Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2024 ACL AOD DNCE 0023
Projects of National Significance: Achieving Economic Mobility is a federal discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), funded under the Projects of National Significance (PNS) authority in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The core aim is to improve economic security and upward mobility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) by expanding real pathways into education, employment, and the supports that make both possible. These projects are designed to do more than deliver services to individuals; they are meant to strengthen systems and influence national and state policy so people with developmental disabilities can fully participate in community life with greater self-determination, independence, productivity, integration, and inclusion, alongside support from families, guardians, advocates, and communities.
The program’s scope is intentionally broad to allow applicants to target the specific barriers that keep people with ID/DD from achieving financial stability. Proposed projects may, for example, support transition-age youth as they move from school to adult life, including planning and hands-on assistance that helps them connect to employment, training, and community supports. They may also fund or expand competitive integrated employment and postsecondary education opportunities, recognizing that education credentials, job experience, and career pathways are closely tied to long-term earnings and stability. Another allowable focus is assistive technology, including devices or related supports that help individuals meet employment goals and perform effectively at work or in training environments. In practice, strong projects will likely combine direct capacity-building (like training, tools, or technical assistance) with policy and systems work that removes structural obstacles and scales what works.
A defining feature of this opportunity is the expectation that funded projects will contribute to broader change: improving the environments, policies, and practices that shape economic outcomes for people with ID/DD. That can include policy analysis, advocacy support, stakeholder convenings, development of policy guidance, and dissemination of models that states and communities can adopt. The vision is a measurable shift in how systems support people with ID/DD, so that economic mobility is not dependent on isolated programs but reinforced through consistent policy and practice at multiple levels.
The grant outlines several performance measures that applicants can align with, and projects are expected to work toward one or more of them. The first outcome area is policy change: projects track the number of policies changed to improve the experience of people with ID/DD and their families. Supporting outputs include the number of people participating in policy advocacy activities, the number of policy-related trainings delivered, the number of policy products created (such as briefs, toolkits, or guidance documents), and how often those products are shared. The second outcome area focuses on leadership: projects measure the number of people with ID/DD and their families who report new or increased leadership roles. Outputs here include creating and sharing leadership tools and resources, the percentage of participants reporting new leadership skills, and the number of individuals with ID/DD and family members who go on to train or mentor others as leaders or advocates. The third outcome area is knowledge of supports: projects measure the percentage of people with ID/DD and their families who report increased understanding of the supports they need to achieve the life they want, supported by outputs such as trainings held, resources created, and resources shared. The fourth outcome area is data use and dissemination: projects track the number of data resources accessed, along with outputs that count the number of data resources created and the number of activities undertaken to disseminate data. Taken together, these measures emphasize practical change: shifting policy, building leadership, increasing access to usable information, and making data easier to find and apply.
Administratively, this opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning recipients should anticipate substantial federal involvement compared with a standard grant, often through collaboration, shared planning, or ongoing guidance from the agency. The Funding Opportunity Number is HHS-2024-ACL-AOD-DNCE-0023 and the CFDA (Assistance Listing) number is 93.631. The activity category is Income Security and Social Services. ACL anticipated making about five awards, with an award ceiling of $375,000. Eligible applicants include a wide range of public and private entities: state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education). Applications were due by May 28, 2024, with electronic submissions required by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date.
Overall, this funding opportunity is best understood as an initiative to move the needle on economic outcomes for people with ID/DD by pairing opportunity creation (education, employment, assistive technology, transition supports) with leadership development, policy change, and strong dissemination of tools and data. The projects are expected to leave behind more than program activities; they are expected to produce lasting improvements in the systems and policies that determine whether people with developmental disabilities can build stable, self-directed, economically secure lives in their communities.Apply for HHS 2024 ACL AOD DNCE 0023
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Projects of National Significance: Achieving Economic Mobility" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.631.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 18, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 28, 2024 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (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 $375,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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