ITACC

OIDD T/TA Institute Session 7: WE Amplified, Maximizing Influence for Collective Success
2024-05-16 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for Session 7: WE Amplified: Maximizing Influence for Collective Success.
Click here for a full session description and registration information.

OIDD T/TA Institute Session 6: Supporting the Journey of Developing Leaders with Developmental Disabilities
2024-05-14 15:00 - 16:30
Join us for Session 6: Leadership and People with Developmental Disabilities: Supporting the Journey of Developing Leaders.
Click here for a full session description and registration information.

OIDD T/TA Institute Session 5: Leadership Development for Council Members
2024-05-14 13:00 - 14:30
Join us for Session 5: Leadership Development: Investing and Enhancing Council Member Leadership Skills.
Click here for a full session description and registration information.

OIDD Training and Technical Assistance Institute Session 4: Leading Engagement: Council Strategies for Engaging Diverse Communities
2024-05-09 15:00 - 16:30
Join us for Session 4: Leading Engagement: Council Strategies for Engaging Diverse Communities and Backgrounds.
Click here for a full session description and registration information.

OIDD Training and Technical Assistance Institute Session 3: Tawara Goode, Engaging Diverse Communities
2024-05-09 13:00 - 14:30
Join us for Session 3 – Culturally and Linguistically Competent Strategies to Engage Diverse Communities: Implications for Developmental Disabilities Councils
Click here for a full session description and registration information.

Office Hours with State of the States
2024-05-08 13:00 - 14:00
Join State of the States staff as they answer your questions about their data and how you can best use the State of the States data in your work. These office hours are intended for Council staff only.
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Time: 1 pm EST – 2 pm EST
Registration Link: Click Here to Register!

OIDD Training and Technical Assistance Institute Session 2: ACL Office of Fiscal Operations
2024-05-07 15:00 - 16:30
Join us for Session 2: Administration for Community Living, Office of Fiscal Operations.
Click here for a full session description and registration information.

OIDD Training and Technical Assistance Institute Session 1: ACL Updates
2024-05-07 13:00 - 14:30
Join us for Session 1 – ACL Updates.
Click here for full session description and registration.

BUDDIES Project: Study Designs
2024-04-18 15:00 - 16:30
Did you know – study designs are like the master chefs of evaluation – blending the perfect ingredients of methodology to serve up a delicious dish of data-driven insights! Join Partnerships For Health for the April BUDDIES Session to cook up some different ways to design an evaluation. We’ll cover the three basic types of study designs (experimental, non-experimental, and observational) and will provide some examples of each. This session is the perfect precursor for some of the upcoming sessions focused on data collection, so you won’t want to miss out!
Who: Council staff
What: Evaluation Study Designs
When: Thursday, April 18 from 3:00 – 4:30PM EST
Where: Virtual, via Zoom
How: Register now!
REGISTRATION LINK: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/96c0c82fbc604efe867a5e1c6b992aa3

State of the States: Enhancing Data Literacy
2024-03-26 13:00 - 14:30
Join the State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for an informative webinar on enhancing data literacy.
This webinar is for all staff to attend.
The State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Ongoing Longitudinal Data Project of National Significance (PNS) is partnering with the ITACC to develop a special training series focused on understanding national I/DD data, enhancing data literacy, improving data accessibility, and using data for storytelling. We invite you to join us for Session 2 for DD Council staff in March.
Date: March 26, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST
For: All Staff
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkdu2hqDMsHNa-YlPCDVY9386iuqOdn9dA

Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Exchange: Data Collection Series #3 - Data Management Tools
2024-03-21 15:00 - 16:30
The last peer-to-peer in the data collection series. Join your peers to exchange information on data management tools that your Council uses to collect and analyze data.
Registration link

Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Exchange: Data Collection Series #2 - Participants and Performance Measures
2024-02-22 15:00 - 16:30
Exchange information with your data collection peers. We’ll discuss collecting quantitative data with a focus on counting participants and reporting on the federal performance measures.
REGISTER

BUDDIES Project: Types of Evaluation
2024-02-15 15:00 - 16:30
Ever wonder what types of evaluation should be used for your projects and activities? Have you questioned if your evaluation approaches are a “best fit” for your activity?
Join PFH as they provide an overview of the primary types of evaluations and explore their utility and how they can add value to a Council’s work. This session aims to provide the background on the different types of evaluations, when each is typically implemented, the type of information that may be gleaned from each, and how Councils can use the results.
Who: Council staff
What: Types of Evaluations
When: Thursday, February 15 from 3:00 – 4:30PM EST
Where: Virtual, via Zoom
How: Register now!

State of the States: Enhancing Data Literacy
2024-01-30 13:00 - 14:00
Executive Directors – join State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for an informative webinar about Enhancing Data Literacy!
*Please note that there will be a webinar with State of the States in March 2024 for all staff to attend.
The State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Ongoing Longitudinal Data Project of National Significance (PNS) is partnering with ITACC to develop a special training series focused on understanding national I/DD data, enhancing data literacy, improving data accessibility, and using data for storytelling.
We invite you to join us for Session 1 in January.
Date: January 30, 2024
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm EST
For: Executive Directors
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcuqgrT0oH9NiYhfeYRc0Tdt0nhx0icfx
Please register by January 23, 2024.

Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Exchange: Data Collection Series #1- Improving Collection of Data
2024-01-25 15:00 - 16:00
This Peer-to-Peer is for the data collectors! Let’s exchange information about how to improve data collection and what prevents Councils and Sub-grantees from collecting data.
Register

CDC COVID-19 Report DUE (for Councils who received a no cost extension)
2023-12-31
Currently, there are 26 DD Councils under a No Cost Extension to conduct CDC COVID-19 activities after September 30, 2022. For those Councils, we are requesting a report for the period from April 1, 2021 – September 30, 2023. Please build on the existing data submitted previously for a final report (cumulative data for the whole project). As a reminder, the initial progress report covered data for the period from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 and was submitted by March 31, 2023.
Please submit the completed form to your OIDD Program Specialist
CDC Report Spreadsheet

FFY 2023 Program Performance Report (PPR) DUE
2023-12-30

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) report DUE
2023-12-30
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
In compliance with Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, Councils will begin reporting SOGI data for FY23.
We recognize it may be difficult for Councils to fully capture data for this fiscal year since we are approaching the last quarter, but please report the data you have on project participants.
ACL will work with a consultant and small workgroup to develop guidance (Councils may opt to use) to assist in future data collection.
You will report to ACL the aggregate totals only.
SOGI Report Spreadsheet

PPR TA Office Hours
2023-12-15 14:00 - 15:00
Focusing on all sections – bring your questions!
Zoom link will be shared on the ITACC listserv on the Wednesday prior to the Friday TA Office Hours Session.

BUDDIES Project: Internal vs. External Evaluation
2023-12-14 15:00 - 16:30
Curious about the differences between internal and external evaluation? Want to learn more about each process and navigating your way through either type of evaluation? You won’t want to miss the December BUDDIES Session with Partnerships For Health! Register now for the last session of 2023!
Who: Any and all Council staff!
When: Thursday, December 14 from 3:00 – 4:30PM EST
Where: Virtual, via Zoom
How: Register now!

REGISTRATION LINK: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/96c0c82fbc604efe867a5e1c6b992aa3

PPR TA Office Hours
2023-12-08 14:00 - 15:00
Focusing on Section V. Council Financial Information and Section VI. Measures of Collaboration.
Zoom link will be shared on the ITACC listserv on the Wednesday prior to the Friday TA Office Hours Session.

PPR TA Office Hours
2023-11-17 14:00 - 15:00
Focusing on Section IV. State Plan Implementation data sections (IV.B. and IV.C.)
Zoom link will be shared on the ITACC listserv on the Wednesday prior to the Friday TA Office Hours Session.

Webinar: ACL TA Centers - Supporting State Plan Implementation
2023-11-09 15:00 - 16:00
Join us as we discuss some of the ACL TA Centers that may be helpful with your state plan implementation.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ucOGrqz0uHtIn4SyOETgtflXms4BqLCws

PPR TA Office Hours
2023-11-03 14:00 - 15:00
Focusing on Section IV. State Plan Implementation Progress Report narratives.
Zoom link will be shared on the ITACC listserv the Wednesday prior to the Friday TA Office Hours Session.

Public Health Workforce Funding Report DUE
2023-10-31
Public Health Workforce Reporting

If your Council accepted public health workforce funding, the initial report on the use of these funds is due to your OIDD Program Specialist by October 31, 2023.
The first interim report will cover the period from March 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023.
Councils will report on three items using the spreadsheet below:

1) Number of full-time equivalents (FTEs);
2) Type of public health professional(s) hired; and
3) The activities they are engaged in to advance public health.

The second and final report will be due on October 31, 2024.

Public Health Workforce Report Spreadsheet

PPR TA Office Hours
2023-10-27 14:00 - 15:00
Focus will be on Section I. Identification, Section II. Comprehensive Review and Analysis Update, and Section III. State Plan Implementation.
Zoom link will be shared on the ITACC listserv the Wednesday prior to the Friday TA Office Hours Session.

BUDDIES Project: Community-based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR)
2023-10-19 15:00 - 16:30
Want some ideas on how to bring the community into your evaluation work?
Who: All Council staff!
When: Thursday, October 19 from 3:00 – 4:30PM EST
Where: Virtual, via Zoom
How: Register now!

Webinar: Program Performance Reporting (PPR)
2023-09-21 15:00 - 16:30
Topic: Program Performance Report Overview
Registration information

Chair Leadership Series: LUNCH and LEARN
2023-09-14 12:00 - 13:00
TOPIC: Open Meetings and Strategies for Keeping Council business public.
Who should attend? Council Chairs, Vice-Chairs.
REGISTER

FFY 2022 No Cost Extension Requests DUE
2023-08-25 08:00 - 17:00
Instructions:
FY22 No Cost Extension Request Requirements
There is an opportunity to request a no cost extension (NCE) of the FY22 grant award. In 2023, ACL is working to reestablish grant norms, which includes any NCE request be reviewed in line with the 45 CFR 75 308(d)(2). Councils seeking a NCE must provide a clear justification that includes the following information:

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

2201XXSCDD

The length of time the NCE is being requested for (# of months)
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 newly proposed end date

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 submit a letter on official letterhead, signed by your authorized representative to your OIDD Project Officer providing a justification for our review and approval. This request must be delivered no later than Friday, August 25, 2023.
It is important to note, NCE requests will not be approved for the sole purpose of utilizing unobligated balances. This is especially pertinent to DD councils, because of the two-year obligation requirement.
Please reach out to your OIDD Project Officer with any questions.
