Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living and Participation Among People with Serious Mental Illness | HHS 2023 ACL NIDILRR RTCP 0023

Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2023 ACL NIDILRR RTCP 0023

The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living and Participation Among People with Serious Mental Illness is a discretionary federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). It sits within the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program and is focused on research and applied, practice-facing work that strengthens services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act. In practical terms, the project is meant to generate usable evidence and tools that improve how systems support people with disabilities, while also making that knowledge easier to access through training, technical assistance, and public dissemination.

The specific aim of this RRTC is to improve community living and participation outcomes for individuals with serious or severe mental illness (SMI). The center is expected to do more than conduct studies; it is also intended to function as a national resource hub. That means the funded organization would typically be responsible for producing rigorous research on what helps people with SMI live, participate, and thrive in their communities, and then translating those findings into guidance, training materials, and technical assistance that can be adopted by providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders. The work is explicitly designed to benefit multiple audiences, including people with disabilities themselves, family members and caregivers, rehabilitation and service providers, policymakers, and research stakeholders who rely on credible, real-world evidence.

NIDILRR planned to make a single award under this competition in FY 2023, so it is a one-center, national-scope effort rather than a multi-award program. The maximum annual budget (award ceiling) is listed as $875,000. The project period is 60 months total, structured as five consecutive 12-month budget periods, which signals an expectation of sustained work over time: building an agenda, conducting multi-year research activities, and continuously delivering training, technical assistance, and dissemination outputs rather than one-off products.

Eligibility is broad and includes most major organizational types that commonly lead federal research and technical assistance centers. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding universities where applicable); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. This wide eligibility reflects the program’s blend of research, implementation support, and national resource functions, which can be carried by universities, nonprofits, governmental entities, or other qualified organizations with the capacity to run a center.

Administratively, this opportunity is categorized under “Science and Technology and other Research and Development,” uses the “Grant” funding instrument type, and is associated with CFDA number 93.433. The opportunity was created on May 5, 2023, with an original closing date of July 4, 2023, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The funding opportunity number is HHS-2023-ACL-NIDILRR-RTCP-0023, and the title is “Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living and Participation Among People with Serious Mental Illness.”

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Living and Participation Among People with Serious Mental Illness" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.433.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 05, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 04, 2023 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $875,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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