The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is seeking applications for Cycle 46 of Program Development Grants.
Donor Name: California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/22/2023
Size of the Grant: $300,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
California’s State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) advocates for, promotes and implements policies and practices designed to achieve self determination, independence, productivity and inclusion in all aspects of community life for Californians with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. Its goal and mission are to improve the lives of people with I/DD (PwI/DD) in measurable ways through engaging in and promoting self-advocacy, capacity-building, and systems change.
One of the many ways the Council (SCDD) works to achieve its State Plan objectives is by awarding Program Development Grants to community-based organizations to research, develop and/or implement innovative programs and promising or best practices throughout the state and its local communities.
Focus Areas
- Education: SCDD is seeking a grantee to work with school-based entities (e.g. schools, districts, Offices of Education, SELPA, etc.) to provide support and assistance to become Employment Networks through Social Security’s Ticket to Work (TTW) program. SCDD is interested in funding a project that will:
- Develop and implement a marketing strategy to increase the number of schoolbased entities pursuing Employment Networks status under the TTW program
- Provide technical expertise and training to school-based entities pursuing Employment Network status, which may include but is not limited to:
- Application for and acceptance as an Employment Network
- Application of best practices in implementing/sustaining CIE
- Other areas of expertise and assistance that may be needed by school-based entities to successfully become and maintain status as an Employment Network
- Develop a toolkit to assist future educational entities to understand, navigate, apply for, and implement Employment Networks to support transition-aged youths and young adults with I/DD
- Employment: SCDD is seeking a grantee to engage with employers, employees with disabilities and other entities through an outreach and marketing campaign to increase awareness about the benefits of competitive, integrated employment (CIE) and employing people with I/DD. SCDD is interested in funding a project that will:
- Serve as a replicable model by developing and identifying innovative, promising and/or best practices
- Identify businesses that have successfully employed people with I/DD to create a network for employers (e.g., corporations, small business owners, non-profit agencies, public entities, etc.) to share success stories through recorded audiovisual marketing segments
- Create a social media campaign that includes video clips and reels targeting businesses, employers, and the public sector with messages about the benefits of hiring people with I/DD
- Establish a relationship between this business network and the Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) and regional centers (RC) to collect information about incentive programs, resources, and technical assistance (TA) to increase the recruitment of people with I/DD in job openings, training opportunities, and employment retention
- Produce a report that clearly documents those populations reached, hiring and employment retention results, findings (including promising and/or best practices), recommendations, and a blueprint for continuing the program and expanding its reach
- Health & Safety: SCDD is seeking a grantee to develop and/or identify promising and/or research-based best practices in end-of-life and succession care planning for people with I/DD and their parent/guardians for integration into regional center (RC) case management and the support/service planning, development and implementation process. SCDD is interested in funding a project that will:
- Engage in collaboration with one or more Probate and/or Certified Elder Law Attorneys (CELA), with expertise in end-of-life and succession care planning for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (PwI/DD) to develop succession care and end-of-life options
- Include the intersection of those underserved populations of PwI/DD dealing with economic, geographic, racial and/or cultural/language disparities
- Develop and/or identify and enhance existing curriculum, and provide training for PwI/DD, family members, caregivers, RC, Department of Aging Ombudsmen and Adult Protective Services personnel, healthcare providers and/or first responders about end-of-life and succession care planning for PwI/DD, including RC client plans, person-centered thinking and planning (PCT/PCP) opportunities, and residential/care options
- Create a guidebook that identifies promising and/or research-based best practices that will serve as the basis for developing and implementing T4T curricula
- Produce a final report outlining the steps taken, professionals consulted and/or trained, promising/best practices established and implemented, recommendations for ongoing statewide implementation, and projected/achieved outcomes and/or impact of project
- Self-Advocacy: SCDD is seeking a grantee to create a replicable Youth Leadership outreach, training and support forum/model. SCDD is interested in funding a project that will:
- Create, adapt or enhance basic and advanced self-advocacy curricula and provide training on disability awareness, safety tips, disclosure, appropriate/available accommodations, modifications and/or supports, civil and/or service rights, and self-governance
- Partner with existing self-advocacy organizations and provide reasonable compensation to self-advocate leaders/trainers that provide peer assistance to youth in applying for and engaging in public service opportunities through work on a cross-disability or community-based coalition, committee, and/or board
- Conduct outreach to youth and young adults with I/DD from unserved and underserved communities and identify/develop and/or provide inclusive leadership opportunities
- Provide individual technical assistance (TA) or group TA clinics to facilitate/assist/educate youth and young adults with disabilities in acquiring assistive technology (AT), internet service/access, and/or other equipment vital to peer and community engagement, and provide information/resources that address risk identification, prevention, and response techniques to address cyberbullying by or against youth and young adults with I/DD in AT/social media environments
- Produce a comprehensive report that a) identifies the information, training, knowledge, and resources necessary to recognize and advocate for one’s own and/or peer-based civil and service rights; 2) documents the project, including real/potential barriers, promising and best practices used, underserved geographic/cultural/linguistic populations reached, expected and resulting outcomes and impacts for youth with disabilities; and, 3) provides recommendations for model implementation and project continuation within other regions and/or populations.
Funding Information
The Council has approved a total fund of $300,000 to be allocated for one or more Cycle 46 grants. Program Development Grants will be awarded and completed on the upcoming federal fiscal year cycle (October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024), consistent with the focus areas listed above and the goals and objectives outlined in the 2022-2026 SCDD State Plan.
Eligible Applicants
- The Council will award funding, on a competitive basis, to California-based agencies and organizations that represent and/or serve individuals with intellectual, developmental and/or cross-disabilities. Eligible Applicants include:
- Local government agencies
- Non-government organizations
- Tribal organizations
- Community-based non-profits
- Established coalitions that are classified as 501(c)(3) tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Code
- Under this definition, community is defined as a city, a group of cities, a county, a group of counties, and/or Tribal land(s). Applicants may submit proposals as a single organization or on behalf of a consortium of organizations.
For more information, visit CSCDD.
