MISSISSIPPI COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

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• MISSISSIPPI COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL
  DISABILITIES
• (MS CDD) GRANT WORKSHOP
• One Stop University
• Room 116
• Canton, MS
• Tuesday, June 2, 2009
• (1000-1200)
• AGENDA
• I. WELCOMES, INTRODUCTIONS, ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
• II. OVERVIEW OF DAY HOUSE KEEPING ITEMS
• III. MS CDD GRANT PACKET INFORMATION
• GUIDELINES, TIMELINES, CONTACTS
• QUESTIONS ANSWERS

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REVIEW OF MS CDD GRANT PACKET INFORMATION

• GENERAL INFORMATION
• DD ACT of 2000
• AREAS OF EMPHASIS
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• GRANT FORMAT
• BUDGET SHEETS ASSURANCES
• GUIDELINES, TIMELINES, CONTACTS

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MS CDD OFFICE1101 Robert E Lee Building - 239
North Lamar Street Jackson, MS 39201Office
Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
MS CDD funded services promote community
inclusion for people with developmental
disabilities and their families. CDD funded
services may include one-time projects, special
events, support for training activities and
special focus investments.
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The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and
Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) 2000

• The DD Act of 2000 creates State Councils and the
  purpose of State Councils is to engage in
  advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change
  activities that are consistent with the purpose
  of the DD Act and contribute to a coordinated,
  consumer and family-centered , consumer and
  family-directed, comprehensive system of
  community services, individualized supports and
  other forms of assistance that enable individuals
  with developmental disabilities to exercise
  self-determination, be independent, be productive
  and be integrated and included in all facets of
  community life.

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STATE COUNCILS

• State Councils are national , member-driven
  organizations consisting of 55 State and
  Territorial Councils.
• Council Members are appointed by State Governors
  and serve in a volunteer capacity. More than
  60 of each Council is representative of an
  individual with a disability or a family member.
• The Council Focus is on advocacy and positive
  system change on behalf of and in collaboration
  with individuals with disabilities and their
  families.
• Councils are purpose driven and funded by the DD
  Act and through the Administration on
  Developmental Disabilities (ADD).

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DD ACT AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE

• The DD Act of 2000 promotes goals for change.
  Goals as specified in the DD Act 2000 include
  self-determination, inclusion, and integration
  for individuals with disabilities. Each Council
  develops a State Plan and identifies five year
  goals for their individual state. Council goals
  and objectives are aligned with the DD Act and
  the Administration on Developmental Disabilities
  Areas of Emphasis. Council State plans are
  implemented through activities that may include
  outreach, training, interagency
  collaboration/coordination, system redesign and
  information dissemination. All Council funded
  activities must also be consistent with the DD
  Act.
• http//www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/ddact/DDAct2.h
  tml

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• AREAS OF EMPHASIS
• CDD Investments must
• Support
• one of the following
• nine
• Administration
• on
• Developmental Disabilities
• (ADD)
• Areas of Emphasis
• Indicates the three Areas of Emphasis
  prioritized in the MS CDD
• State Plan as identified by Mississippis
  citizens with disabilities.

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• 1. Employment-People get and keep employment
  consistent with their interests, abilities, and
  needs.
• Definition The terms supported employment
  , community employment, and customized
  employment are all applicable. (Initiatives that
  support community inclusion through employment in
  the community).
• 1/3 top priorities identified by people with
• disabilities in MS.

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• 2. Transportation-People have transportation
  services for work, school, medical, and personal
  needs.
• Definition Advocacy, capacity building, and
  systemic change activities that result in
  individuals with developmental disabilities
  having access to and use of transportation.
• 2/3 top priorities identified by people with
• disabilities in MS.

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• 3. Housing-Adults choose where and with whom they
  live.
• Definition Advocacy, capacity building, and
  systemic change activities that result in
  individuals with developmental disabilities
  having access to and use of housing and housing
  supports and services in their communities,
  including assistance related to renting, owning,
  or modifying an apartment or home. (Initiatives
  that support people living in the community).
• 3/3 top priorities identified by people with
• disabilities in MS.

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• 4. Quality Assurances-People have the
  information, skills, opportunities, and supports
  to live free of abuse, neglect, financial and
  sexual exploitation, and violations of their
  human and legal rights.
• Definition (A). Advocacy, capacity
  building, and systemic change activities that
  result in improved consumer and family centered
  quality assurance and that result in systems of
  quality assurance and consumer protection.

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(B). Includes training in leadership,
self-advocacy, and self-determination for
individuals with disabilities, their families,
and their guardians. (C). Includes activities
related to interagency coordination and systems
integration that result in improved and enhanced
services, supports, and other assistance that
contribute to and protect the self-determination,
independence, productivity, and integration and
inclusion in all facets of community life, of
individuals with developmental disabilities.
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• 5.Formal and Informal Community
  Supports-Individuals have access to other
  services available or offered in a community,
  including formal and informal community supports
  that affect quality of life.
• Definition (A). Inclusion used with respect to
  individuals with developmental disabilities,
  means the acceptance and encouragement of
  presence and participation in all aspects of
  community activities resources that enables
  friendships, relationships, choice, access,
  integration, and enjoyment.

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• (B). Individualized supports that enable an
  individual with a developmental disability to
  exercise self-determination, be independent, be
  productive, and be integrated and included in all
  facets of community life.
• (C). Enables individuals with a developmental
  disability to control ones environment,
  permitting the most independent life possible,
  preventing placement into a more restrictive
  environment than is necessary and enabling
  individuals to live, learn, work, and enjoy life
  in the community.

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• (D). All other initiatives that have creative
  strategies to promote a general awareness to
  enable individuals with developmental
  disabilities to become an active participating
  member of their community and to make a
  contribution to their community.

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• 6. Education and Early Intervention-Students
  reach their educational potential and infants
  and young children reach their developmental
  potential.
• Definition (A). Advocacy, capacity building, and
  systemic change activities that result in
  individuals with developmental disabilities being
  able to access appropriate supports and
  modifications when necessary to maximize their
  educational potential, to benefit from lifelong
  educational activities, and to be integrated and
  included in all facets of student life.

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• (B). The term early intervention activities means
  advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change
  activities provided to individuals and their
  families to enhance- the development of the
  individuals to maximize their potential and the
  capacity of families to meet the special needs of
  the individuals.
• (C). Supporting educational and transition
  opportunities for persons with developmental
  disabilities and their families in the community.

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• 7. Recreation-People benefit from inclusive
  recreational, leisure, and social activities
  consistent with their interests and abilities.
• Definition (A). Advocacy, capacity building, and
  systemic change activities that result in
  individuals with developmental disabilities
  having access to and use of recreational,
  leisure, and social activities in their
  communities.

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• 8. Child Care-Children and families benefit from
  a range of inclusive, flexible child care
• options.
• Definition Advocacy, capacity building, and
  systemic change activities that result in
  families of children with developmental
  disabilities having access to and use of child
  care services, including before, after, and out
  of school services, in their communities.

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• 9. Health-People are healthy and benefit from the
  full range of needed health services.
• Definition Advocacy, capacity building, and
  systemic change activities that result in
  individuals with developmental disabilities
  having access to and use of coordinated health,
  dental, mental health, and other human and social
  services, including prevention activities, in
  their communities.

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• CROSS CUTTING-Is no longer one of the 9 Areas of
  Emphasis. Cross Cutting can be applied to any or
  all of the 9 Areas of Emphasis, where
• 1. Number of Public Policy Makers are educated
  about Council Initiatives.
• Number of different products are distributed to
  policymakers about issues related to Council
  Initiatives.
• 3. Members of the general public estimated to
  have been reached by Council public education.

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ELIGIBILITY Applicants will be accepted from
public and private non-profit agencies and
organizations operating within the State of
Mississippi. Applicants must be registered as a
non-profit entity as evident by possession of a
charter from the office of the Mississippi
Secretary of State.
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• SELECTION CRITERIA
• Initiatives/proposals are selected through the
  membership of the Mississippi Council on
  Developmental Disabilities. Funding priorities
  are established through state wide needs
  assessment activities, conducted by the CDD, and
  then are projected in the MS CDD State Plan.
  Therefore, considerations for funding include
• Investments which support concepts of inclusion
  and integration.
• 2. Only programs and projects which use an
  outcome framework to identify, measure and
  report results will be invested in by the
  Council.
• Projects worthy of replication.
• Services that have a potential for continuing
  after the CDD investment has ended.

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• GRANT FORMAT
• Applications must be type written, double spaced
  on 8 ½ inch by 11 inch paper in accordance with
  the format in the attached instructions.
• Applications not following the required format
  will not be considered for funding.
• C. Applications must not exceed 25 pages for new
  initiatives, and 30 pages for continuation
  initiatives.
• D. Grant Submissions/Funding Proposals should be
  emailed to the Council Office
• (edie.hayles_at_dmh.state.ms.us and include
  electronic signatures.
• E. An email verifying (Grant Submission received)
  will be sent to each applicant.
• F. Matching ratios are 75-25 for all projects
  except those operating in poverty areas.
• In these areas the matching ratio is 90-10. A
  geographic location within Mississippi
• being justified as a poverty area is the
  responsibility of the grant applicant.
• F. Applications not funded will not be returned.

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Nothing in the request for submission of and/or
acknowledged receipt of any application shall be
considered as a guarantee of and/or an
implication of a guarantee of funding. The MS
CDD reserves the right to reject any and all
proposals submitted under this announcement.
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Format or Narrative for Mississippi Council on
Developmental Disabilities New Initiatives/Proposa
ls The following format must be followed


(I).
A. DDP-01 This form must be completed with the
pertinent
information as requested. (Please add email
address Phone for both, contact person
Authorized Official). (I). A. Rated Points 2


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(II). Justification of Need for
Service(II). A. Service Mission Identify your
service mission as applicable to the CDD Area of
Emphasis. (1 Area Only)
(II). A. Rated
Points 2
(II). B. Service Need Tell why this service
is needed including any surveys, studies, or
other data which supports or justifies the need.
(II). B. Rated Points 10

(II). C. Similar/Duplicate Service (s)
Identify existing or similar services/projects in
the area or state with emphasis on how your
service will not duplicate others and how you
will provide coordination with others.
(II). C. Rated Points 5




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• (III). Replication and Continuation of
  Project/Service (s)
  
• (III). A. Proposal Replication
• Describe the proposal replication value
• of your service or project, if applicable, and/or
  how will others be able to gain from the
• CDD investment?
  
• (III). A. Rated Points 17
• (III). B. Potential for Continued Funding
• Describe the potential for continued funding
• following the CDD investment.
• (III). B. Rated Points 6
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(IV). Characteristic of the Project/Service
(IV). A. Target Group/Population Describe
the target group or population(s) to be served,
including location (city/county/statewide).
(IV). A. Rated Points 3 (IV). B. Specific
Outcomes Identify and describe very specific
outcomes you will accomplish within your Area of
Emphasis. Please refer to the form called
Developmental Disabilities Council Annual Program
Performance Report (Performance Target
Numbers).(IV). B. Rated Points 20(IV). C.
Data Collection/Performance Outcome Describe
your data collection and outcome performance
reporting system (quarterly and annually) to the
Council. (IV). C. Rated Points 5

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(V). Service/Project Organization and
Staffing (V). A. Timelines Specify Timelines
by a timeline flow chart indicating start- up and
implementation of all project activities. List
activities for each quarter during the year of
funding. (Activities are used to meet specific
grant outcomes you will accomplish within your
Area of Emphasis). (V). A. Rated Points
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(V). B. Organizational
Structure Describe the organizational structure
and include the administrative aspect of the
service and provide an organizational chart of
your program/agency. (V). B. Rated Points
2 (V). C. Job Descriptions (If applicable)
Include a job description for all jobs in the
service. Describe job titles, duties, and
responsibilities, also qualifications needed,
percentage of time devoted to the program, and
the line of supervision.
(V). C. Rated
Points 5 (V). D. Staff Vitae/Resume
Provide Staff Vitae/Resume for each person
anticipated to be paid by these funds or used as
match for said funds. Each attached
vitae/resume should detail the individuals
education, training, and experience that is
relevant to the job classification. (V).
D. Rated Points 3

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(VI). MS Department of Mental Health
Documentation Forms (VI). A. Budget
Complete all Budget Forms applicable and include
a detailed budget justification for each line
item and a narrative budget summary. If listing
grant personnel on the DMH-100-2 Form, Fringe is
_at_ 28. Any salaries over 40,000 use Actual
Fringe. Any request for equipment must be
described in detail and the cost listed. (VI).
A. Rated Points 7

(VI). B. Bonding
Include a copy of the current surety
(honesty/dishonesty) for all employees
responsible for funds. This must be included
with the application. (VI). B. Rated
Points 2
Assurances The 7 pages of Assurance
Forms are no longer required for the Grant
Applications.
Total Possible Points New Grants 100
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Format or Narrative forMississippi Council on
Developmental DisabilitiesContinuation
Initiatives

• The previous format and rating scale is to be
  followed with Continuation Initiatives except for
  the following addition
• (I). B. Justification for Continuation of
  Service
• Describe your accomplished outcomes from the
  previous year (October 1-September 30) as
  identified in your grant. This section should
  be at least one paragraph and no more than one
  page. The Justification for Continuation of
  Service section should follow the DDP-01 Sheet
  and come before the Justification of Need for
  Service section. Please label as Section (I).
  B. Also, indicate in Document Heading
  Continuation Initiative.
• (I). B. Rated Points 50

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GUIDELINES , TIMELINES, CONTACTS

• Guidelines- The MS CDD mission is to make life
  better for people with disabilities and their
  families. Creative ideas with a high potential
  for replication value especially state wide are
  always given consideration. We are about
  advocacy, systems change and outcomes.
• Timelines - Grants are due in email format to the
  Council office on Tuesday, June the 30th, 2009 by
  500 p.m. For other timelines on the Grant
  selection process, please visit the MS CDD
  Website, http//www.cdd.ms.gov/
• Contacts -Edie Hayles, MS CDD Executive Director,
  (601-359-6242) edie.hayles_at_dmh.state.ms.us or
  Debbie Jordan MS CDD Administrative Assisstant
  (601-359-6238) debbie.jordan_at_dmh.state.ms.us Or
• Kenneth Leggett, DMH Grants/Auditing Director
  (601-359-6231) kenneth.leggett_at_dmh.state.ms.us