Upcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified September 1, 2026
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Texas is transitioning Noneducational Community-Based Support Services (NECBS) into a parent-directed grant program for eligible students with disabilities. Adopted rules set the initial grant amount at $5,000, subject to available funding. TEA says the revised program is not yet operational and anticipates remaining rulemaking adjustments in early September 2026, so Atlas is tracking this as an Upcoming Funding Watch rather than presenting an application deadline that has not been published.
Required next actionMonitor the TEA NECBS page and Region 10 guidance for the operational launch; school districts and charter schools should identify potentially eligible families, designate the required staff contact, and prepare to notify and assist families; parents should gather current ARD and residential/day-placement documentation so they are ready when the application opens.
Closed — FY2027 Round 1 deadline passed September 15, 2026
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 16, 2026
Maryland Department of Health (MDH)
Maryland DDA’s FY2027 Low Intensity Support Services (LISS) Round 1 closed September 15, 2026. The program provides up to $1,000 for approved services or items for eligible children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities who live at home or in the community and are not receiving DDA support services. Round 1 random selection is scheduled for October 1, 2026; Atlas will monitor DDA for any later FY2027 application window.
Required next actionRound 1 is closed. Applicants who submitted by September 15 should retain their confirmation number and monitor DDA/LISS communications for the October 1 random selection and eligibility review. Families that did not apply should monitor the official DDA LISS page for any later FY2027 application window; do not assume another round until Maryland publishes it.
Open — published; school-health therapy pathway documented
Atlas Opportunity Score 78/100
Verified September 19, 2026
Wyoming Department of Education
Wyoming's 2026-27 Education Savings Account program provides eligible students $7,000 annually for approved education expenses, including tuition, tutoring, curriculum, educational technology, educational therapies, and other qualified costs.
Required next actionKEEP PUBLISHED under the September 17 shared Atlas healthcare/school-health gate. WDE expressly authorizes ESA spending for educational therapies including behavioral or speech-language therapy, which is a specifically documented school-health/behavioral-health eligible-use pathway. Do not move this record to Draft merely because the broader ESA program is educational or because family outreach is blocked. New family applicant outreach remains blocked because WDE does not publish an exact 2026-27 family application cutoff date, clock time, or time zone from which the 48-hour gate can be proven. A separate provider/vendor review may continue only after product-specific eligibility, provider certification, and vendor-category fit are verified.
