Department of Defense Impact Aid (Supplement, CWSD, BRAC)
The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of the United States through five major areas: peacekeeping and war-fighting efforts, Homeland Security, evacuation and humanitarian causes.
Department of Defense Education Activity
Educational Partnership Branch.
Program Accomplishments
Not Applicable.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Congressional law dictates that their are no prescribed uses or restriction on this financial assistance.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Congressional law dictates that their are no prescribed uses or restrictions in place for this financial assistance.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Congressional law dictates that only LEAs that are impacted by the enrollment in all grades (0-12) of military dependent students or military dependent students with a severe disability may apply.
Credentials/Documentation
No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Congressional law dictates that that the Department of Defense acquire eligibility data from the Office of Impact Aid at the Department of Education.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110.
DoD Impact Aid Supplement
How To Apply
No Application required. Eligibile LEAs will be contacted via mail. Contact information and account details will be verified with the Authorized Representative according to the data received from the Office of Impact Aid at the Department of Education.
DoD Impact Aid for Children with Severe Disabilities
How to Apply
An application must be completed and submitted to DoD as an attachment to an email. The signature sheet (page 1 of the application) must be returned by fax to (703) 588-5330. The application is identified as Secretary of Defense (SD) form number SD 816, with form number SD 816C as a continuation sheet for those who need it. A sample "Section II - Payment Determination" is included as part of the form attachment. To access the fillable application form, go to the Secretary of Defense Forms Inventory website at: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/sdforms.htm.
To obtain the desired form, scroll down to SD816 and/or SD816C and click on the link to the form. The forms are available as a fillable ADOBE/PDF. It is necessary for applicants to download the form and save it to the hard drive on their computers to work on it.
Applications shall be submitted only by email and the signature sheet shall be faxed. Applications shall be sent to DoD Impact Aid by email at Dodea.impactaid@hq.dodea.edu, and the signature sheet sent by fax to DoD Impact Aid at (703) 588-5330. The email address of the certifying representative of the LEA, whether it is the Superintendent or a designated representative authorized to act on behalf of the Superintendent, shall be included on the signature sheet of the application.
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL APPLICATIONS OR SEND BY A DELIVERY SERVICE (FEDEX, UPS, Airborne Express, etc.). RETAIN THE ORIGINAL IN YOUR FILES. IF WE SHOULD LATER NEED ACCESS TO YOUR ORIGINAL APPLICATION, WE WILL ADVISE YOU.
DoD Impact Aid for Large Scale Rebasing (BRAC)
How To Apply
No Application required. Eligibile LEAs will be contacted via mail. Contact information and account details will be verified with the Authorized Representative according to the data recieved from the Office of Impact Aid at the Departmeet of Education.
Award Procedures
LEAs are notified by mail. Financial Assistance is deposited into a designated verified district bank account.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.
Authorization
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, , Public Law 106-398.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
From 30 to 60 days.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
Not Applicable.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Annually this financial assistance is available prior to September 30th. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
No reports are required.
Audits
No audits are required for this program.
Records
Although LEAs are not required to submit their cost justification with their application, it would be prudent to have a spreadsheet available to defend their submitted costs if it is requested by DoD prior to making an eligibility and payment determination.
Financial Information
Account Identification
97-0010-0-6-000.
Obigations
(Formula Grants) FY 08 $35,000,000; FY 09 est $34,000,000; FY 10 est $49,000,000 - Not Applicable.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Not Applicable.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
Eligible LEAs must have submitted an application to the Department of Education for Federal Impact Aid for the current Fiscal Year (FY), on which they indicated that they provided a free appropriate public education to military dependent children as described in subparagraph (A)(ii), (B), (D)(i) or (D)(ii) of section 8003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)). LEAs may apply to the DoD Impact Aid for Children with Severe Disabilities for military dependent children with severe disabilities to whom they provided services during school year 2007-2008. These children must have been claimed by the LEA on the Department of Education Application for Federal Impact Aid - Section 8003, to be children with disabilities (CWD). If, for any reason, the child was not identified by the LEA on the above mentioned application sent to Department of Education (e.g., the child did not attend the school at the time the application was submitted, the parent did not complete the form stating military dependent, etc.), the LEA cannot claim the child for purposes of the DoD Impact Aid for Children with Severe Disabilities. If the LEA has specific questions regarding the child s eligibility for the Federal Impact Aid program, it should contact the Department of Education.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices. Department of Defense Education Activity
Educational Partnership Branch.
Headquarters Office
Keisha Brown 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1635 Email: keisha.brown@hq.dodea.edu Phone: 703-588-3178 Fax: 703-588-5330
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Not Applicable.
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