Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2014 ACL AIDD DT 0070
Apply for HHS 2014 ACL AIDD DT 0070
- The Administration for Community Living in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Training Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.632 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 21, 2014 and posted on May 21, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 7, 2014 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $160,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $160,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Section 151(b) of the DD Act of 2000 states that from appropriations authorized under section 156(a)(1) and reserved under section 156(a)(2), grants shall be made to University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) to carry out national training initiative grants. Entities eligible to apply for funds under this funding opportunity announcement are the 67 current AIDD grantees that are designated UCEDDs. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Training Initiative is a one-year, competitively awarded cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL), administered through the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD). The opportunity is rooted in the reality that the United States is rapidly becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, with projections indicating that by 2050 there will be no single ethnic majority. Against that backdrop, the grant frames an urgent need for the disability field to keep pace with demographic change and to ensure that services, training systems, and the disability workforce are truly responsive to culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
A central premise of the opportunity is that University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) have a defined responsibility under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) to strengthen diversity across their workforces. The DD Act explicitly calls on UCEDDs to enhance recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups at all levels so they can better meet the needs of a growing and increasingly diverse population of people with disabilities and their families. In practical terms, the grant is designed to help UCEDDs move beyond general commitments to diversity by identifying how training programs and internal organizational structures can be aligned to reflect and serve the nations diversity more effectively.
The main deliverable envisioned is a "blueprint" for the national UCEDD network. This blueprint is intended to provide a shared vision, concrete goals, and actionable strategies for improving workforce diversity and building cultural competence through training at all levels. Rather than focusing on a single center or a localized training curriculum, the project is aimed at developing guidance that can be implemented broadly across UCEDDs, supporting a more coordinated, system-wide approach to recruitment, retention, training design, and organizational practices that influence inclusion and equity.
The announcement anticipates that the funded project will actively engage key national partners to ensure the blueprint is credible, usable, and grounded in the perspectives of the communities it is meant to benefit. Specific mention is made of collaboration with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and organizations representing culturally and linguistically diverse populations. This emphasis signals that the initiative is not only about internal UCEDD improvements, but also about strengthening relationships and accountability to communities that have historically been underrepresented or underserved within disability systems.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant using a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning the federal agency is likely to have substantial involvement in the project during the award period. The opportunity planned to make a single award, with an estimated total funding amount of $160,000 and both the award floor and ceiling set at $160,000, indicating a fixed-size award for the selected applicant. A cost-sharing or matching requirement applies. The funding falls under CFDA 93.632, which supports UCEDDs in education, research, and service related to developmental disabilities.
Eligibility is limited by statute. Only the 67 current AIDD-funded UCEDD grantees are eligible to apply. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are explicitly ineligible. The original posting date was May 21, 2014, with applications due July 7, 2014 (by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time) and the announcement archived on August 6, 2014. The listed agency contact for questions was Shawn Callaway at Shawn.Callaway@acl.hhs.gov, and the opportunity information was made available through ACLs funding announcements page.
National Training Initiative (ACL/AIDD) - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What is the National Training Initiative?
The National Training Initiative is a one-year, competitively awarded cooperative agreement funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), and administered through the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD).
2. What is the main purpose of this grant opportunity?
The purpose is to help the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) strengthen workforce diversity and cultural competence so disability services, training systems, and the disability workforce are responsive to culturally and linguistically diverse communities as the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse.
3. Why does the announcement emphasize demographic change in the United States?
The opportunity is rooted in projections that by 2050 there will be no single ethnic majority in the United States. The grant frames this shift as an urgent reason for the disability field to improve how it recruits, retains, and trains a workforce that can effectively serve an increasingly diverse population of people with disabilities and their families.
4. How does the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) relate to this initiative?
The DD Act gives UCEDDs a defined responsibility to strengthen diversity across their workforces. It explicitly calls on UCEDDs to enhance recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups at all levels so UCEDDs can better meet the needs of a growing and increasingly diverse population of people with disabilities and their families.
5. What is the primary deliverable expected from the funded project?
The main deliverable is a "blueprint" for the national UCEDD network. The blueprint is intended to provide a shared vision, concrete goals, and actionable strategies for improving workforce diversity and building cultural competence through training at all levels.
6. Is this grant focused on a single UCEDD or on the national UCEDD network?
The project is aimed at developing guidance that can be implemented broadly across UCEDDs. It is not framed as a local training curriculum for one center; it is meant to support a coordinated, system-wide approach across the national UCEDD network.
7. What topics is the blueprint expected to address?
Based on the announcement, the blueprint is expected to address workforce diversity and cultural competence through training at all levels, and include actionable strategies related to recruitment, retention, training design, and internal organizational practices that influence inclusion and equity.
8. Does the initiative emphasize partnerships or collaboration?
Yes. The announcement anticipates active engagement of key national partners so the blueprint is credible, usable, and grounded in the perspectives of the communities it is meant to benefit.
9. Which partners are specifically mentioned?
The announcement specifically mentions collaboration with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and with organizations representing culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
10. What does it mean that this funding is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement is a discretionary grant mechanism where the federal agency is likely to have substantial involvement in the project during the award period, as described in the announcement.
11. How long is the project period?
The National Training Initiative is a one-year project.
12. How many awards did the announcement plan to make?
The announcement planned to make a single award.
13. What is the total estimated funding amount for this opportunity?
The estimated total funding amount is $160,000.
14. What are the award floor and award ceiling?
Both the award floor and the award ceiling are set at $160,000, indicating a fixed-size award for the selected applicant.
15. Is cost sharing or matching required?
Yes. The announcement states that a cost-sharing or matching requirement applies.
16. What is the CFDA number associated with this funding?
The funding falls under CFDA 93.632.
17. What program area does CFDA 93.632 support in this context?
CFDA 93.632 supports UCEDDs in education, research, and service related to developmental disabilities.
18. Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited by statute. Only the 67 current AIDD-funded UCEDD grantees are eligible to apply.
19. Who is not eligible to apply?
Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are explicitly ineligible. Entities other than the 67 current AIDD-funded UCEDD grantees are not eligible due to the statutory eligibility limitation described in the announcement.
20. What agency is offering and administering this opportunity?
The opportunity is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), and is administered through the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD).
21. When was the opportunity originally posted?
The original posting date listed in the announcement is May 21, 2014.
22. What was the application due date and time zone?
Applications were due July 7, 2014, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
23. Has this funding opportunity been archived?
Yes. The announcement was archived on August 6, 2014.
24. Who was the listed agency contact for questions?
The listed agency contact was Shawn Callaway. The email provided in the announcement is Shawn.Callaway@acl.hhs.gov.
25. Where was the opportunity information made available?
The opportunity information was made available through ACL's funding announcements page.
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