Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 052113 001
Apply for ED GRANTS 052113 001
- The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) CFDA Number 84.418P" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.418 Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 21, 2013 and posted on May 21, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 19, 2013 Applications Available May 21, 2013. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply June 20, 2013. Notice of Intent To Apply ED will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if it has a better understanding of the number of entities that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify ED by sending a short email message indicating the applicants intent to submit an application for funding. If the applicant is submitting an application on behalf of a consortium also indicate the States that will be involved. The email need not include information regarding the content of the proposed application. This email notification should be sent to Corinne Weidenthal at corinne.weidenthal@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this email notification may still apply for funding. Dates of Pre Application Webinars May 30, 2013 and June 4, 2013.Dates of Pre Application Webinars Interested parties are invited to participate in pre application webinars. The pre application webinars with staff from ED and its Federal PROMISE partners will be held on May 30, 2013 and June 4, 2013 and a teleconference will be held on June 27, 2013, between 200 p.m. and 330 p.m., Washington, DC time. Date of Pre Application Teleconference June 27, 2013. For further information about the pre application webinars and teleconference, see the PROMISE Web site at www.ed.gov/promise. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications August 19, 2013.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $100,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- 1. Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants are the 50 States and the District of Columbia. A consortium of States may also apply. A grantee, subgrantee, or partner under this program is not eligible to receive funding for the SSA national evaluation contract. An applicant must meet the following requirements to be eligible to compete for funding under this program (a) Single State applicant. A single State with adequate child SSI recipients, as described in paragraph (d) of this section, may apply. The State applicant must (1) Designate a lead coordinating entity, which must be a State agency and (2) Submit an application that has been signed by the States Governor and the administrative head of the States lead coordinating entity. (b) Consortium of States applicant. A consortium of States may apply in order to meet the minimum sample size eligibility requirement, as described in paragraph (d) of this section. (1) One of the States participating in the consortium must submit an application on behalf of the consortium (2) Each of the consortium States must designate a lead coordinating entity, which must be a State agency (3) The application must be signed by the Governor of each State and the administrative head of each States lead coordinating entity (4) The applicant on behalf of the consortium is the grantee and is legally responsible for the use of all grant funds and ensuring that the project is carried out by the consortium in accordance with Federal requirements (5) Each member of the consortium is legally responsible to carry out the activities it agrees to perform (EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.129) and (6) Each State participating in the consortium must have partnerships with at least three common agencies (or equivalent for administering common programs). (Described in Partnerships under paragraph (a) of the Project Activities section of this notice.) (7) Each State participating in the consortium must provide the coordinated set of required and other services and supports as proposed in the application (described in paragraph (b) of the Application Requirements section of this notice.) This set of coordinated services and supports must be the same across all States in the consortium. (c) Lead coordinating entity. The lead coordinating entity must partner with other State agencies and is encouraged to partner with local agencies and organizations that play or have the potential to play a substantial role in the development and implementation of policies and practices affecting child SSI recipients and their families (see Partnerships under the Project Activities section of this notice and the related application requirements). (d) Minimum sample size. The State or consortium of States must have a sufficient number of children between the ages of 14 and 16 who receive SSI to, within two years of the start of the project, recruit the minimum sample size of 2,000 child SSI recipients into the MDP and begin providing MDP interventions to half of those recruited. This sample size is necessary to assess the effectiveness of each MDP. If the MDP chooses to exceed the minimum sample size, half of the child SSI recipients must still be assigned to the treatment group and half to the control group. Each MDP will be evaluated separately because ED and its Federal PROMISE partners expect grantees to vary in their approaches to implementing PROMISE (see the Evaluation and Project Assessment Activities section of this notice).
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Opportunity Summary:
The PROMISE grant opportunity (Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income), CFDA 84.418P, was a FY 2013 discretionary funding competition run by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Labor (DOL). It was structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal partners expected to be actively involved with grantees during project implementation rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The overall intent was to fund a small number of state-led model demonstration projects (MDPs) designed to improve the life and career outcomes of youth who receive SSI, while also improving how services for these youth and their families are organized and coordinated across agencies.
At its core, PROMISE focused on youth SSI recipients and their families, with a strong emphasis on the transition years leading into adulthood. The program sought measurable, real-world outcomes such as students finishing high school prepared for college and careers, completing postsecondary education or job training, and securing competitive employment in integrated settings. A central policy goal behind these outcomes was to reduce long-term reliance on SSI by helping participating youth build skills, credentials, work experience, and supports that can lead to sustained employment and greater economic independence over time. PROMISE also emphasized systems-level improvements, encouraging states to address fragmentation in services by aligning education, workforce, health, and benefit-related supports so families do not have to navigate disconnected programs on their own.
Eligibility was limited to the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with the option for states to apply as a multi-state consortium. Each applicant, whether a single state or a consortium, had to designate a lead coordinating entity that must be a state agency. Applications required high-level state commitment: a single-state application had to be signed by the governor and the administrative head of the lead coordinating entity, and a consortium application had to carry signatures from each participating state governor and each lead entity head. The consortium structure also came with added operational expectations, including that each participating state maintain partnerships with at least three common agencies (or equivalents administering common programs) and that the coordinated package of services and supports proposed under PROMISE be consistent across all states in the consortium. The notice also clarified an important conflict limitation: a PROMISE grantee, subgrantee, or partner could not receive funding under SSA’s national evaluation contract.
A major design requirement was that each funded state project had to be large enough to support a rigorous evaluation. To be eligible, the state (or consortium) needed a sufficient population of SSI-recipient youth ages 14 to 16 to recruit at least 2,000 participants into the demonstration within two years of project start. The project then had to begin delivering the PROMISE interventions to half of those youth, with the other half serving as a control group. In other words, the program required a treatment/control design, and even if a project recruited more than 2,000 youth, it still had to maintain a roughly equal split between treatment and control groups. Each model demonstration project was to be evaluated separately because the federal partners anticipated states would take different approaches to implementing PROMISE, and the evaluation needed to assess each approach on its own merits.
From a funding and competition standpoint, the opportunity anticipated making about three awards, with an estimated total funding level of $100,000,000 and an award ceiling of $50,000,000. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement stated in the synopsis, which generally lowered the barrier for states to propose ambitious, multi-agency demonstrations without needing to document non-federal match as a condition of award. Because it was a cooperative agreement, applicants also needed to be prepared for ongoing coordination with the federal PROMISE partners, including compliance with reporting, performance measurement, and evaluation participation requirements described in the official Federal Register notice.
Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, and applicants were specifically instructed to search by the numeric CFDA number without the letter suffix (search 84.418 rather than 84.418P). The competition opened May 21, 2013, and the deadline to submit applications was August 19, 2013. While not mandatory, the Department strongly encouraged prospective applicants to submit a short email notice of intent to apply by June 20, 2013, including the states involved if applying as a consortium; this was meant to help ED plan a more efficient review process. To support applicants before submission, ED and its federal partners scheduled pre-application webinars on May 30 and June 4, 2013, and a pre-application teleconference on June 27, 2013 (2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Washington, DC time), with additional details hosted on the PROMISE website. For technical issues accessing the announcement, the notice provided a Grants.gov systems contact, and for programmatic questions it listed the program manager at ED, including phone and email contact information.
Overall, PROMISE was designed as a high-investment, state-driven demonstration initiative aimed at changing both individual outcomes for SSI-recipient youth and the way state systems coordinate education, workforce development, health and human services, and disability-related supports. The combination of required cross-agency partnerships, a large minimum participant sample, and a formal treatment/control evaluation framework signaled that the federal government’s priority was not only to deliver services, but also to produce credible evidence about which coordinated transition strategies most effectively improve education and employment outcomes and reduce long-term benefit dependency.
PROMISE Grant (CFDA 84.418P) - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the PROMISE grant opportunity?
PROMISE (Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income), CFDA 84.418P, was a FY 2013 discretionary funding competition run by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). It supported a small number of state-led model demonstration projects intended to improve outcomes for youth who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Which federal agencies were involved in PROMISE?
The competition was led by ED/OSERS in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Labor (DOL). These partners expected to be actively involved during implementation because the awards were structured as cooperative agreements.
What does it mean that PROMISE was a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement means the federal partners did not simply award funds and step back. Instead, they expected ongoing involvement with grantees during project implementation, including coordination related to reporting, performance measurement, and participation in evaluation requirements described in the Federal Register notice.
What was the overall purpose of PROMISE?
PROMISE was designed to fund state-led model demonstration projects (MDPs) aimed at improving the life and career outcomes of youth receiving SSI and improving how services for these youth and their families are organized and coordinated across agencies.
Who was the program intended to serve?
The program focused on youth SSI recipients and their families, with a strong emphasis on the transition years leading into adulthood.
What outcomes did PROMISE aim to improve?
PROMISE emphasized measurable, real-world transition outcomes, including youth finishing high school prepared for college and careers, completing postsecondary education or job training, and securing competitive employment in integrated settings.
Was one of PROMISE's goals to reduce long-term SSI reliance?
Yes. A central policy goal was to reduce long-term reliance on SSI by helping participating youth build skills, credentials, work experience, and supports that can lead to sustained employment and greater economic independence over time.
Did PROMISE address how services are coordinated across state systems?
Yes. PROMISE emphasized systems-level improvements and encouraged states to reduce fragmentation by aligning education, workforce, health, and benefit-related supports so families do not have to navigate disconnected programs on their own.
Who was eligible to apply for the PROMISE competition?
Eligibility was limited to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. States could apply alone or as part of a multi-state consortium.
Could local governments, school districts, nonprofits, or universities apply directly?
Not under this competition. The eligible applicants were states (and DC), including multi-state consortia. Each application had to designate a lead coordinating entity that must be a state agency.
What is the "lead coordinating entity" requirement?
Each applicant (a single state or a consortium) had to designate a lead coordinating entity, and that entity had to be a state agency.
What signatures were required for a single-state application?
A single-state application had to be signed by the governor and the administrative head of the lead coordinating entity.
What signatures were required for a consortium application?
A consortium application had to include signatures from each participating state governor and each participating state's lead entity head.
What additional expectations applied to multi-state consortia?
Consortia had added operational expectations, including that each participating state maintain partnerships with at least three common agencies (or equivalents administering common programs) and that the coordinated package of PROMISE services and supports be consistent across all states in the consortium.
Were there any restrictions related to SSA's national evaluation contract?
Yes. The notice specified that a PROMISE grantee, subgrantee, or partner could not receive funding under SSA's national evaluation contract.
How many participants did a state project need to recruit?
To be eligible, the state (or consortium) needed a sufficient population of SSI-recipient youth ages 14 to 16 to recruit at least 2,000 participants into the demonstration within two years of the project start.
What ages of youth were central to the recruitment requirement?
The recruitment requirement referenced SSI-recipient youth ages 14 to 16 as the key population needed to support the minimum sample size.
Why was the minimum of 2,000 participants required?
The minimum sample size requirement was tied to the need for a rigorous evaluation. Projects had to be large enough to support credible evidence-building about the effectiveness of the intervention approach.
Did PROMISE require a control group?
Yes. After recruiting participants, projects were required to deliver PROMISE interventions to half of the youth, with the other half serving as a control group. The design required a roughly equal split between treatment and control groups, even if more than 2,000 youth were recruited.
Were model demonstration projects evaluated together or separately?
Each model demonstration project was to be evaluated separately, because federal partners expected states to implement PROMISE in different ways and wanted each approach assessed on its own merits.
How many awards were expected under this competition?
The opportunity anticipated making about three awards.
What was the estimated total amount of funding available?
The estimated total funding level for the competition was $100,000,000.
What was the award ceiling?
The award ceiling was $50,000,000.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No cost sharing or matching requirement was stated in the synopsis.
How were applications submitted?
Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.
How should applicants search for the opportunity on Grants.gov?
Applicants were instructed to search by the numeric CFDA number without the letter suffix: search for 84.418 rather than 84.418P.
When did the competition open and when were applications due?
The competition opened May 21, 2013. The deadline to submit applications was August 19, 2013.
Was a notice of intent to apply required?
No. A notice of intent to apply was not mandatory, but ED strongly encouraged prospective applicants to submit a short email notice of intent by June 20, 2013. For consortia, the notice of intent was expected to include the states involved.
Were there any pre-application events to help applicants?
Yes. ED and its federal partners scheduled pre-application webinars on May 30 and June 4, 2013, and a pre-application teleconference on June 27, 2013 (2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Washington, DC time). Additional details were hosted on the PROMISE website.
Who could applicants contact for technical issues or program questions?
For technical issues accessing the announcement, the notice provided a Grants.gov systems contact. For programmatic questions, the notice listed the program manager at ED and included phone and email contact information.
What types of services or strategies were states expected to propose?
The competition emphasized a coordinated package of services and supports aligned across agencies, connecting education, workforce development, health and human services, and disability-related or benefit-related supports. The intent was to reduce fragmentation and improve transition outcomes for SSI-recipient youth and their families.
What made PROMISE a "model demonstration" initiative?
PROMISE combined high-investment, state-driven service delivery with a formal treatment/control evaluation framework. The goal was not only to deliver services, but also to produce credible evidence about which coordinated transition strategies improve education and employment outcomes and reduce long-term benefit dependency.
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