Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
In partnership with the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL), the goal of the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC: Rural) is to implement a Rural Community Living Development (RCLD) mentoring program that facilitates the adoption of NIDILRR-funded products to address the needs of people with disabilities in unserved and underserved rural communities. The objectives are: (1) Train CIL staff to use RCLD processes with community stakeholders to identify community assets and areas of improvement for people with disabilities; (2) Implement RCLD processes with CIL staff and identify contextually appropriate NIDILRR-funded products for rural application (e.g. RTC:Rural products); (3) Collaborate with APRIL across all phases of the project to develop mentoring as a strategy for sustainable knowledge translation; (4) Evaluate the RCLD process using participatory evaluation strategies (e.g. Photovoice) to understand how successfully adopted products in rural places are used by communities; (5) Disseminate a variety of products and strategies, including rural appropriate NIDILRR-funded products, RCLD and peer mentoring program strategies, the RCLD training model, products for supporting stakeholders’ communication of their needs and impacts. Anticipated outcomes include: (1) increased rural stakeholder adoption of NIDILRR-funded findings and products; (2) increased CIL capacity to reach consumers in their underserved and unserved rural areas; (3) increased awareness of rural disability needs in NIDILRR research community (4) increased disability awareness and collaboration in RCLD communities; (5) adoption of RCLD mentoring program strategies. Expected products include: ready-to-use NIDILRR products, RCLD peer mentoring training model, peer reviewed publications, project reports, consumer and service-provider oriented materials, presentations.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
