Projects of National Significance: Achieving Economic Mobility

Summary

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Projects of National Significance (PNS): Developmental Disabilities

This funding opportunity supports projects advancing economic security, employment, and community integration for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD). The Projects of National Significance mechanism, authorized under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, targets interventions that expand self-determination, independence, and full participation across employment, post-secondary education, assistive technology access, and community life. Projects may focus on youth transition services, employment pathway development, policy reform, leadership capacity-building among people with ID/DD and their families, or knowledge dissemination about available supports and services.

Funded work will be evaluated against four outcome domains: policy change (measured by advocacy participation, trainings delivered, and policy product creation and dissemination); leadership development (tools created, resources shared, skill acquisition, and peer mentoring); knowledge of supports (training delivery and resource creation/sharing on available services); and data resource accessibility (creation and dissemination of data resources). This framework emphasizes both direct service delivery and systems-level change, with particular weight on outputs demonstrating reach and knowledge transfer.

At a glance:

Who can apply: Not stated (consult the full FOA for eligibility criteria and any restrictions on applicant type or institutional affiliation).
Funding & project length: Not stated.
Award mechanism: Projects of National Significance grant.
Key dates: Not stated.
Best fit for: Disability services, policy advocacy, employment support, and community integration research; teams combining service delivery, evaluation, and stakeholder engagement (people with ID/DD, families, advocates).

Key Facts

Deadline

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Posted

Fri, August 2, 2024

Award Range

$300,000 – $375,000

Expected Awards

93.631

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Agency

No gotchas detected. Always read the full FOA/NOFO.

Synopsis

These projects will be funded under the Projects of National Significance (PNS) within the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The project will focus on achieving economic security and mobility for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The purpose of the project may include providing aid to transition youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities, funding employment and post secondary education opportunities, and / or assisting with assistive technology devices that may need to help meet employment goals. Overall, these projects will create opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to directly and fully contribute to, and participate in, all facets of community life; and support the development of national and State policies that reinforce and promote, with the support of families, guardians, advocates, and communities, of individuals with developmental disabilities, the self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life of such individuals.Projects funded under this announcement will work toward one or more of the following performance measures:Outcome Measure 1: Number of policies changed to improve the experience of people with ID/DD and their families • Output Measure 1.1: Number of people who participated in policy advocacy activities • Output Measure 1.2: Number of trainings about policy implemented • Output Measure 1.3: Number of policy products created • Output Measure 1.4: Number of times policy products were sharedOutcome Measure 2: Number of people with ID/DD and their families who report new or increased leadership roles • Output Measure 2.1: Number of tools and resources created related to leadership by people with I/DD and their families • Output Measure 2.2: Number of tools and resources shared related to leadership by people with I/DD and their families • Output Measure 2.3: Percent of people with I/DD and their families who reported learning new leadership skills • Output Measure 2.4: Number of people with I/DD and their family members who train or mentor others as leaders or advocatesOutcome Measure 3: Percent of people with ID/DD and their families who reported increased knowledge of supports needed to help them achieve the life they want • Output Measure 3.1: Number of trainings held to increase knowledge of supports available to help achieve a desired life • Output Measure 3.2: Number of resources created to increase knowledge of supports available to help individuals achieve the life they want • Output Measure 3.3: Number of resources shared to increase knowledge of supports available to help individuals achieve the life they wantOutcome Measure 4: Number of data resources accessed• Output Measure 4.1: Number of data resources created • Output Measure 4.2: Number of activities to disseminate data

Source: Simpler.grants.gov