Peer Supports for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Key Facts

Status: Open

Posted date: May 16, 2025

Archive date: August 25, 2028

Opportunity ID: 359037

Opportunity number: HHS-2025-ACL-AOD-DNSA-0045

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Administration for Community Living

Agency code: HHS-ACL

Award floor: $700,000

Award ceiling: $775,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
  • Income Security and Social Services
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
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  • category_of_funding_activity:income_security_and_social_services
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:open
Description

AoD plans to fund one (1) 3-year cooperative agreement to develop sustainable peer support models for individuals who use or can benefit from the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) across the lifespan. The funded project must include, but not be limited to, individuals that use AAC, nonprofit community-based service-provider organization(s), self-advocacy organizations, youth and adults with I/DD, families, and others in their support system. The project will address the needs of and provide support for the estimated five million people in the US that experience speech disabilities including individuals intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who use AAC or could benefit from AAC to ensure access to needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life. The goal will be to provide a community where people who need or use AAC can come together in a safe space to share their positive and negative experiences and to increase knowledge, usage, and awareness of AAC for people with speech disabilities to live independent, self-determined lives using AAC that meets their interests and communication preferences.

Peer Supports for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
AoD plans to fund one (1) 3-year cooperative agreement to develop sustainable peer support models for individuals who use or can benefit from the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) across the lifespan. The funded project must include, but not be limited to, individuals that use AAC, nonprofit community-based service-provider organization(s), self-advocacy organizations, youth and adults with I/DD, families, and others in their support system. The project will address the needs of and provide support for the estimated five million people in the US that experience speech disabilities including individuals intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who use AAC or could benefit from AAC to ensure access to needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life. The goal will be to provide a community where people who need or use AAC can come together in a safe space to share their positive and negative experiences and to increase knowledge, usage, and awareness of AAC for people with speech disabilities to live independent, self-determined lives using AAC that meets their interests and communication preferences.
Peer Supports for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Open
Administration for Community Living
Income Security and Social Services
Cooperative Agreement
Others
2025-05-16