- Disability Innovation Fund Update
- Upcoming Events
- From our Partners: Mental Health, Disability & All of Us
Disability Innovation Fund Update
On April 19, NCIL alerted our members to a funding opportunity through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) called the Disability Innovation Fund (DIF).
On April 23, the Administration for Community Living sent a communication, which clarified that Centers for Independent Living (CILs) can apply for the Disability Innovation Fund regardless of whether they were able to meet the April 23 deadline to submit a letter of intent.
The letter of intent is not required in order to apply. Applications are due July 8, 2024.
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) will conduct a pre-application meeting specific to this competition on May 1, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern to respond to questions. Register online.
More Information:
NCIL would be happy to provide support and general technical assistance for NCIL members. If you have any questions on this grant opportunity, please contact Mary-Kate Wells ([email protected]).
Upcoming Events
May 1; 3:00 p.m. Eastern: IL-NET’s Disability-Led and Consumer-Driven Systems Advocacy
May 2; 3:30 p.m. Eastern: Regions 5 & 6 Listening Session (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)
May 7; 2:00 p.m. Eastern – Employment Resource Hub Peer Call
May 8; 2:00 p.m. Eastern: Home Usability Peer Network Call
May 10; 2:00 p.m. Eastern: May Coffee Chat – Non-Management Staff
May 17; 1:30 p.m. Eastern: May Coffee Chat – Management Staff
Please reach out to Mary-Kate Wells at [email protected] with any questions about upcoming events and project activities.
From our Partners: Mental Health, Disability & All of Us
Check out the recording of the panel discussion “Mental Health, Disability & All of Us”. This is the third conversation in AAHD’s 2023-2024 Disability and Health Webinar series.
Here is a quote from panelist Nicole Jorwic: “The low wages of the HCBS [Home and Community-Based Services] workforce is part of why you have the high turnover rate and the high vacancy rate. On average, this workforce is making less than $15 an hour and the stress of the lack of supports and services. We have waiting lists all over the country, and what that means is that family caregivers are the main backbone in providing a lot of the unpaid care that AARP recently valued at $600 billion dollar per year of unpaid labor that’s provided by family caregivers. This is incredibly limiting for the people who need care.”
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