UCEDD National Training Initiative to Support Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities involved with the Juvenile Justice System
Overview
The Administration on Disabilities (AoD), Administration for Community Living (ACL) will award one competitive, five-year National Training Initiative (NTI) grant to an existing University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD), or group of UCEDDs (with one lead UCEDD) to establish a national training center for building community capacity to support individuals with intellectual and developmental who are in, at risk of entering, or transitioning back into the community from the juvenile justice system. The center will serve as the hub for developing and providing culturally competent, person-centered trainings for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), their families, and relevant staff. The trainings should be interdisciplinary and developed in collaboration with partners including Protection and Advocacy organizations (P&As), juvenile justice staff, representatives from the education, workforce, child welfare, and mental health systems, racial justice organizations and advocates, youth with ID/DD who are in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice system, and family members of youth with ID/DD who are in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice system.
Funding Information
Award Range: $350,000 - $500,000
Total estimated funding: $500,000 for approximately 1 awards
Eligibility Requirements
- Section 151(b) of the DD Act 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 Education, Research, and Service (UCEDDs) to carry out national training initiative grants. Entities eligible to apply for funds under this funding opportunity announcement are the 67 current AoD grantees that are designated as UCEDDs. Applications will only be accepted from the 67 UCEDDs listed at https://acl.gov/programs/aging-and-disability-networks/national-network-university. Applications from other entities not designated as current UCEDDs will not be reviewed. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
- Cost sharing or matching funds required