Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2024 ACL AOD DNSA 0022
Projects of National Significance: Protecting Rights and Abuse is a discretionary federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The core purpose is to strengthen protections for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) by advancing efforts that safeguard rights, prevent abuse, and improve how systems respond when harm or exploitation occurs. The opportunity is framed around building real community inclusion by ensuring people with developmental disabilities can participate fully in everyday life, while also shaping national and state-level policy environments that support self-determination, independence, productivity, and full integration. In practical terms, the grant is meant to push systems and communities toward approaches that treat people with I/DD as leaders and full citizens, supported by families, guardians, advocates, and broader community networks.
This funding is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal agency is likely to have an active role in guiding or partnering on the work rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The award ceiling is $375,000, and the announcement anticipates making one award, so it is competitive and designed to fund a single, high-impact project with national significance. The funding opportunity number is HHS-2024-ACL-AOD-DNSA-0022, and it is associated with CFDA 93.631 (a program area connected to developmental disabilities). Applications were due by May 28, 2024, submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, and the notice was originally created on July 18, 2023.
Eligibility is broad and includes many public and private entities that can credibly carry out national-level or policy-relevant work. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category). That wide eligibility reflects the reality that abuse prevention and rights protection can require cross-system coordination across service providers, advocacy groups, research and training institutions, and government agencies.
The announcement emphasizes outcomes that can be measured and reported, and it allows projects to work toward one or more of four major performance areas. The first performance area is policy change: projects are expected to help change policies in ways that measurably improve the lived experience of people with I/DD and their families. Concrete outputs tied to this include the number of people engaged in policy advocacy activities, the number of policy-focused trainings delivered, the number of policy products created (such as briefs, guidance, toolkits, model policies, or legislative recommendations), and the number of times those products are shared or disseminated. This makes it clear that ACL is looking for work that does not stop at awareness raising, but instead produces tangible policy tools and documented influence.
The second performance area focuses on leadership development for people with I/DD and their families. Here, success is measured by how many people report taking on new or expanded leadership roles, backed by outputs like leadership-related tools and resources created and shared, the percentage of participants who report learning new leadership skills, and the number of people with I/DD and family members who go on to train or mentor others as leaders or advocates. This signals a strong expectation that projects will not only protect rights through systems change, but also build power and voice among people most affected, creating a multiplier effect by equipping participants to train and mentor others.
The third performance area centers on increasing knowledge of supports that help people with I/DD and their families achieve the life they want. This is measured by the percentage of participants who report increased knowledge, with outputs including the number of trainings held, resources created, and resources shared to expand understanding of available supports. While the grant title highlights protecting rights and preventing abuse, this measure reflects a broader prevention strategy: people are safer and more empowered when they understand their options, services, and rights, and when they can navigate supports that reduce isolation and vulnerability.
The fourth performance area is about data access and dissemination, measured by the number of data resources accessed. Outputs include the creation of data resources and activities to disseminate data. This portion of the framework suggests ACL values projects that strengthen the evidence base and make information usable, whether that means compiling, analyzing, translating, or widely distributing data that helps advocates, policymakers, and communities better identify risks, gaps, and effective strategies related to rights protection and abuse prevention.
Taken together, this opportunity is designed for an applicant that can operate at a systems and policy level, produce broadly usable tools and resources, and demonstrate measurable progress through defined outputs and outcomes. The strongest projects under this kind of framework typically combine policy work, training, leadership development, and data-driven resources into a coherent strategy that reduces abuse risk while also increasing autonomy, participation, and influence for people with I/DD and their families.Apply for HHS 2024 ACL AOD DNSA 0022
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Projects of National Significance: Protecting Rights and Abuse" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.631.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 18, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 28, 2024 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 $375,000.00 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), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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.
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