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Technology and Media Services for Individuals With Disabilities--Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children With Disabilities (Phase 2) is sponsored by Department of Education. This program supports projects that develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need local educational agencies and schools.
It promotes innovative literacy programs, including those that develop and enhance effective school library programs, provide early literacy services, and provide high-quality books to children and adolescents from low-income communities.
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Description:Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register.
Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www. access. gpo.
gov/nara/index. html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.
Note: This notice includes one absolute priority with two phases, and funding information for each phase of the competition, and two competitive preference priorities within the absolute priority.
Purpose of Program: The purposes of the Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program are to: (1) Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) support educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities; and (3) provide support for captioning and video description that are appropriate for use in the classroom setting.
Phase 2--Research on Effectiveness: Projects funded under Phase 2 must select a promising technology-based approach that has been developed and tested in a manner consistent with the criteria for activities funded under Phase 1, and subject the approach to rigorous field-based research to determine its effectiveness in educational or early intervention settings.
Approaches studied under Phase 2 may have been developed with previous funding under Phase 1 of this priority or with funding from other sources. Phase 2 of this priority is primarily intended to produce sound research-based evidence demonstrating that the technology-based approach can improve educational or early intervention results for children with disabilities in a defined range of real world contexts.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84. 327A. We are participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.
gov Apply site. The Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities competition, CFDA number 84. 327A, is included in this project.
We request your participation in Grants. gov. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Governmentwide Grants. gov Apply site at http://www.
Grants. gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities competition, CFDA number 84. 327A at http://www. Grants.
gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84. 327, not 84.
327A). Grantor Contact Information:If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Julius Cotton ED Grants. gov FIND Systems Admin.
Phone 202-245-6140 julius. cotton@ed. gov Program Manager: Terry Jackson U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.
, Room 4081 Potomac Center Plaza (PCP) Washington, DC 20202-2550 Telephone: (202) 245-6039 or e-mail:
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State educational agencies (SEAs); local educational agencies (LEAs); public charter schools that are LEAs under State law; Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs); other public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; outlying areas; freely associated States; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Technology and Media Services for Individuals With Disabilities--Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children With Disabilities (Phase 2) is funded by Department of Education. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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