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Special Edition Austin, Texas June 24, 1985
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Joellen Simmons, Executive Director of the Texas Developmental Disabilities Program, has announced the availability of funds for
grant projects to be awarded through the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, on behalf of the Texas Planning Council for Develop-
mental Disabilities, for fiscal year 1986. The goal of the grant program is to improve the statewide system of services for Texans
with developmental disabilities.
PRIORITY SERVICE AREAS
Notices of grant awards for projects will be announced in January 1986 for budget periods to begin March 1, 1986. Funded projects
will address the areas of Alternative Community Living Arrangement Services and Planning for Employment-Related Activities. All
projects are highly competitive and focused to impact the service delivery system.
* Alternative Community Living Arrangement Services assist persons with developmental disabilities in maintaining independent
living in the community, including necessary support services. Six new grants will be awarded in this area.
" Federal legislation requires the Developmental Disabilities Council to initiate employment-related activities beginning in fiscal
year 1987. Employment-related activities will include a variety of services that will increase the independence, productivity or
integration of persons with developmental disabilities into work settings. One planning grant will be available in this area.
PROJECT ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED
Alternative Community Living Arrangement Services
1. Training for parents/family members and providers involved in providing services to persons with developmental disabili-
ties - A training project to produce a resource manual and provide training for families and providers of clients in need
of or currently receiving services from the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and/or the public
education system.
2. Incentive program for providers participating in the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation's
(TDMHMR) model placements for persons with severe and multiple disabling conditions - One service provider will be
awarded grant funds for a pilot project to supplement TDMHMR funds for community services for persons with severe
and multiple disabling conditions.
3. Curriculum development for students in special education with severe developmental disabilities - To produce, pilot test,
evaluate, and disseminate a comprehensive educational curriculum for students, ages 0 - 22, in special education.
4. Regional rehabilitation technology services for persons with developmental disabilities - A demonstration project to
enhance the independent functioning of individuals with developmental disabilities by providing coordinated services
and information about currently available technology and resources.
5. Independent evaluation of the development of the Texas community services system - An impact, process and cost-
effectiveness evaluation of community services received by clients in the Texas mental retardation system who are
entering community-based residential and nonresidential programs.
6. Training and services on behalf of adult offenders and probationers with developmental disabilities - A project to train
providers and to replicate, expand, and evaluate services to adult offenders and probationers with developmental disabili-
ties in Texas.
Planning for employment-related activities:
Employment-related activities planning study - To produce a plan to incorporate the new developmental disabilities man-
date of "employment-related activities" into the system of prevocational, vocational and employment services programs in
Texas, and to regionally coordinate a system of services which enhance transitional services needed for employment of
persons with developmental disabilities.
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