What is a TPSID?
Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability, or TPSID, are model demonstration projects funded by the US Department of Education. Through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process, grants are awarded to institutions of higher education or consortia of institutions of higher education to enable them to create or expand high quality, inclusive model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities. The first round of TPSID funding was from October 2010 - September 2015. There were a total of 27 grantees at that time who worked with a total of 52 campuses across the United States. In October 2015, a second cohort of twenty five grantees with a total of 59 campuses were funded for a five year period, through September 2020. In October, 2020, the third cohort was funded, with a total of 22 grantees in 16 states.
TPSID projects establish model programs that:
Serve students with intellectual disabilities
Provide individual supports and services for the academic and social inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in academic courses, extracurricular activities, and other aspects of the institution of higher education
Partner with one or more local educational agencies to support students who are still eligible for special education and related services under IDEA
Plan for the sustainability of the model program after the end of the grant period; and
Offer a meaningful credential for students upon the completion of the model program
Students with intellectual disabilities participating in these model programs are provided experiences focusing on academic enrichment; socialization; independent living skills, including self-advocacy skills; and integrated work experiences and career skills that lead to employment. Person-centered planning is used as the foundation in the development of the course of study for each student.
TPSID 2020-2025 Grantees with Principal Investigator contact information
TPSID 2015-2020 Grantees, with Principal Investigator contact information
TPSID 2010-2015 Grantees, with Principal Investigator contact information
TPSID 2020-2025 Projects At A Glance
California State University, Fresno
University of California Davis
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Missouri St. Louis
Georgian Court University (grantee/consortium lead)
Millersville University (grantee/consortium lead)
East Tennessee State University
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Utah Valley University
Washington State University
TPSID 2015-2020 Projects At A Glance
- Appalachian State University
- Fresno State
- Highline College
- Jacksonville State University
- Lipscomb University
- Minot State University
- Portland State University
- Rhode Island College
- Spokane Community College
- Georgia State University (consortium lead)
- University of Central Florida (consortium lead)
- Bergen Community College
- The College of New Jersey (partner site)
- Colorado State University
- Syracuse University
- University of Alabama
- University of Hawaii (consortium lead)
- University of Kansas
- University of Memphis
- University of Missouri Kansas City
- University of South Alabama
- Utah State University
- Vanderbilt University
- University of Rochester (consortium)
- Ohio State University (consortium lead)
- Pennsylvania Inclusive Higher Education Consortium