With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Human Development and Disability, NACCHO is pleased to offer a funding opportunity to address the needs of people with disabilities in emergency preparedness, including COVID-19 planning, mitigation, and recovery efforts.
Donor Name: National Association of County and City Health Officials
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $75,000
Details:
Project Goals
This project seeks to improve LHD capability to effectively address the needs of people with disabilities when planning and responding to outbreaks, pandemics and other national emergencies. Required
project activities are listed below.
Selected LHDs will be required to:
- Support or hire a disability specialist to coordinate activities and ensure that issues impacting people with disabilities are included in planning and response efforts. NACCHO strongly encourages people with disabilities be hired as specialists;
- Participate in project kick-off call, orientation/trainings, and close-out call with all grantees, CDC, and NACCHO;
- Collaborate on improvement plans with disability specialist and local public health emergency preparedness program staff to ensure disability-inclusive planning and response efforts;
- Establish and maintain partnerships across public health, emergency preparedness and organizations that serve people with disabilities to address the local needs of people with disabilities within emergency planning and response efforts;
- Participate in community of practice and technical assistance to review progress of planned activities and share practices and lessons learned;
- Participate in evaluation-related activities to track and measure progress towards expressed outcomes; and Complete a final report detailing successes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Funding Information
Approximately 12 awards and $75,000 per award are available.
Eligibility Criteria
- This funding opportunity is open to local health departments (LHDs) with an interest in building capacity in emergency preparedness and response to meet the needs of people with disabilities in their jurisdiction, particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The applicant should meet the following requirements:
- LHD must be able to support or hire a disability specialist to coordinate project activities toensure that issues impacting people with disabilities are included in local planning and response efforts. NACCHO expects for the disability specialists to be hired by the kick-off meeting and orientation trainings in January 2023.
- LHD must have capacity to engage with people with disabilities and/or partner with organizations that serve people with disabilities throughout the project period.
For more information, visit NACCHO.
