Special Education Grants for Infants and Families — CFDA 84.181

IDEA Part C obligations at $1.46 billion

USAspending.gov records about $1.5 billion — $1,462,335,650.81 in obligations under CFDA 84.181. Two hundred thirty awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $6.36 million per award — consistent with state Part C allocations rather than a single-family service contract. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical IFSP cost or a per-infant amount.

The assistance-listing title is SPECIAL EDUCATION-GRANTS FOR INFANTS AND FAMILIES. CFDA 84.181 is the identifier. Other IDEA preschool or Part B listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $1.46 billion. Combining those codes would invent a combined special-education total this packet does not contain.

109 recipients across 56 states

One hundred nine recipients share 230 awards, or about 2.1 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $1.46 billion evenly would assign about $13.42 million per recipient. That pattern is a lead-agency roster with extra partner rows, not one recipient per state only. The packet does not list the 109. Recipient count is the organizational headcount, not a census of infants or therapists.

Fifty-six states in the geographic count is a near-complete map plus territories. Infants-and-families dollars in this extract follow that coded geography. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

One hundred nine recipients against 56 states is a Part C lead-agency file with extra partner rows, not one recipient per state only. About 2.1 award records per recipient fits annual allocations plus amendments. The $1,462,335,650.81 obligation stock is not an infant census, not an IFSP inventory, and not IDEA preschool (84.173). Those sibling listings stay outside CFDA 84.181. Quote 230 as assistance rows and 109 as named organizations. Fifty-six states is the coded map plus territories.

Award count is not an infant count

Among Education assistance listings, 84.181 is a mid-volume file: 230 rows against 109 recipients. Annual allocation rows and amendments can inflate award count relative to unique lead agencies. Award count is therefore a weak proxy for “number of infants served.” Recipients (109) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (230) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report child counts, IFSPs, or home visits. Citing 230 as infants would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus payment outlays

The $1.46 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against infants-and-families awards — are not in the packet. A lead agency can show a large obligation stock while a draw follows a later program year. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 84.181 to size this Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as IDEA preschool 84.173, Part B grants to states, or Medicaid EPSDT dashboard. Those series live on other codes. This page reports the obligation book tagged 84.181.

What the 84.181 tables omit

The infants-and-families hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a child-count file, not an IFSP inventory, and not a provider directory. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $1,462,335,650.81. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 230 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 56 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 early intervention.

Where the 84.181 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 84.181 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other Education listings. For 84.181 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 84.181’s 230 awards spread $1,462,335,650.81 across 109 recipients and 56 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 2.1 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 Grants for Infants and Families?

USAspending.gov records $1,462,335,650.81 in obligations for CFDA 84.181. SpendingVault indexes 230 awards, 109 recipients, and 56 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not an infant count. CFDA 84.181’s $1.46 billion is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 84.181 carry?

The listing shows 230 awards against 109 recipients, or about 2.1 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $6.36 million per award. Award count is not an IFSP or child count. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 84.181 awards?

The extract lists 109 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 84.181. Geographic coding covers 56 states. The packet does not name the 109 or publish child counts. Recipient count is the organizational headcount. USAspending.gov indexes those rows as assistance obligations, not outlays.

Is $1.46 billion already paid for IDEA Part C?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 84.181’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or infants served. The $1.46 billion on 230 awards is the obligation figure.