82 FR 34677 - Notice of Intent To Award a Single-Source Non-Competing Continuation Application To Fund Grant Number 90DN0295 University of Massachusetts for an Additional 12 Months

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 142 (July 26, 2017)

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) recently announced the awarding of the University of Massachusetts-Boston to the Institute of Community Inclusion (ICI). The University of Massachusetts-Boston will maintain and advance the longitudinal study describing day and employment services nationwide for individuals with developmental disabilities.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34677-34678]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15663]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Notice of Intent To Award a Single-Source Non-Competing 
Continuation Application To Fund Grant Number 90DN0295 University of 
Massachusetts for an Additional 12 Months

SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) recently 
announced the awarding of the University of Massachusetts-Boston to the 
Institute of Community Inclusion (ICI). The University of 
Massachusetts-Boston will maintain and advance the longitudinal study 
describing day and employment services nationwide for individuals with 
developmental disabilities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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    Program Name: Institute of Community Inclusion.
    Award Amount: $350,000.00.
    Statutory Authority: The Developmental Disabilities and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.631.
    Program Description: The Administration on Developmental and 
Intellectual Disabilities, an agency of the U.S. Administration for 
Community Living, has been funding the ICI for thirty-five years. The 
project's activities include: Studying the effectiveness of state 
developmental disabilities agencies and vocational rehabilitation 
agencies in promoting full inclusion of individuals with intellectual 
and developmental disabilities through employment and other community 
activities; describing national trends in the employment and economic 
status of youth and adults with intellectual and developmental 
disabilities on a state and national basis; highlighting practices and 
outcomes in the transition from school to employment and promote policy 
enhancing integrated employment at both the systems and customer 
levels; developing guidelines for community-based non-work activities; 
implementing www.statedata.info, a Web site illustrating service system 
investment in day and employment services, and www.realworkstories.org, 
a Web site featuring successes of youth with intellectual and 
developmental disabilities in paid jobs in their communities; provide 
an online catalog of innovative state-level strategies that influence 
policy and facilitate access to integrated employment; collaborate with 
the University of Minnesota and the University of Colorado to show 
targeted current year and longitudinal data on the project Web site and 
providing a create-a-chart option allowing reports to be customized. 
The project provides comparative nationwide longitudinal study of the 
employment trends of people with Intellectual/Developmental 
Disabilities and is a thirty-five year body of work.
    Agency Contact: For further information or comments regarding this 
supplemental action, contact Katherine-Cargill-Willis, U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, 
Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 330 C 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20201; telephone 202-795-7322; email 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 17, 2017.
Mary Lazare,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2017-15663 Filed 7-25-17; 8:45 am]
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