The Administration for Community Living is seeking applications for its Understanding the Experience and Outcomes of Students with Disabilities Grants.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $600,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The purpose of NIDILRR’s Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act, by generating new knowledge, or developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of health and function, community living, and employment outcomes among people with disabilities, especially people with disabilities who have the greatest support needs. Under this particular DRRP priority, the grantee must conduct research toward new knowledge of the school experiences and outcomes among elementary or secondary students who have 504 plans. These formal plans protect the rights of children with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, by giving them the accommodations, supports, or services they need in school. NIDILRR plans to make one grant under this opportunity in FY 2023. This grant will have a 60-month project period, with five 12- month budget periods.
Students with disabilities may also be qualified for special education and related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Authorized by Congress in 1975, the IDEA also mandates that public education students with disabilities age 3-21 years old are entitled to a free and appropriate education (FAPE) under the law. Under IDEA students are required to have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) which documents the students’ special education needs and how those needs will be met by the school.
Students with disabilities attending U.S. public schools can be eligible for services under both Section 504 and IDEA, or under section 504 alone (Forber-Pratt et.al., 2020). Section 504 is an anti-discrimination statute that protects both students who receive an IEP in special education and students with disabilities in the general education setting who are not enrolled in special education. While much has changed regarding the rights and opportunities available to students since the passage of the Rehabilitation Act, there is still too little known about the school experiences and outcomes of students who have 504 plans, including those with or without an IEP.
Priority
To contribute to the optimization of positive school experiences and outcomes among students with 504 plans, the DRRP must–
- Conduct research in one or more of the following priority areas, focusing on students with 504 plans as a group, or students with 504 plans in specific disability or demographic subpopulations:
- Technology to improve school experiences and outcomes among students with disabilities who have 504 plans;
- Individual and environmental factors associated with school experiences and outcomes among students with disabilities who have 504 plans;
- Interventions, including any strategy, practice, program, policy, or tool–designed to improve school experiences and outcomes among students with disabilities who have 504 plans;
- Effects of government policies and programs on school experiences and outcomes among students with disabilities who have 504 plans;
- Effects of school policies and practices on the school experiences and outcomes among students with disabilities who have 504 plans.
- Focus its research on a specific stage(s) of research. If the DRRP is to conduct research that can be categorized under more than one stage, including research that progresses from one stage to another, those stages must be clearly specified and justified. These stages: exploration and discovery, intervention development, intervention efficacy, and scale-up evaluation, are defined in this funding opportunity announcement. Applicants must justify the need and rationale for research at the proposed stage or stages and describe fully an appropriate methodology or methodologies for the proposed research.
- Conduct knowledge translation activities (i.e., utilization, dissemination) to facilitate stakeholder use of the knowledge, interventions, programs, policies, technologies, or products that result from the research activities conducted under paragraph (a) of this priority. Stakeholders may include but are not limited to students who have 504 plans, family members, school personnel, and policymaker
- Involve students with disabilities who have 504 plans and other key stakeholder groups in the design and conduct of research activities carried out under paragraph (a) of this priority, to maximize the relevance and usability of the knowledge, interventions, programs, policies, technologies, or products to be developed. Such involvement is consistent with Executive Order 14091, Section 5: Delivering Equitable Outcomes in Partnership with Underserved Communities.
- Demonstrate, in its original application, that students with disabilities who have 504 plans and are from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds will be included in study samples in sufficient numbers to generate knowledge and products that are relevant to the racial and ethnic diversity of the population students with 504 plans. The DRRP must describe and justify, in its original application, the racial and ethnic distribution of students with 504 plans who will participate in the proposed research activities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $600,000
- Award Ceiling: $600,000
- Award Floor: $595,000
Project Period
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligible Applicants
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility
States; public or private agencies, incuding for-profit agencies; public or private organizations, including for-profit organizations; IHEs’ and Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
