[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 67194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28141]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement
Grant to the National Association of Councils on Developmental
Disabilities in Washington, DC
AGENCY: Administration on Developmental Disabilities, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source program expansion
supplement grant to the National Association of Councils on
Developmental Disabilities, Washington, DC, to support self-advocacy
summits.
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CFDA Number: 93.631.
Statutory Authority: The Developmental Disabilities Assistance
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Pub. L. 106-402, Section
129(b).
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), Office of Program
Support (OPS) announces the award of a single-source program expansion
supplement grant of $388,640 to the National Association of Councils on
Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), Washington, DC, to support
implementation of 3 to 4 self-advocacy summit meetings.
The self-advocacy summits will be interactive meetings requiring a
high degree of participation from the attending self-advocates who will
act as the primary presenters. The meetings are intended to educate
both the network of ADD grantees on the ADD Program's four goals and,
as such, every participant will be required to communicate their
expertise related to:
The current status of self-advocacy in their home State, which will
include reporting on support structures, activities, accomplishments,
and challenges;
The discerned steps needed to strengthen and enhance current efforts at
the State level; and
Recommendations for action items intended to strengthen and enhance
current self-advocacy efforts at the national level.
Summit participants are primarily individuals with developmental
disabilities (as defined by the DD Act) who are experts with
specialized knowledge in the self-advocacy movement in their States.
Other participants will include ADD grantees with specific expertise
related to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities to
fully participate in systems change and advocacy efforts in their
States.
DATES: September 30, 2011 to September 29, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Johnson, Administration on
Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Aerospace Center, 370
L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20447; Telephone:
(202) 690-5982; E-mail: [email protected]
Dated: October 21, 2011.
Sharon B. Lewis,
Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
[FR Doc. 2011-28141 Filed 10-28-11; 8:45 am]
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