Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2016 ACL AOD DDTI 0171
Apply for HHS 2016 ACL AOD DDTI 0171
- The HHS-ACL in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service National Training Initiatives, Diversity Fellowships and Partnership Planning Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.632.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 12, 2016 and posted on May 12, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 11, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $40,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
This grant opportunity, titled "University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service National Training Initiatives (NTI), Diversity Fellowships and Partnership Planning Grants," was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), specifically the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) within the Administration on Disabilities (AOD). The central purpose is to help the national disability infrastructure keep pace with major demographic shifts in the United States, especially the rapid growth of racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities. The announcement points to widely recognized projections that by 2050 the U.S. will have no single ethnic majority, and it argues that the developmental disabilities field must be prepared to serve and include these communities in a meaningful way. University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) are positioned as key drivers of that change because of their training, research, and service missions and because the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Act explicitly calls on UCEDDs to strengthen recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups across all levels of their organizations.
The funding is structured as one-year, competitive National Training Initiative grants for UCEDDs, with AIDD indicating plans to make up to 20 awards total. The program is organized around two distinct priorities, and applicants would pursue one of them. The first priority funds a Diversity Fellowship Program designed to recruit and retain trainees from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. These fellowships are meant to provide a substantive training experience within a UCEDD and include opportunities for fellows to contribute to systems-level improvement, particularly through a capstone project tied to community-based activities. The underlying idea is not only to offer individual professional development, but also to support practical projects that can influence how services, training pipelines, or community partnerships function, ultimately making disability-related programs more responsive and equitable.
The second priority supports Partnership Planning Grants focused on building training partnerships between UCEDDs and organizations that serve underrepresented communities. These partnerships are expected to involve Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) as defined in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, community colleges, and other training programs with strong connections to populations that have historically been underrepresented. The emphasis here is on seed funding for planning and co-design, meaning the grant is meant to help partners jointly develop training approaches rather than simply add a superficial collaboration. The announcement highlights the use of innovative knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer strategies to promote interdisciplinary work across research, training (including pre-service training, continuing education, and community-based training), and service activities. In practice, this could include jointly developed curricula, shared training placements, cross-institution mentoring, or community-engaged learning models that strengthen pathways into disability leadership for students and trainees from diverse backgrounds.
Across both priorities, the opportunity is anchored in several long-term goals for the broader developmental disabilities network. These goals include increasing diversity in leadership, staffing, and governing bodies; building cultural competence among leadership and staff; increasing the number of people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who benefit from AIDD-supported programs; and improving recruitment and employment of underrepresented groups within UCEDDs themselves. In other words, the grants are not just about one-off training events. They are intended to shift how UCEDDs build their workforce pipelines, how they partner with institutions rooted in diverse communities, and how they ensure that people most affected by disparities are also included as trainees, professionals, and leaders shaping disability policy and practice.
Administratively, the opportunity is a discretionary grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) under CFDA 93.632, categorized within Income Security and Social Services. The funding opportunity number is HHS-2016-ACL-AOD-DDTI-0171. The posting date and creation date were May 12, 2016, with an application closing date of July 11, 2016. The expected award ceiling listed is $40,000, and AIDD anticipated up to 20 awards total, split between up to 10 Diversity Fellowships and up to 10 Partnership Planning Grants. Eligibility is indicated broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement, but the narrative makes clear the intended applicants are UCEDDs competing for one-year NTI awards aligned with either the fellowship model or the partnership planning model.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the official title of this grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service National Training Initiatives (NTI), Diversity Fellowships and Partnership Planning Grants."
2) Which federal agency is offering this funding?
This opportunity was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), specifically the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) within the Administration on Disabilities (AOD).
3) What is the central purpose of this grant program?
The purpose is to help the national disability infrastructure keep pace with major demographic shifts in the United States, particularly the rapid growth of racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities. The opportunity emphasizes preparing the developmental disabilities field to serve and meaningfully include these communities.
4) Why does the announcement emphasize demographic change?
The announcement cites widely recognized projections that by 2050 the United States will have no single ethnic majority. It argues the developmental disabilities field must be prepared to respond to this reality through training, workforce development, and more inclusive systems.
5) What organizations are positioned as key drivers of this effort?
University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) are positioned as key drivers because of their training, research, and service missions, and because the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Act explicitly calls on UCEDDs to strengthen recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups across all levels of their organizations.
6) What type of funding instrument is this?
This is a discretionary grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant).
7) What is the program classification information (CFDA) and category?
The opportunity is under CFDA 93.632 and is categorized within Income Security and Social Services.
8) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is HHS-2016-ACL-AOD-DDTI-0171.
9) When was this opportunity posted, and what is the application deadline?
The posting date and creation date were May 12, 2016. The application closing date was July 11, 2016.
10) How long is the grant project period?
The funding is structured as one-year, competitive National Training Initiative (NTI) grants for UCEDDs.
11) How many awards did AIDD plan to make?
AIDD indicated plans to make up to 20 awards total.
12) What is the maximum (ceiling) award amount?
The expected award ceiling listed is $40,000.
13) How are awards split across the different priorities?
The announcement anticipated up to 10 awards for Diversity Fellowships and up to 10 awards for Partnership Planning Grants.
14) Are there different tracks or priorities applicants can apply under?
Yes. The program is organized around two distinct priorities, and applicants would pursue one of them: (1) Diversity Fellowship Program and (2) Partnership Planning Grants.
15) What is Priority 1 (Diversity Fellowships) designed to do?
Priority 1 funds a Diversity Fellowship Program designed to recruit and retain trainees from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds through a substantive training experience within a UCEDD.
16) What kinds of experiences are fellows expected to have under the Diversity Fellowship Program?
The fellowships are meant to provide a substantive training experience within a UCEDD and include opportunities for fellows to contribute to systems-level improvement. The announcement describes a capstone project tied to community-based activities as a key feature.
17) What is the role of a capstone project in the Diversity Fellowship priority?
The capstone project is described as being tied to community-based activities and intended to support systems-level improvement. The idea is to pair individual professional development with practical work that can influence how services, training pipelines, or community partnerships function.
18) What is Priority 2 (Partnership Planning Grants) designed to do?
Priority 2 supports Partnership Planning Grants focused on building training partnerships between UCEDDs and organizations that serve underrepresented communities, with an emphasis on seed funding for planning and co-design.
19) What types of partners are emphasized for Partnership Planning Grants?
The announcement expects partnerships to involve Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) as defined in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, community colleges, and other training programs with strong connections to populations that have historically been underrepresented.
20) What does "planning and co-design" mean in the context of the Partnership Planning Grants?
The grant is described as seed funding intended to help partners jointly develop training approaches, rather than simply adding a superficial collaboration. The emphasis is on jointly planning and shaping training partnerships.
21) What kinds of training activities could partnerships develop under Priority 2?
The announcement points to innovative knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer strategies and interdisciplinary work across research, training (including pre-service training, continuing education, and community-based training), and service activities. Examples mentioned include jointly developed curricula, shared training placements, cross-institution mentoring, and community-engaged learning models.
22) What is meant by "innovative knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer" in this announcement?
The announcement highlights the use of knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer strategies to promote interdisciplinary work across research, training, and service. In practice, this is framed as methods for partners to share expertise and jointly build training approaches that strengthen pathways into disability leadership for trainees from diverse backgrounds.
23) What long-term outcomes is this funding trying to support across the developmental disabilities network?
Across both priorities, the opportunity is anchored in long-term goals that include increasing diversity in leadership, staffing, and governing bodies; building cultural competence among leadership and staff; increasing the number of people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who benefit from AIDD-supported programs; and improving recruitment and employment of underrepresented groups within UCEDDs.
24) Is the funding intended for one-time events, or for broader change?
The opportunity emphasizes that these grants are not intended to be one-off training events. They are described as efforts to shift how UCEDDs build workforce pipelines, form partnerships with institutions rooted in diverse communities, and include people most affected by disparities as trainees, professionals, and leaders.
25) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is indicated broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement. Based on the narrative, the intended applicants are UCEDDs competing for one-year NTI awards aligned with either the Diversity Fellowship model or the Partnership Planning model.
26) Do applicants apply for both priorities or choose one?
Applicants would pursue one of the two priorities, not both, based on how the program is described.
27) What populations does the program emphasize serving and including?
The announcement emphasizes racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities, and also highlights increasing participation and benefit for underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
28) How does the DD Act relate to this opportunity?
The announcement states that the DD Act explicitly calls on UCEDDs to strengthen recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups across all levels of their organizations, and this opportunity is presented as supporting that mandate through training initiatives and partnership planning.
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