Program Office: Office of Special Education Programs

CFDA Number:84.325
Program Type: Cooperative Agreements, Discretionary/Competitive Grants
Also Known As: Special Education-National Activities-Personnel Preparation

The purpose of this program is to (1) help address state-identified needs for highly qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education to work with children with disabilities and (2) ensure that those personnel have the skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through research and experience to be successful, needed to serve these children.

Awards are made to applicants who train personnel in the following areas: leadership; early intervention and early childhood; low-incidence; high-incidence; related services, speech/language, and adapted physical education; and programs in minority institutions.