[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 67194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28141]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement 
Grant to the National Association of Councils on Developmental 
Disabilities in Washington, DC

AGENCY: Administration on Developmental Disabilities, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source program expansion 
supplement grant to the National Association of Councils on 
Developmental Disabilities, Washington, DC, to support self-advocacy 
summits.

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    CFDA Number: 93.631.

    Statutory Authority:  The Developmental Disabilities Assistance 
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), Pub. L. 106-402, Section 
129(b).
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), Office of Program 
Support (OPS) announces the award of a single-source program expansion 
supplement grant of $388,640 to the National Association of Councils on 
Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), Washington, DC, to support 
implementation of 3 to 4 self-advocacy summit meetings.
    The self-advocacy summits will be interactive meetings requiring a 
high degree of participation from the attending self-advocates who will 
act as the primary presenters. The meetings are intended to educate 
both the network of ADD grantees on the ADD Program's four goals and, 
as such, every participant will be required to communicate their 
expertise related to:

The current status of self-advocacy in their home State, which will 
include reporting on support structures, activities, accomplishments, 
and challenges;
The discerned steps needed to strengthen and enhance current efforts at 
the State level; and
Recommendations for action items intended to strengthen and enhance 
current self-advocacy efforts at the national level.

Summit participants are primarily individuals with developmental 
disabilities (as defined by the DD Act) who are experts with 
specialized knowledge in the self-advocacy movement in their States. 
Other participants will include ADD grantees with specific expertise 
related to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities to 
fully participate in systems change and advocacy efforts in their 
States.

DATES: September 30, 2011 to September 29, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Johnson, Administration on 
Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families, 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Aerospace Center, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20447; Telephone: 
(202) 690-5982; E-mail: [email protected]

    Dated: October 21, 2011.
Sharon B. Lewis,
Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
[FR Doc. 2011-28141 Filed 10-28-11; 8:45 am]
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