Highlights, Volume 2, Number 1, April 1984 Page: Front Cover
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TEXAS STATE DOCUMENTS
COLLECTIONfo HIGHLIGHTS
Vol. 2, No. 1 Austin, Texas April 1984
final decision in April
DD Program receives 80 grant proposalsA total of 80 applicants are seek-
ing new grants from the Texas Plan-
ning Council for Developmental
Disabilities as program officials
prepare to award 1984 funds.
The 80 proposals, which were
submitted by the January 13 dead-
line, compare to 63 turned in last
year. More proposals from pro-
grams seeking continuing grants
were received last month.
People applying for new grants
were required to fill out four-page
proposals that briefly outlined goals
and objectives of their proposed
grant programs.
The proposals for new grants
were reviewed in February by inde-
pendent, knowledgeable volunteers
who made recommendations on
grant awards to the Council execu-
tive director. Those proposals
receiving recommendations were
invited to submit work plans which
were due March 15.
The final decision on grant
awards is scheduled to be made by
Vernon M. Arrell, commissioner of
the Texas Rehabilitation Commis-
sion, during the first part of April.
A conference for all grantees will
be held in May to give them an
orientation on policies and proce-
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Autism Task Force .......... . p. 7
Chafee amendment .......... .p. 4
DD annual allocation ........ p. 8
Epilepsy grants ............ p. 6
New Council member ........ .p. 2
New staff members .......... .p. 3
Orientation show . ........ .. p. 7
Rehabilitation Act . ... .... .. p. 7
Respite care ................. p. 6
Statewide forums ........... . p. Sdures they must follow in using
Developmental Disabilities funds.
The Developmental Disabilities
Program will award funds this year
in two priority areas which include
alternative community living ar-
rangement services and nonvoca-
tional social development services.
Of the 80 pre-applications sub-
mitted, 40 were in the area of non-
vocational social development, 38
in the area of alternative commu-
nity living and two in both cate-
gories.
This is the first year the program
is awarding funds in the area ofnonvocational social development,
which are services that assist per-
sons with developmental disabili-
ties in performing daily living and
work activities. During a June 1983
Council meeting, Council members
decided to change funding priorities
from child development to nonvo-
cational social development. They
agreed to maintain their second
priority area of funding, alternative
community living services, which
are services that assist persons with
developmental disabilities in main-
taining suitable residential arrange-
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Judy Wingard-Westbrook, member of the Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities,
shares a joke with her husband at a recent meeting of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities.
Wingard-Westbrook has been named the recipient of the Administration on Developmental Disa-
bilities' Texas Volunteer Recognition Award
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