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Improving state capacity to collect, report, analyze, and use IDEA fiscal data

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What States Are Saying

CIFR clarified expectations about how to use federal funding with examples that we could model. Our record-keeping now aligns better with what OSEP is looking for, and our knowledge of how to document consistently has improved.

Featured Resources

Part C

Quick Reference Guide on IDEA Part C Maintenance of Effort

Review the Part C MOE requirement, why it’s important, and funds to include in the calculation.

IDEA Part C Annual Grant Budget Calculator

Use this Excel tool to track funds to support their timely obligation and to complete the annual grant application.

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Part B

Quick Reference Guide on IDEA Part B State Set-Aside Funds

Understand the basic requirements of IDEA Part B state set-aside funds and how to use and report on them.

Maintenance of State Financial Support Data Collection and Reporting Tool (DCRT) 2.0

Enter data for up to 12 years and review whether MFS has been met.

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Events

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May 14, 2024 In Person

Save the Date! Part B IDEA Fiscal Forum 2024

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July 11, 2023 Online

Cross-Center 2023 Fiscal Webinar: Timely, Purposeful Expenditure of IDEA Funds

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News

September 14, 2023

New Quick Reference Guide on IDEA Part C Maintenance of Effort

Build your understanding of Part C MOE, why it’s important, and what funds to include.

July 19, 2023

Turn IDEA Data into Action with CIFR’s New Resource

Leverage your IDEA fiscal data and initiate conversations with your team to refine policies and procedures with this new resource.

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CIFR's Impact 10/01/2020 - 02/28/2023

IDEA Part B Technical Assistance

  • 60 States and entities supported
  • 435 TA records
  • 19 Communities of Practice convened

IDEA Part C Technical Assistance

  • 56 States and entities supported
  • 263 TA records
  • 2 Communities of Practice Convened

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The Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting (CIFR) is a partnership among WestEd, AEM Corporation, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Emerald Consulting, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE) at Utah State University, and Westat. The Improve Group is CIFR's external evaluator.

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