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February 14, 2024
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Announcements
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February 14-15, 2024, Virtual
As an Arizona DD Network event, the Arizona UCEDDs (Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities & Institute for Human Development) are longtime supporters and collaborators of the Annual African
American Conference on Disabilities. Register for the virtual preview to the 2024 conference celebrating Black History Month through four exciting sessions on February 14 – 15, 2024. The virtual event will raise scholarship funds for disabled individuals and families to attend the in-person conference on June 28, 2024.The second session on February 15, 2024, Advancing Disability Rights in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Role of International Exchange, is sponsored by AUCD Network member, Institute for Community Inclusion (Boston) Professionals Fellows Program.
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Friday, February 16, 2024, 12:00-1:00 PM ET ,Virtual
The National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) team invites you to a Deeper Dive mid-month webinar. Each month focuses on the employment trends of people with disabilities from a specific demographic subgroup. Learn more about how the demographic subgroup of African Americans with disabilities has fared during COVID and in today's economy.
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Monday, February 26, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET
The LEND and Learn session will be on IDD Curricula in the Health Professions: Results from a Medical
Education Study and LEND capstone discussion. Kashia Rosenau, PhD, Clinical and Training Director at UC-LEND, University of California, Los Angeles, will facilitate this session.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
This conference takes a collaborative approach to early childhood mental wellness, highlighting the shared responsibility in fostering a supportive environment for children.
Our speakers will share examples on the importance of inclusion, which underscores the belief that all children, regardless of differences, can benefit from positive relationships among peers and adults. Through the promotion of mental wellness using an equity lens, we can work towards ensuring that every child has equal access to resources and opportunities, thereby fostering an environment where all children can thrive. Organized by the Mailman Center for Child Development. View Flyer.
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Deadline: March 4, 2024
The Agency for Healthcare, Research, and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators Program released an RFI on 2/1/24 in the Federal Register, entitled, “Inpatient Severe Maternal Morbidity
Measure Technical Specifications.” The RFI seeks comments on the usability, feasibility, and likely uptake of a measure of severe maternal morbidity to be validated, refined, and maintained by the AHRQ Quality Indicators program, with the goal of providing state/local data for maternal health service improvements. They are particularly interested in hearing from states/regional/local health departments, researchers, maternal health advocates, providers/health systems, and payers.
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The AUCD Employment page focuses on job and fellowship opportunities at AUCD, within our Network, and at organizations affiliated with AUCD. If you think your organization is an affiliated partner, please contact Anna Costalas. Positions will remain on
the website for 90 days.
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Funding
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Deadline: April 8, 2024
Award Ceiling: $500,000
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Licensure Portability Grant Program (LPGP). The purpose of the LPGP is to provide support for state professional licensing boards to carry out programs under which licensing boards of various states cooperate to develop and implement state laws and related policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telehealth. Telehealth is defined by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, health administration and public health. Technologies include video conferencing, the internet, store-and-forward
imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
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Deadline: April 8, 2024
Award Ceiling: $500,000
The purpose of the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with disabilities who have the greatest support needs, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). Under this particular DRRP priority, applicants must propose a development project that is aimed at improving the
health and function of people with disabilities.
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Deadline: April 8, 2024
Award Ceiling: $500,000
The purpose of the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with disabilities who have the greatest support needs, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). Under this particular DRRP priority, applicants must propose a research project that is aimed at improving health
and function outcomes of people with disabilities.
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Deadline: April 15, 2024
Award Ceiling: $925,000
The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by conducting advanced engineering research on and development of innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or to remove environmental barriers. RERCs also demonstrate and evaluate such technologies, facilitate service delivery system changes, stimulate the production and distribution of new technologies and equipment in the private sector, and provide training opportunities. The purpose of this particular RERC is to conduct research and development toward innovative technologies and strategies that will make information and communication technologies optimally accessible and usable for people with
disabilities.
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Deadline: May 2, 2024
Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Maternal Health Training and Resource Center (MHTRC) program. The purpose of this program is to support MCHB’s maternal health recipients, with a primary focus on the State Maternal Health Innovation (State MHI) program, to improve maternal health and to respond to the needs of populations impacted by maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (SMM). The MHTRC will also provide limited support to MCHB’s maternal health recipients with the implementation of maternal health projects, innovations, and initiatives in their respective states, where funds are available.
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Resources
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The Boggs Center is excited to share the latest episode of BoggsCast, a podcast where faculty and staff explore best practice, showcase success stories, and help listeners envision possibilities for innovation
through interviews with state and national experts. In this episode, Gina Brelesky, MPA, Founder and Lead Coach at Experience Human, discusses person-centered supervision of Direct Support Professionals.
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The Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, is pleased to announce the
release of the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Special Issue on China and Disability. The 595-page issue (Volume 18, Issue 4 & Volume 19, Issue 1) was guest-edited by Drs. Luanjiao Hu, The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University, and Fengming Cui, Harvard University.
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State digital equity plans—programs that aim to ensure equitable access to broadband Internet across all communities—must collaborate with local, regional and national organizations to help close the digital divide. The Partnership on
Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT), an initiative funded by ODEP, just released a new resource to help the creators and implementors of state digital equity plans engage with organizations that empower people with disabilities to live, work and participate fully in their communities.
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The Office of Special Education Programs and the Office of Educational Technology at the Department of Education published Myths and Facts Surrounding Assistive Technology Devices and Services (PDF), a guidance document aimed at
dispelling common misconceptions regarding assistive technology (AT). The document is designed to increase understanding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) AT requirements, describe and dispel common myths about AT and how and when it should be deployed in schools, and provide examples of the use of AT devices and services for children with disabilities.
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The Center For Disability-Inclusive Employment Policy Research announced the fourth season of the podcast Let's Get to Work: Reimagining Disability Inclusive Employment Policy, with a focus on people living with the long-term effects of
COVID, or Long COVID. This season takes a deep dive into Long COVID and employment, with episodes about advocating for people with Long COVID, accommodations in the Long COVID era, connecting Long COVID to disability laws and policies promoting employment, and emerging research.
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