employment, Labor and Training (ED;ELT). 8 other U.S. Mission to Jordan listings share this eligibility-code string (21% of 38).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.040

USAID International Development Grants

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

Public Diplomacy Section U.S. Embassy Amman

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What to do next

Empowered Parents In Charge (EPIC) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.040 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • USAID International Development Grants indexes 47 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • U.S. Mission to Jordan lists 37 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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