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• 2009 NSIP Grantees Announced

• NSIP/AUCD 2009 Factsheet
  
• 2008 National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) Grantees Announced
• 2008-09 NSIP Grant Summaries

• REVIEW: 2006-08 Grant Summaries: Inclusive of Individuals with Disabilities as Active Volunteers and Service Members in National Service
• REVIEW: Grant Descriptions from All Previous NSIP Awardees

2009 NSIP Grantees Announced

AUCD and the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) in Boston are please to announce two new NSIP grantees to generate and implement strategies to increase applicants, enrollment, and retention of service members and/or volunteers with disabilities by their UCEDDs in partnership with their respective State Commissions or CNCS State Offices and a local National Service program(s):

• Maine-University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
  • PI: Janet May
  • Project Ready Serve Maine Website

• Vermont- University of Vermont Center on Disability and Community Inclusion
  • PI: Bryan Dague
  • Vermont National Service Inclusion Project Website

View the 2009 NSIP Grant Summaries

Announcing the National Service Inclusion Project Award Competition 2009

Purpose

NSIP intends to award up to three (3) subawards of $25,000 each for a 12-month project period for UCEDD and/or LEND programs in support the of NSIP project goals at the statewide level. The three project priority areas are:

• Improvement in recruitment of people with disabilities with the intent to boost enrollment.
• Outreach and engagement with economically distressed areas with a focus on National Service as a gateway to employment and/or post secondary education.
• Increase access and opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities with the intent to improve the numbers of people with intellectual disabilities enrolled in higher education or engaged in employment.

Note: This opportunity is limited to UCEDDs or LENDs that have not obtained a CNCS or NSIP grant (either as the lead or as a major partner) in the past 2 years.

Deadline: March 27, 2009 by midnight eastern time

Click here for the Request for Proposals

Click here for online submission interface

Informational Conference Call

NSIP hosted a conference call on March 5th to provide additional information related to the RFP. To access the archived call on the Internet: Click here and enter your name and email. To playback the call over the phone, call: 888-899-7904 and enter 096662064 (followed by #) as your playback ID. The call will be archived for 30 days, until April 5, 2009.

Questions?

NSIP: Jason Wheeler, (888) 491-0326 (voice/TTY)
AUCD: Anne Riordan (301) 588-8252 (voice)

About NSIP

The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP), a national training and technical assistance partner of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), assists national service programs to increase the participation of members and volunteers with disabilities in national service.

The NSIP web pages include:

• Background information on NSIP and the CNCS
• Current disability inclusion project grantees sponsored by CNCS
• The NSIP mini-grant application
• News on CNCS and grant awards

...and many additional resources!

For more information about the National Service Inclusion Project, contact Paula Sotnik at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) in Boston (617-287-4343), and/or Anne Riordan at AUCD (301-588-8252).

2008 NSIP Grant Competition

The NSIP team has available three (3) grants of $20,000 each for UCEDDs to support the NSIP Project goals at the statewide level for a 12-month period. The primary objective for this Service Inclusion Project funding opportunity will be generating and implementing strategies that will result in measurable increases in the application, enrollment, and retention of service members and/or volunteers with disabilities by the UCEDD/LEND Program in partnership with their respective State Commissions or CNCS State Offices and a local National Service program(s). Partnering with a national service program and the State Commission/State Office should allow for impact on local, regional, and/or state-wide programs. Please Note: UCEDDs and LEND programs that have not been funded previously by the National Service Inclusion Project will be given preference for this opportunity.

Deadline for Proposals: December 21, 2007

For complete details, download the 2008 subgrant application [, 75 kb]

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2006-08 Grant Summaries: Inclusive of Individuals with Disabilities as Active Volunteers and Service Members in National Service

The Institute for Community Inclusion's (MA UCEDD) National Service Inclusion Project recently awarded four $40,000 grants.

The primary objective of these 18-month grants will be identifying the number of individuals with disabilities willing to apply and enroll in national service and describing the support strategies utilized to ensure a positive experience and retention.

To achieve this, the UCEDD must recruit, establish a contractual agreement, and fund the active participation of a consumer-directed disability organization or group that will work in partnership with their respective State Commissions and/or State Office.

Read the Centers' Subgrant Descriptive Summaries at 2006- 08 Subgrantees (10/06 - 3/08) Webpage. The list of UCEDD award recipients includes:

• Institute for Human Development, Northern Arizona University, NSIP Coordinator: Diane Lenz
• Center for Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, NSIP Coordinators: Madeline Harcourt and Steve Brown
• Center for Excellence in Disabilities, West Virginia University, NSIP Coordinators: Lori Risk and Melina Danko
• Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, NSIP Coordinator: Julie Schears
• Partnership for People with Disabilities, Virginia Commonwealth University, NSIP Coordinator: Dana Yarbrough (Start Date: 10/1/2007)

The 2006-2008 NSIP grant application is available for review. Download the application to review the complete details and requirements. [Word, 66 KB]

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