Notice of Funds Available (RFP)
2025.1.A: Historically Black Colleges and Universities IPSE Planning
Specifications
| Posted | Applications Due | Start Date | End Date | Amount | Match | Poverty Match | Council Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2024 | Dec 04, 2024 | Apr 01, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $60,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $0.00 | Juanita Hooker |
Description
The North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD) intends to make an important investment into a three-year and six-month initiative to establish an Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (IPSE) program in North Carolina at one of the state’s 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) students are not in a separate program or in a separate department or building, with different teachers. They are part of the student body, to every extent possible, and that includes having access to campus living. It is not a social program or a disability program. Students should be accommodated to assist them to successfully navigate the academic environment and these accommodations are legitimate, necessary, and must be designed to help students be seamlessly included, (integrated into campus life, both academically and socially) and not separated from their peers. The end goal for these students, like any college graduate, is for them to be employed in creative, supported, individualized, competitive employment.
The plan for this initiative is to fund a planning and development period to pilot an IPSE from April 2025 through December 2026 and then to pilot an IPSE at an HBCU starting in either August 2026 or January 2027. Additional funding outside of this grant will likely be needed to fund the pilot as explained in this Request for Applications.
Budget
In addition to submitting a proposal for this RFA, you must complete the budget form in DD Suite for the first year of your initiative, which will be the first 6-month planning and development months, with required minimum of 25% non-federal matching funds ($20,000). The initial 6-month funded project begins April 1, 2025, and ends September 30, 2025.
Recommendations
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