UCEDD National Training Initiative to Support Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities involved with the Juvenile Justice System

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.