Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2022 ACL AOD DDMH 0084
The grant opportunity titled "PNS: Co-Occurring Resource Center for Individuals with ID/DD" (Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2022 ACL AOD DDMH 0084; CFDA 93.631) is a federal discretionary funding program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), through ACLs Administration on Disabilities (AoD). It is designed to advance ACLs broader mission: helping older adults and people with disabilities live with maximum independence, health, and well-being, with real choice about where they live, who they live with, and how fully they can participate in their communities. The focus here is specifically on people who have co-occurring intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) and mental health disabilities, a population that often falls into gaps between disability service systems and behavioral health systems.
ACL plans to fund one national effort through a five-year cooperative agreement, meaning the awardee will not just receive funding but will also work in an ongoing, collaborative relationship with the federal agency. The core deliverable is the creation and operation of a National Resource and Technical Assistance Center, described as a person-centered and culturally competent training center. The intent is to strengthen capacity in state and local service systems so they can better support individuals with co-occurring ID/DD and mental health disabilities to live well in their communities. A central expectation is that the Center is guided by people with lived experience, including individuals from underserved communities, so that the training, tools, and recommended approaches reflect what actually works in real life and are relevant across diverse populations.
In practical terms, the Center is expected to function as a national hub for training, peer-to-peer learning, and resource development. It will serve multiple audiences: individuals with co-occurring disabilities, family members, and a wide range of professionals involved in support and treatment. This explicitly includes both mental health professionals and direct support professionals, recognizing that day-to-day community supports and clinical behavioral health services frequently operate in separate lanes even though the person being supported experiences them as one life. By providing structured learning opportunities and shareable resources, the Center is meant to help align practice across systems, improve competence, and promote approaches that are person-centered rather than program-centered.
Another key part of the scope is support for state agencies. Beyond training front-line staff and families, the Center will provide resources tied to higher-level system change, including policy development, service design, and service coordination across agencies. That emphasis signals that ACL is aiming for improvements that can be adopted and sustained through state-level rules, interagency agreements, coordinated funding approaches, and clearer pathways between ID/DD services and mental health services. The overall theme is reducing fragmentation, promoting culturally competent and equitable supports, and helping systems respond more consistently to complex needs.
The award structure is straightforward: ACL expects to make a single award, with an annual award ceiling listed at $650,000, supporting the work of building and maintaining this national Center over the five-year project period. Eligible applicants are broad and include various levels of government (state, county, city/township, special district), federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status. The original posting indicates it was created on April 22, 2022, with an original closing date of June 21, 2022, and notes that electronic submissions were due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Overall, this opportunity funds a single national, capacity-building center intended to improve how service systems support people living with both ID/DD and mental health disabilities. It prioritizes person-centered practice, cultural competence, lived-experience leadership (including representation from underserved communities), and practical cross-system coordination through training, technical assistance, and policy and service design resources aimed at lasting system improvement.Apply for HHS 2022 ACL AOD DDMH 0084
- 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 "PNS: Co-Occurring Resource Center for Individuals with ID/DD" 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 22, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 21, 2022 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 $650,000.00 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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1) What is the "PNS: Co-Occurring Resource Center for Individuals with ID/DD" grant?
This is a federal discretionary grant opportunity to create and operate a National Resource and Technical Assistance Center focused on people with co-occurring intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) and mental health disabilities. The Center is intended to serve as a national hub for training, technical assistance, peer-to-peer learning, and resource development.
2) Which federal agency is offering this funding?
The opportunity is run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), through ACL's Administration on Disabilities (AoD).
3) What is the main goal of this grant?
The main goal is to strengthen capacity in state and local service systems so they can better support individuals with co-occurring ID/DD and mental health disabilities to live well in their communities. The emphasis is on reducing gaps between disability service systems and behavioral health systems by improving alignment, competence, and coordination.
4) What kind of project will be funded?
ACL expects to fund one national effort to build and run a person-centered and culturally competent National Resource and Technical Assistance Center. The Center is expected to provide structured learning opportunities and shareable tools and resources for multiple audiences, and to support system-level improvements tied to policy development, service design, and cross-agency coordination.
5) Is this a single award or multiple awards?
This opportunity is structured as a single award. ACL expects to make one award for a national Center.
6) What is the funding amount?
The annual award ceiling is listed at $650,000.
7) How long is the project period?
The project is planned as a five-year cooperative agreement supporting the creation and operation of the national Center over that period.
8) What does "cooperative agreement" mean in this context?
A cooperative agreement means the awardee will not only receive funding, but will also work in an ongoing, collaborative relationship with the federal agency (ACL) during the project.
9) Who is the Center meant to serve?
The Center will serve multiple audiences, including individuals with co-occurring ID/DD and mental health disabilities, family members, and professionals involved in support and treatment. This explicitly includes mental health professionals and direct support professionals.
10) Why is the focus on co-occurring ID/DD and mental health disabilities?
The opportunity targets a population that often falls into gaps between disability service systems and behavioral health systems. The Center is intended to help reduce fragmentation and improve consistency and quality of supports for complex needs.
11) What are the core activities the Center is expected to provide?
Based on the opportunity description, the Center is expected to function as a national hub for training, peer-to-peer learning, and resource development, providing structured learning opportunities and practical, shareable resources that support person-centered practice across service systems.
12) What does "person-centered" mean for this grant's work?
The Center is expected to promote approaches that are person-centered rather than program-centered, reflecting the goal of helping people with disabilities live with maximum independence, health, and well-being and have real choice about where and with whom they live and how fully they participate in their communities.
13) What does "culturally competent" mean in this opportunity?
The Center is described as culturally competent and is expected to reflect the needs and experiences of diverse populations. A central expectation is that the Center is guided by people with lived experience, including individuals from underserved communities, to ensure relevance and equity.
14) How is lived experience incorporated into the Center's design and operations?
The opportunity states that the Center should be guided by people with lived experience, including individuals from underserved communities. This is meant to ensure that training, tools, and recommended approaches reflect what works in real life and are relevant across diverse populations.
15) What kinds of professionals are specifically mentioned as audiences?
The description explicitly calls out mental health professionals and direct support professionals, recognizing that community supports and clinical behavioral health services often operate separately even though individuals experience them as one integrated life.
16) Does the Center's work include state-level systems change?
Yes. In addition to training, the Center will provide resources tied to system change, including policy development, service design, and service coordination across agencies. The intent is to support improvements that can be adopted and sustained through state-level rules, interagency agreements, coordinated funding approaches, and clearer pathways between ID/DD services and mental health services.
17) What outcomes is ACL aiming for through this Center?
The stated aims include strengthening capacity in state and local systems, improving competence and alignment across service systems, reducing fragmentation, promoting culturally competent and equitable supports, and helping systems respond more consistently to complex needs of people with co-occurring ID/DD and mental health disabilities.
18) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are broad and include various levels of government (state, county, city/township, special district), federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status.
19) Is 501(c)(3) status required for nonprofit applicants?
No. The eligibility list includes nonprofit organizations with and without 501(c)(3) status.
20) What are the key identifiers for this funding opportunity?
The funding opportunity title is "PNS: Co-Occurring Resource Center for Individuals with ID/DD." The Funding Opportunity Number is HHS 2022 ACL AOD DDMH 0084, and the CFDA number is 93.631.
21) When was the opportunity posted and when was it due?
The posting indicates it was created on April 22, 2022, with an original closing date of June 21, 2022.
22) What was the submission deadline time and time zone?
The posting notes that electronic submissions were due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
23) Is this opportunity focused on direct services, training, or both?
The description centers on creating and operating a national training and technical assistance Center, including resource development and peer learning, and also supporting system-level policy and service design work. It emphasizes capacity-building rather than describing direct service delivery funding.
24) How does this opportunity relate to ACL's broader mission?
The opportunity is designed to advance ACL's broader mission of helping older adults and people with disabilities live with maximum independence, health, and well-being, with real choice about where they live, who they live with, and how fully they can participate in their communities.
25) What is the overall theme of the funded work?
The overall theme is improving how service systems support people living with both ID/DD and mental health disabilities by promoting person-centered practice, cultural competence, lived-experience leadership (including representation from underserved communities), and cross-system coordination through training, technical assistance, and policy and service design resources aimed at lasting system improvement.
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