Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)
Key Facts
Status: Open
Posted date: December 11, 2025
Archive date: June 8, 2026
Opportunity ID: 360996
Opportunity number: HRSA-26-019
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency code: HHS-HRSA
Award floor: $446,000
Award ceiling: $710,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Health
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- 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
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Unrestricted
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- category_of_funding_activity:health
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_organizations_other_than_federally_recognized_tribal_governments
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:special_district_governments
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- eligible_applicants:unrestricted
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:open
Description
The purpose of the LEND program is to improve the quality of care for children and youth with autism/developmental disabilities (DD) by training health and related professionals to meet their needs across the lifespan. LEND programs train health and other professionals to screen, diagnose, and provide services for children and youth with autism/DD.