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Our Work

The stories on this page are an invitation to explore how CIFR provides training, tools, and ongoing support to states to improve the knowledge of SEA staff and to increase capacity. They share the perspectives of our SEA stakeholders across the country.

New York Adapts CIFR Calculator to Deploy Statewide

New York Adapts CIFR Calculator to Deploy StatewideCIFR helped the New York State Education Department roll out the Local Educational Agency Maintenance of Effort (LEA MOE) Calculator and supporting materials to more than 700 LEAs to improve the state’s capacity to gather and report complete IDEA fiscal data.


New Jersey Strengthens Foundations with Written Procedures

New Jersey Strengthens Foundations with Written PrceduresPreparing for the retirement of a veteran staff member, the New Jersey Department of Education worked with CIFR to document its fiscal processes related to the allocation of IDEA Part B subgrants.


A Story of Intensive Support for South Carolina

A Story of Intensive Support for South CarolinaCIFR provided tools and trainings to help South Carolina’s Office of Special Education Services resolve longstanding issues with the high-stakes IDEA requirement called Maintenance of State Financial Support (MFS).


IDEAs that Work

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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