Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2020 ACL AOD DNDM 0427
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and its Administration on Disabilities (AoD), offered a discretionary, five-year cooperative agreement to establish a single Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center. The core purpose of this grant is to reduce unnecessary guardianship among young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), especially during the transition out of high school. AoD cites research showing that 57 percent of people with ID/DD ages 18 to 22 who receive publicly funded services have guardians, highlighting how common full or plenary guardianship remains even though it can be highly restrictive and may limit a young adult's rights and autonomy.
The Resource Center is intended to intervene earlier in the pipeline by focusing on high school students with ID/DD and the adults and systems that influence their transition planning. The Center would promote diversion away from guardianship by educating and equipping students and their support networks to use less restrictive decision-making supports. These alternatives include tools and arrangements such as powers of attorney, supported decision-making (SDM), joint bank accounts, bill-paying services, and medical or educational release forms. In practice, this means helping families and school-based teams understand that many students can make their own decisions with the right supports, rather than transferring decision-making authority to a guardian when the student reaches the age of majority.
The target audience is broad because guardianship decisions are rarely made by a student alone. AoD explicitly identifies youth with ID/DD, parents and caregivers, special education teachers, education administrators, advocates, vocational rehabilitation counselors, guidance counselors, and school district officials as key audiences. By reaching these groups, the Center would be positioned to influence IEP transition planning, counseling practices, and the default assumptions that sometimes steer families toward guardianship as the standard option.
AoD laid out four main outcomes it expects from funding this Center. First, more students with ID/DD should graduate or exit high school with practical decisional options already in place, tailored to the level of support they need. Second, the number of young adults with ID/DD placed under guardianship should decrease, reflecting a shift toward rights-preserving supports. Third, the general public should become more knowledgeable about alternatives to guardianship, which implies broader awareness beyond just special education systems. Fourth, youth should increase independence by gaining job experience and taking on personal responsibilities, aligning the project with transition-to-adulthood goals like employment, self-advocacy, and real-world decision-making practice.
Administratively, the opportunity was listed as Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2020-ACL-AOD-DNDM-0427 under CFDA 93.631, with an award ceiling of $300,000 and an expected total of one award. Eligible applicants included independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education); and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments). The notice was created on April 30, 2020, with an original application deadline of June 29, 2020, and electronic submissions required by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.Apply for HHS 2020 ACL AOD DNDM 0427
- 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 "Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.631.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 30, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 29, 2020 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 $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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