FISCAL INFO: FY 2026 High-Cost Child Claims Open
- Thu, Oct 23 2025 •
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- Data Management
ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that the High-Cost Child Claims have opened for the FY 2026 school year as of October 1, 2025. Respecting the amount of funding currently available for High-Cost Child Claims, ADE/ESS will ask each PEA to limit submissions to one claim per submission round, with a total of $75,000 cap per PEA for FY 2026. The cutoff date for the first submission is next Friday, October 31, 2025. If additional funding becomes available, ADE/ESS will communicate this with PEAs.
The funding mechanisms for High-Cost Child Claims have moved from Grants Management into the ESS Vouchers Application. Please ensure your PEA staff have been given the appropriate role to access the application: ESS High Cost: PEA User. If you have any questions, please send them to the ESS Program Management inbox: [email protected].
