Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2020 ACL AOD DNHE 0416
Closing the Health Disparity Gap for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Strengthening the U.S. Health Care Workforce (Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2020 ACL AOD DNHE 0416) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administered by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) through the Administration on Disabilities (AoD). It is designed to tackle persistent health inequities experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) by improving how future and current clinicians are educated and prepared to provide competent, high-quality care. The core idea is that many disparities for the ID/DD population are driven not only by access barriers, but also by gaps in clinical training, provider confidence, and system-wide readiness to deliver effective, respectful, and appropriate care across settings.
The opportunity would fund a single cooperative agreement over a five-year project period, reflecting that the federal agency expects to play an active partnership role with the awardee rather than simply issuing a standard grant with minimal involvement. The project focus is to increase and accelerate efforts already underway to embed ID/DD-focused content into medical and allied health education programs. In practical terms, this means strengthening curricula, clinical training experiences, and professional development so that physicians and allied health professionals graduate with stronger ID/DD-specific knowledge, skills, attitudes, and overall competence. The intended downstream impact is a health care workforce better equipped to communicate effectively with patients with ID/DD, understand common health risks and co-occurring conditions, coordinate care across providers and systems, and deliver equitable preventive and primary care rather than relying on fragmented or crisis-driven interventions.
AoD frames the ultimate goal as expanding access to quality health care for individuals with ID/DD by improving workforce capability, with broader outcomes tied to health equity and increased life expectancy for the ID/DD population. This reflects a recognition that improving health outcomes at scale often requires changing how clinicians are trained and how health professions education addresses disability as a standard component of competent practice. By centering ID/DD content in medical and allied health school education, the project aims to normalize disability competence as part of core professional standards, reduce avoidable diagnostic overshadowing and unmet preventive needs, and strengthen patient-centered, accessible care.
Eligible applicants are broad and include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those categories), Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. The funding activity category is Health, and the opportunity is associated with CFDA number 93.631. The announced award ceiling is $350,000, and only one award is expected, which signals that AoD is looking for a single national-level project or coordinating entity capable of influencing health professions education and workforce training across programs and disciplines.
The opportunity was created on April 30, 2020, with an original application closing date of June 29, 2020. Applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Overall, the grant is positioned as a targeted federal investment to reduce health disparities for people with ID/DD by improving the education pipeline and competency of the clinicians and allied health professionals who will provide care throughout the lifespan.Apply for HHS 2020 ACL AOD DNHE 0416
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Closing the Health Disparity Gap for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Strengthening the U.S. Health Care Workforce" 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 Apr 30, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 29, 2020 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 $350,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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.
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