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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

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.

Understanding the IDEA Part C State Grant Funding Cycle and Different Fiscal Years

Explain the four stages of a grant to your Interagency Coordinating Council, lead agency leaders, and local early intervention programs.

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Part B

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.

Quick Reference Guide on the Local Educational Agency Maintenance of Effort Adjustment and Use of Freed-Up Funds

Understand when to make the adjustment and how to use and monitor the funds freed up by it.

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Events

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October 4, 2023 In Person

Workshop on Writing IDEA Part B Fiscal Procedures

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May 9, 2023 In Person

Part C IDEA Fiscal Forum 2023

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News

April 4, 2023

CIFR Announces Keynote Speaker for Part C IDEA Fiscal Forum 2023 in Atlanta

Texas early intervention expert Laura Kender will speak about building and financing a comprehensive and sustainable early childhood system.

February 13, 2023

New Part C Practice Guide on Engaging Interagency Coordinating Councils

Strategies to help state LA staff build the knowledge and engagement of ICC members.

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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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