Community Champions for Disability Health Challenge

About this archived opportunity

Overview This is a US-based competition open to non-academic 501(c)3 organizations. Please read the complete eligibility requirements here.This challenge calls upon community groups with experience serving people with disabilities to lead the way in proposing solutions that can reduce health disparities. Community organizations are essential to developing and disseminating interventions that are both effective and sustainable in reducing health disparities for disabled people. This competition is about taking actionable steps to promote health equity for all. The National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and partners are leveraging this prize competition to support community-led solutions. In Phase 1, community groups submit innovative proposals to reduce health disparities experienced by disabled people by improving, expanding, diversifying, or amplifying their current programs and offerings. Participating organizations must describe how people with disabilities will be a part of their proposed solutions. Up to 8 organizations will be awarded $25,000 each and advance to Phase 2. In Phase 2, organizations will have 52 weeks to implement their plan/proposal. During this time, subject matter experts from NIH and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at the Administration for Community Living (ACL) will also provide technical assistance in the form of educational webinars and matchmaking events. There will be an opportunity to submit an interim progress report at the halfway point and compete for an additional $7,500 prize each. At the conclusion of Phase 2, organizations should demonstrate how they have enhanced the services and output of their organization. Up to three (3) grand prize winners will be awarded $75,000 each. Guidelines Challenge Guidelines Over 70 million peo

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