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Our Impact 10/01/2020 - 02/28/2023

IDEA Part B Technical Assistance

60 states and entities with
Part B programs supported1

435 TA requests
65.58

141

Allocation of LEA subgrants requests from 39 states

60.47

130

Local education agency maintenance of effort requests from 36 states

31.63

68

TA requests that span multiple topics from 27 states

22.33

48

Coordinated early intervening services requests from 19 states

13.49

29

Maintenance of state financial support requests from 19 states

8.84

19

State set-aside requests from 11 states

Facilitated communities of practice on 5 Part B topics supporting 44 states

1 Includes American Samoa, Bureau of Indian Education, District of Columbia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands.

IDEA Part C Technical Assistance

56 states and entities with
Part C programs supported2

263 TA requests
100

215

Use of funds requests from 43 states

16.28

35

TA requests that span multiple topics from 23 states

5.12

11

Indirect cost / cost allocation plan requests from 6 states

0.93

2

Maintenance of effort requests from 2 states

Supported 15 new Part C coordinators through Navigate, a collaborative outreach and orientation effort with other national early childhood centers
Facilitated Part C communities of practice for 4 regions supporting 43 states

2 Includes American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands.

TA Spotlights

We invite you to explore how CIFR training, resources, and ongoing support increase state staff knowledge and state capacity.

CIFR’s Listserv Brings Together IDEA State Fiscal Staff

Launched in February 2015, the listserv is one of the first tools CIFR provided to IDEA fiscal specialists around the country. This simple method of group communication over email has become a powerful way for state staff to share information quickly and efficiently.

New York Adapts CIFR Calculator to Deploy Statewide

CIFR helped the New York State Education Department roll out the Local Educational Agency (LEA) Maintenance of Effort (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

While preparing 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

CIFR 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).

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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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