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The Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs is looking to fund training of newly employed state agency staff at the administrative, supervisory, professional, paraprofessional, or clerical levels in order to develop needed skills for effective agency performance. The grant funding would also provide training opportunities for experienced state agency personnel at all levels of state agency practice to upgrade their skills and to develop mastery of new program developments dealing with significant issues, priorities, and legislative thrusts of the state and federal vocational rehabilitation program.

The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education.
Under this area of special focus FIPSE is looking to fund projects that propose innovative strategies to benefit working adults and displaced workers who are pursuing degrees or credentials in community colleges. Projects may include, but are not limited to, activities that improve: academic remediation; tutoring; academic and personal counseling; registration processes; students’ course selection and scheduling; instructional delivery; student support services related to childcare, transportation, or educational costs, such as textbook rental; and career counseling.

The Erma Byrd Scholarship Program provides scholarships to individuals pursuing a course of study that will lead to a career in industrial health and safety occupations, including mine safety. This program is designed to increase the skilled workforce in these fields at both the fundamental skills level and the advanced skills level. The program has a service obligation component, which requires recipients of the scholarship to begin employment in a career position related to industrial health and safety no later than six months after completion of the degree program, and to continue to work in a career position related to industrial health and safety, including mine safety, for a period of one year.
The scholarships are available to students in the following eligible areas of study related to industrial health and safety: Mining and mineral engineering, industrial engineering, occupational safety and health technology/technician, quality control technology/technician, industrial safety technology/technician, hazardous materials information systems technology/technician, mining technology/technician, and occupational health and industrial hygiene.
Students pursuing an associate’s degree are eligible for $2,500 scholarships, students pursuing a bachelor’s degree are eligible for $5,000 scholarships, and students pursuing a graduate degree are eligible for $10,000 scholarships.

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Programs for Native Hawaiians is encouraging organizations to that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians to apply for two grants. The grant money is to be used to plan, conduct, and administer programs to prevent or reduce violence, the use, possession, and distribution of illegal drugs, or delinquency.

The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing technical assistance, supporting model demonstration projects, disseminating useful information, and implementing activities that are supported by scientifically based research.
Eligible entities include state educational agencies; local educational agencies (LEAs), including public charter schools that are considered LEAs under state law; institutions of higher education; other public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; outlying areas; freely associated States; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations.