Special Education Preschool Grants — CFDA 84.173

IDEA preschool obligations at $1.62 billion

USAspending.gov records $1,616,676,900.89 in obligations under CFDA 84.173. Two hundred twenty-seven awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $7.12 million per award — consistent with state IDEA preschool allocations rather than a single-classroom grant. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical IEP cost or a per-child amount.

The assistance-listing title is SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL GRANTS. CFDA 84.173 is the identifier. Other IDEA Part B or infants-and-families listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $1.62 billion. Combining those codes would invent a combined special-education total this packet does not contain.

53 recipients across 52 states

Fifty-three recipients share 227 awards, or about 4.3 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $1.62 billion evenly would assign about $30.50 million per recipient. That pattern is a state-agency roster with several claiming rows per named organization. The packet does not list the 53. Recipient count is the organizational headcount, not a census of children or teachers.

Fifty-two states in the geographic count is a near-complete map plus extra jurisdictions. IDEA preschool dollars in this extract follow that coded geography. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Fifty-three recipients against 52 states is a state-education-agency formula file with a few extra rows. Four-point-three award records per recipient fits annual IDEA preschool allocations more than classroom grants. The $1,616,676,900.89 obligation stock is not a child-count census, not an IEP inventory, and not IDEA Part B grants to states. Infants-and-families (84.181) is a sibling listing, not mixed in. Quote 227 as assistance rows and 53 as named organizations. Fifty-two states is the coded map plus extra jurisdictions.

Award count is not a child count

Among Education assistance listings, 84.173 is a mid-volume file: 227 rows against 53 recipients. Annual allocation rows and amendments can inflate award count relative to unique SEAs. Award count is therefore a weak proxy for “number of preschoolers served.” Recipients (53) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (227) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report child counts, IEPs, or classroom seats. Citing 227 as children would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus payment outlays

The $1.62 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against IDEA preschool awards — are not in the packet. A state education agency can show a large obligation stock while a draw follows a later school year. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 84.173 to size this Special Education Preschool Grants listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as IDEA Part B grants to states, Part C infants, or Head Start dashboard. Those series live on other codes. This page reports the obligation book tagged 84.173.

What the 84.173 tables omit

The IDEA preschool hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a child-count file, not an IEP inventory, and not a teacher-FTE survey. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $1,616,676,900.89. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 227 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 52 states is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already spent on preschool services.

Where the 84.173 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 84.173 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other Education listings. For 84.173 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 84.173’s 227 awards spread $1,616,676,900.89 across 53 recipients and 52 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 4.3 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for Special Education Preschool Grants?

USAspending.gov records $1,616,676,900.89 in obligations for CFDA 84.173. SpendingVault indexes 227 awards, 53 recipients, and 52 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a child count. CFDA 84.173’s $1.62 billion is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 84.173 carry?

The listing shows 227 awards against 53 recipients, or about 4.3 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $7.12 million per award. Award count is not an IEP or classroom count. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 84.173 awards?

The extract lists 53 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 84.173. Geographic coding covers 52 states. The packet does not name the 53 or publish child counts. Recipient count is the organizational headcount. USAspending.gov indexes those rows as assistance obligations, not outlays.

Is $1.62 billion already paid for IDEA preschool?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 84.173’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or children served. The $1.62 billion on 227 awards is the obligation figure.