The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living invites applications for a new award for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health and Function among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $875,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The purpose of the RRTCs is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act through well-designed research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topical areas as specified by NIDILRR. These activities are designed to benefit people with disabilities, family members, rehabilitation service providers, policymakers and other research stakeholders.
Priority
The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) establishes a priority for an RRTC on Health and Function among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). The RRTC must conduct research that contributes to the outcome of improving the long-term health and function outcomes and health related quality of life among people with IDD by:
- Developing and testing cognitively accessible diagnostic tools and data collection instruments that allow people with IDD to respond to questions directly or with proper technical assistance in order to assess their health, well-being, and health-related quality of life. This work must build upon existing knowledge and current practice. This measurement development work must include activities in one or more of the following areas:
- Implementing reliability and validity studies to learn about the psychometric qualities of these tools and instruments and establish their usefulness and user friendliness.
- Advancing the knowledge of how people with IDD cognitively process questions, recall information, face choices given by structured responses, communicate their responses, or otherwise attempt to participate in health-related research.
- Exploring the use of person-centered approaches and similar techniques that allow people with IDD to participate to the greatest extent possible in health-related research.
- Conducting research on the prevalence, health care experiences, or health outcomes of people with IDD who have co-occurring behavioral needs, mental illness, or psychiatric disability. This research should focus on one or more of the following areas:
- Developing up-to-date estimates of the prevalence of behavioral needs, mental illness, or psychiatric disability among the population of people with IDD.
- Generating new knowledge about the health care needs and experiences of people with IDD who have co-occurring behavioral needs, mental illness, or psychiatric disability.
- Generating new knowledge about the health outcomes of people with IDD who have co-occurring behavioral disorders, mental illness, or psychiatric disability.
- Generating new knowledge toward promising practices and effective approaches for providing high-quality health care and behavioral health care to people with IDD who have co-occurring behavioral disorders, mental illness, or psychiatric disability.
- Focusing its research on one or more specific stages of research. If the RRTC is to conduct research that can be categorized under more than one of the research stages, or research that progresses from one stage to another, those stages must be clearly specified. These stages and their definitions are provided in this section of the funding opportunity announcement. This RRTC must conduct at least one research study that aims to develop, or develop and test an intervention that aims to improve health and function outcomes among people with IDD. This study or studies must be conducted at the intervention development or intervention efficacy stage of research.
- Working closely with NIDILRR and ACL to develop plans and infrastructure for a sustainable long-term effort to collect longitudinal health and community living data from people with IDD.
- Demonstrating, in its original application, that people with IDD 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 of people with IDD being studied. The RRTC must describe and justify, in its original application, the planned racial and ethnic distribution of people with IDD who will participate in the proposed research activities.
- Serving as a national resource center on the health and function of people with IDD by conducting knowledge translation activities that include, but are not limited to:
- Providing information and technical assistance to people with IDD and their representatives, service providers, and other key stakeholders.
- Providing training, including graduate, pre-service, and in-service training, to health care and rehabilitation providers and other disability service providers, to facilitate more effective delivery of services to people with IDD. This training may be provided through conferences, workshops, public education programs, in-service training programs, and similar activities.
- Disseminating research-based information and materials related to health and function among people with IDD, to people with IDD and their representatives and other key stakeholders.
- Involving people with IDD and members of other key stakeholder groups in conducting the RRTC’s research and related activities in order to maximize the relevance and usability of the new knowledge generated by the RRTC. Stakeholder groups include but are not limited to professionals and organizations providing services and supports to people with IDD.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $875,000
- Award Ceiling: $875,000
- Award Floor: $870,000
Length of Project Period
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Eligible Applicants
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility
States; public or private agencies, including 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.
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