Upcoming Events
Online
CIFR 2025 Fiscal Webinar: What’s in Your Compliance Wallet? Navigating Internal Controls
Learn how internal control standards support effective fiscal oversight and align with your Part C fiscal responsibilities.
In Person
IDEA Fiscal Problems of Practice Workshop
This workshop will bring together state teams to solve IDEA fiscal challenges together. Working alongside technical assistance experts and colleagues from other states, participants will learn from one another and build skills for handling complex IDEA fiscal issues.
Archived Events
In Person
Part C IDEA Fiscal Forum 2025
IDEA state fiscal staff across the country gathered at CIFR’s Part C IFF in Kansas City, MO.
Online
CIFR 2025 Fiscal Webinar: Reviewing IDEA Part B LEA Subgrant Applications
IDEA state fiscal specialists are invited to join CIFR and state staff to talk about how state educational agencies review and approve LEAs’ applications for special education funds.
In Person
Workshop on Writing IDEA Part B Fiscal Procedures
Part B state teams were invited to an in-person workshop aimed at developing written procedures for the fiscal components of either CCEIS or private school proportionate share.
Online
CIFR 2024 Fiscal Webinar: Improve IDEA Part C Fiscal Fluency to Drive Decision Making
Who should be involved? What information shared? We learned about one state’s approach to engaging colleagues and using its fiscal data to make meaningful decisions.
Online
CIFR 2024 Fiscal Webinar: Using IDEA Part B Dollars to Finance a High Cost Fund
CIFR and state attendees discussed the requirements and how to create and implement a fund in your state.
In Person
Workshop on Writing IDEA Part C Maintenance of Effort Procedures
CIFR invited small teams of IDEA state fiscal staff to learn about and draft maintenance of effort procedures together in Washington, DC.
Online
CIFR 2024 Fiscal Webinar: Unlocking CEIS: A Deep Dive Into Monitoring Requirements
CIFR and DCASD provided a deep dive into the federal CEIS fiscal and program monitoring rules to build the capacity of states and LEAs to meet their IDEA obligations.
Online
CIFR 2024 Fiscal Webinar: Engaging Your Part C ICC in Meaningful Fiscal Discussions
How can you prepare state Interagency Coordinating Council members to advise your lead agency on Part C fiscal matters with confidence?
In Person
Part B IDEA Fiscal Forum 2024
Purpose-Driven Data: Putting the “Why” Into Fiscal Processes
State directors of special education and IDEA fiscal specialists, TA providers from multiple centers, and OSEP staff gathered in Denver to discuss critical IDEA fiscal issues.
Online
CIFR 2024 Fiscal Webinar: How to Review IDEA Part B LEA Subgrant Applications Plus IDEA Fiscal Forum Preview
Examine LEA IDEA grant eligibility requirements and hear from Kansas about its application review processes. Learn what to expect at the Part B IDEA Fiscal Forum in Denver this May.
