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New Executive Director Orientation
2022-09-14 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-09-13 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Information, resources, and training to assist people new to the role of Executive Director for a DD Council.
Executive Directors will receive meeting links directly, or you can contact smatney@nacdd.org

Evaluation Capacity Building BUDDIES Project FINDINGS
2022-08-18 15:00 - 16:00
Individual and Organizational Assessment Findings will be shared.
Register to attend!

Framework for Assessing Self-advocacy Outcomes
2022-07-28 15:30 - 16:30
We will review a framework that includes:

Criteria for Evaluating Strength of Evidence-based Practice
Addressing Individual-level Short-term Outcomes
Addressing Individual-level Intermediate Outcomes
Addressing Individual-level Long-term Outcomes

FY 2021 No Cost Extension Request DUE
2022-07-15 08:00 - 17:00
Dear DD Council Executive Directors,
The performance of period for State Councils on Developmental Disabilities grants the Administration for Community Living (ACL) issued for FFY 2021 will expire on September 30, 2022. ACL is offering DD Councils an option to request a No Cost Extension (NCE) for this expiring (FFY 2021) grant in response to the continued public health emergency in combatting COVID-19. ACL defines a NCE as an extension of time to a project period and/or budget period to complete the work of the grant under that period, without additional Federal funds.
To request an NCE, please develop and send a written justification to reflect your proposed plans to use the remaining funds during the extension. In summary, your justification must be on official letterhead and must include the following pertinent information:

The Grant award number(s) for which an extension is being requested:

2101XXSCC5 (insert your state’s grant number) and/or
2101XXSCDD

Need to extend the grant:

Explain why the project will not be completed by the Project End date;
Types of challenges encountered which caused the need to extend the grant

Unfinished activities:

Identify unfinished activities to date; and
Provide a work plan including a timeline of how these activities will be accomplished by the new proposed end date (12 months)

Unobligated funds

Estimate the amount of unobligated funds remaining in the grant; and
Briefly describe how these funds will be spent during the extended period

Please keep in mind, NCE requests will not be approved for the sole purpose of using unobligated balances.

If your agency is seeking a NCE for this award, please submit a letter signed by your authorized representative to your OIDD Project Officer providing a justification for our review and approval. The deadline to submit this justification is July 15, 2022.
Sincerely,Sara
Sara Newell-Perez (she/her/hers)Program Lead, Office on Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesAdministration for Community LivingU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesO:202-795-7413ACL.gov | Facebook | TwitterSubscribe to ACL Updates

CDC Funds to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Access No Cost Extension request DUE
2022-07-15
Dear DD Council Executive Directors:
ACL has been authorized to offer a one-time, no-cost extension (NCE) to DD Councils that are recipients of CDC funds to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Access for People with Disabilities. The grant number is identified as “2101xxSCC5” where “xx” is your state code. This extension would be till 9/30/2023. If DD Councils would like to request this extension, there would be additional reporting required, including both the Federal Financial Report (FFR) and Program Performance Report (PPR).
For FFRs:
1st annual FFR: Due 6/30/2022 AND
Final FFR without NCE: Due 1/31/2023 (120 days after the initial project end date of 9/30/2022)
OR
2nd annual FFR with NCE: Due 6/30/2023 AND
Final FFR with NCE: Due 1/31/2024 (120 days after the new project end date of 9/30/2023)
For PPRs:
CDC grant PPR: Due 12/31/2022 AND
CDC grant PPR with NCE: Due 12/31/2023
To request an NCE, please develop and send a written justification to reflect your proposed plans to use the remaining funds during the extension. In summary, your justification must be on official letterhead and must include the following pertinent information:

The CDC grant award number(s) for which an extension is being requested
Need to extend the grant:

Explain why the project will not be completed by the Project End date
Types of challenges encountered which caused the need to extend the grant

Unfinished activities:

Identify unfinished activities to date; and
Provide a work plan including a timeline of how these activities will be accomplished by the new proposed end date (12 months)

Unobligated funds

Estimate the amount of unobligated funds remaining in the grant; and
Briefly describe how these funds will be spent during the extended period

Please keep in mind, NCE requests will not be approved for the sole purpose of using unobligated balances.

The deadline to submit this justification is July 15, 2022.
If your agency is seeking a NCE for this award, please submit a letter signed by your authorized representative to your OIDD Project Officer providing a justification for our review and approval. Please note that this letter for requesting no cost extension with CDC funds must be a separate letter from a no cost extension request for FY 2021 DD Council funds.
On behalf of our OIDD team, we wish you a nice weekend as we near the official start of summer.
Sincerely,Sara
Sara Newell-Perez (she/her/hers)Program Lead, Office on Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesAdministration for Community LivingU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesO:202-795-7413ACL.gov | Facebook | TwitterSubscribe to ACL Updates
ACL is an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Meeting
2022-06-14 15:30 - 16:30
The purpose of this P2P conversation is to share knowledge about how Council staff are using demographic data once it is collected. Guiding questions for our conversation include:
1. How the assessment of demographic data has led to meaningful changes in how Council efforts are implemented
2. How grant level data has been used to inform the grantee’s work and the Councils goals.

TA Institute: Demonstrating Impact - Showcasing Councils Successes and Evaluation Initiative
2022-05-12 15:30 - 16:45

TA Institute: Demonstrating Leadership - Positioning Councils as Known Leaders
2022-05-12 14:00 - 15:15

TA Institute: Demonstrating Impact: Tactical Workshop on Messaging (Part 2)
2022-05-10 15:30 - 16:45

TA Institute: Demonstrating Impact - Messaging the Importance of Council Work (Part I)
2022-05-10 14:00 - 15:15

TA Institute: Demonstrating Fiscal Effectiveness
2022-05-05 16:00 - 17:00

TA Institute: ACL updates, special topic, and remarks from Commissioner Jacobs
2022-05-05 14:00 - 15:30
