Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living Policy | HHS 2018 ACL NIDILRR RTCP 0252

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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), through the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and its National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). It sits within the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program and uses the RRTC model to strengthen the evidence base and practical know-how behind disability and rehabilitation services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. In plain terms, this competition funds a single national center intended to produce usable research, training, technical assistance, and public-facing information that helps systems and decision-makers improve real-world outcomes for people with disabilities.

This specific RRTC focuses on community living policy, with an emphasis on home and community-based long-term services and supports (LTSS) for individuals with disabilities across the lifespan. The work is expected to go beyond basic research by combining research studies with statistical analyses and modeling, then translating what is learned into guidance and products that policymakers, service providers, advocates, and people with disabilities can actually use. The overall goal is to contribute to increased access to LTSS in home and community settings and to raise the quality of those services, rather than relying on institutional models of care. The grant is designed to support a center that can generate credible evidence on what policies work, for whom, and under what conditions, and then communicate that evidence in ways that support better program design and implementation.

The funding instrument is a grant and the activity category is science and technology and other research and development (CFDA 93.433). The opportunity anticipates one award, with an award ceiling of $875,000. Eligible applicants are broad and include multiple levels of government (state, county, city/township, and special districts), public and private institutions of higher education, independent school districts, federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those categories), and for-profit organizations that are not small businesses, along with other entities as clarified in the official eligibility text. This wide eligibility reflects the expectation that strong applicants may be universities, policy research organizations, nonprofits, or cross-sector partnerships that can bring together research expertise, data capacity, and dissemination reach.

Key operational details in the notice include that the funding opportunity number is HHS-2018-ACL-NIDILRR-RTCP-0252, it was created on May 25, 2018, and the original application deadline was July 24, 2018, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Overall, the opportunity is essentially a call to build a high-impact national center that studies and explains community living policies and LTSS systems, produces rigorous analyses (including modeling), and turns findings into accessible knowledge products and dissemination efforts that can improve home and community-based supports for people with disabilities of all ages.

• 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 May 25, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 24, 2018 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, Independent school districts, 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, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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