Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOD DDTI 0304
The University Centers of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Diversity Fellowships grant opportunity is a discretionary federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), specifically through the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD). Its purpose is to strengthen cultural competence across developmental disabilities programs and to reduce persistent disparities faced by people with developmental disabilities from historically underserved and underrepresented racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic communities. The opportunity is grounded in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act), which sets a clear expectation that federally supported services and training efforts must respect personal preferences and cultural differences and must actively work to include individuals and families from minority backgrounds as full participants in community life.
A central idea behind this funding is that cultural competence is not optional or incidental; it is a required operating principle under the DD Act. The Act defines culturally competent services and supports as those delivered in ways that are responsive to the beliefs, interpersonal styles, attitudes, language, and behaviors of the individuals receiving them, with the goal of maximizing participation. In practice, that means programs should be designed and carried out so they are usable, welcoming, and effective for people across diverse communities, rather than assuming a one size fits all approach. The grant emphasizes that improved outcomes for people with developmental disabilities are closely tied to whether systems have the skills, staffing, and leadership to understand and meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
The fellowship program is also explicitly workforce focused. The DD Act calls for recruitment efforts in developmental disability related disciplines (pre service training, community training, practice, administration, and policymaking) to bring larger numbers of racial and ethnic minorities into these fields. The logic is straightforward: a more diverse pipeline produces more culturally informed practitioners and leaders, creates role models for future trainees, and improves the capacity of service systems to respond to shifting U.S. demographics. UCEDDs, as major training and leadership hubs in the developmental disabilities network, are expected to coordinate recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups at multiple levels, and this grant is designed to help them do that in a structured, measurable way.
Under this opportunity, up to eight awards were expected, with an award ceiling of $50,000 per grant. Funds are intended to support the federal share of a UCEDD based diversity fellowship program and to help centers recruit and retain trainees from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Each funded UCEDD is expected to recruit at least one fellow (trainee) from a diverse background and provide a formal fellowship experience that includes training, mentorship, and engagement with the broader national UCEDD network. The fellowship is not meant to be purely academic or observational; it is structured to build real skills and leadership capacity while connecting fellows to peers and mentors across the network.
A defining requirement of the fellowship experience is the capstone project. Fellows are expected to complete a project rooted in community based activities and aimed at systemic change, such as improving practices within community organizations, strengthening inclusive programs, influencing policy, or addressing service access barriers. This capstone focus reinforces the program’s intent to move beyond individual training outcomes and toward tangible improvements in how communities and systems serve people with developmental disabilities from underserved backgrounds. In other words, the fellow’s work should contribute to real world change, not just professional development.
The grant also prioritizes knowledge exchange and transfer, both locally and nationally. Funded UCEDDs are expected to help create forums for learning and sharing within their own centers and to participate in a national, AUCD coordinated forum that connects fellows and UCEDDs across the country. This networked approach is designed to spread effective strategies, surface barriers and solutions across different regions and populations, and build a cohort of trainees who are connected to one another and positioned to influence the developmental disabilities field over time.
Key administrative details from the notice include: Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2018-ACL-AOD-DDTI-0304; Assistance Listing (CFDA) 93.632; funding instrument type is a grant; opportunity category is discretionary; agency is HHS/ACL; the original posting date was June 7, 2018; and applications were due August 6, 2018 (with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time). Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with further clarification referenced in the full announcement’s eligibility section, which typically indicates that the program is aimed at UCEDD entities or associated eligible organizations as defined in the complete funding notice.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted investment in diversifying the developmental disabilities workforce pipeline through UCEDDs, while simultaneously pushing culturally competent practice and systems change. It combines recruitment and retention of diverse trainees, structured mentorship and training, a community based capstone project aimed at systemic impact, and coordinated national knowledge sharing to help reduce inequities and strengthen inclusion for people with developmental disabilities across all communities.Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOD DDTI 0304
- 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 "University Centers of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Diversity Fellowships" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.632.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 07, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 06, 2018 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 $50,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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