Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living Policy | HHS 2023 ACL NIDILRR RTCP 0000

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The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living Policy is a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). It sits within the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program and is intended to strengthen the evidence base behind disability and rehabilitation services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. In practical terms, the program is designed to improve how rehabilitation and independent living-related services work by supporting high-quality research, targeted training, technical assistance, and broad dissemination of findings in a topic area NIDILRR has identified as important.

This specific RRTC focuses on community living policy, meaning the core emphasis is on generating and translating knowledge that can shape policies affecting how people with disabilities live, participate, and thrive in community settings. The funded center is expected to carry out disability policy research, including statistical analyses and modeling, to better understand what policies and systems help or hinder community living outcomes. Beyond producing research, the center is also expected to translate findings into usable forms for decision-makers and stakeholders through knowledge translation activities, the development of informational products, and active dissemination. The ultimate aim is to inform and improve policies that support community living for people with disabilities, while also producing resources that are accessible and relevant to a broad audience such as people with disabilities, family members and caregivers, rehabilitation service providers, policymakers, and other research stakeholders.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and private entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); small businesses; and other entities as further clarified in the opportunitys eligibility notes. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is classified under science and technology and other research and development. The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 93.433.

NIDILRR planned to make a single award under this competition in FY 2023, indicating a highly competitive, single-center national effort. The award ceiling is $875,000. The project is structured as a five-year initiative with a 60-month project period divided into five 12-month budget periods, which typically means the grantee will be expected to plan and report progress annually while building a coherent multi-year research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination agenda. The funding opportunity number is HHS-2023-ACL-NIDILRR-RTCP-0000. The notice was created on March 23, 2023, and the original closing date was May 22, 2023, with electronic applications due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living Policy" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.433.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 23, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 22, 2023 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 $875,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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