Projects of National Significance: Emergency Preparedness Special Initiatives

Post Date

June 25th 2010

Application Due Date

August 9th 2010

See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.

Funding Opportunity Number

HHS-2010-ACF-ADD-DN-0032

CFDA Number(s)

93.631

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

Other

42 U.S.C. 15082 (DD Actsection 162) authorizes grants only to public or private nonprofit entities. The following entities are eligible to apply: Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County, Inc., Edison, NJ; Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley, Dayton, OH; IPSII, Inc.,Richfield, MN; Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities,Washington, DC; Regents of The University of California, Los Angeles, CA; University of Delaware, Newark, DE; University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, NM; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; Utah State University, Logan, UT; and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; Applications received for entities other than those listed will be deemed non-responsive and will not be considered for funding under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible for awards made under this announcement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $750000

• Award Range:

  $150000 - $150000

Grant Description

The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 funds to award grants to implement up to5 Emergency Preparedness Special Initiatives for persons with developmental disabilities. The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, P.L.106-402, 42SEC. 15081(2) authorizes ADD to "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 through- (D)(xii)initiatives that address other areas of emerging need.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Administration for Children and Families

• Agency Contact:

  ACF Applications Help Desk
  app_support@acf.hhs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  ACF Applications Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  app_support@acf.hhs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2010-ACF-ADD-DN-0032