Skip ACF banner and navigation
Department of Health and Human Services logo
Questions?  
Privacy  
Site Index  
Contact Us  
   Home   |   Services   |   Working with ACF   |   Policy/Planning   |   About ACF   |   ACF News Search  
Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services

 HHS News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Contact: Chris Downing
ACF Press Office (202) 401-9215

 

HHS Awards Planning Grants to Design "One-Stop Shopping" Centers for
People With Developmental Disabilities

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration and Children and Families today announced the award of 31 one-year planning grants of $100,000 each to create a seamless system of services for underserved families of people with developmental disabilities.

"These planning grants will lead to a streamlined service system for children and adults with developmental disabilities," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said. "This will allow agencies serving the same populations to work together and make it easier for families to get the services they need."

The grantees will enter into partnerships with other agencies that provide such families with a variety of supports and services, including health and mental health care, family strengthening, food stamps, child care, housing, transportation, special education, job training and employment. The eventual goal is to plan for the establishment of “one-stop shopping”---centers where coordinated, outcome-oriented and family-centered services would be delivered. These centers would offer families one point of entry to establish eligibility for many services and develop a comprehensive plan to preserve and strengthen the entire family.

“Families with members who have developmental disabilities face numerous challenges and often interact with many different agencies,” said Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., assistant secretary for health and human services. “These grants will give states the opportunity to think creatively about how to coordinate services for the benefit of these families.”

The list of successful applicants and the amounts of their awards follow:

 

State/Territory

Name of Applicant

Amount Requested

  1.  

AK (Anchorage)

Stone Soup Group

$100,000

  1.  

AL (Birmingham)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

$100,000

  1.  

CO (Denver)

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

$100,000

  1.  

DC (Washington)

Quality Trust

$99,676

  1.  

FL (Weston)

Living Inclusively For Everyone, Inc.

$100,000

  1.  

GA (Atlanta)

Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities

$100,000

  1.  

HI (Honolulu)

Community Services, Labor & Industrial Relations

$100,000

  1.  

ID (Moscow)

University of Idaho

$100,000

  1.  

KY (Louisville)

Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services

$100,000

  1.  

MA(Boston)

Department of Mental Retardation

$100,000

  1.  

MD (Baltimore)

Governor’s Office for Children, Youth, and Families

$91,431

  1.  

MI (Detroit)

Wayne State University

$100,000

  1.  

MN (St. Paul)

Department of Administration, DD Council

$100,000

  1.  

MO (Kansas City)

University of Missouri, Kansas City

$100,000

  1.  

MP (Saipan)

Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council

$100,000

  1.  

NC (Chapel Hill)

University of NC at Chapel Hill, FS Network

$99,997

  1.  

NH (Peterborough)

Family Center of Greater Peterborough

$100,000

  1.  

NM (Albuquerque)

University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center

$100,000

  1.  

NV (Sparks)

Family Ties of Nevada, Inc.

$100,000

  1.  

OK(Oklahoma City)

University of OK Health Sciences Center, UCEDD

$100,000

  1.  

OR (Tualatin)

Human Services Research Institute

$99,987

  1.  

PR (San Juan)

University of Puerto Rico

$100,000

  1.  

RI (Providence)

Rhode Island College, UCEDD

$100,000

  1.  

SD (Pierre Hughes)

Department of Human Services, Division of DD

$100,000

  1.  

UT (Logan)

Utah State U., Center for Persons with Disabilities

$100,000

  1.  

VA (Richmond)

Virginia Commonwealth University

$100,000

  1.  

VI (St. Thomas)

University of the Virgin Islands, UCEDD

$100,000

  1.  

VT(Waterbury)

State Agency of Human Services

$100,000

  1.  

WA(Olympia)

Community Trade & Economic Development, DDC

$100,000

  1.  

WI (Madison)

Department of Health and Family Services

$100,000

  1.  

WY(Laramie)

University of Wyoming, Institute on Disabilities

$100,000

###

Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at www.hhs.gov/news

Back to Top


The page was last updated: October 22, 2003