CURRENT GRANT PROJECTS
Project Title: ABLE: Advocates Building Livable Environments
Grantee: Virginia Association of Centers for Independent Living (VACIL)
Web Address: www.vacil.org
Project Coordinator: Tom Vandever
Grant Period: 10/1/2013 – 9/30/2014
Grant Award: $171,409
Match: $82,330
Project Goal: To significantly increase the knowledge, skill and expertise of builders, building
inspectors/officials, engineers, architects and design professionals in the area of ADA
Accessibility Guidelines and Fair Housing laws. CIL advocates will implement an initiative to
focus on local builders in 134 jurisdictions of Virginia. At least 3 in-person training sessions will
be provided to 120 building professionals. A video training module will be produced and
available on 15 CIL websites.
Project Title: Employment for All Citizens of The Arc of Southside
Grantee: VCU Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (RRTC)
Web Address: www.research.vcu.edu/osp/
Project Coordinator: Pam Hinterlong
Grant Period: 10/1/2013 – 9/30/2015
Grant Award: $243,975
Match: $27,108
Project Goal: To convert the Hatcher Employment Program (a sheltered workshop)
administered by The Arc of Southside to a community, integrated employment program
focused on competitive employment outcomes. RRTC will develop and maintain a skilled Arc of
Southside staff and assist 30 people with disabilities with transition.
Project Title: Empowerment to Prevent Institutionalization
Grantee: Virginia Association of Centers for Independent Living (VACIL)
Web Address: www.vacil.org
Project Coordinator: Kim Lett
Grant Period: 10/1/2013 – 9/30/2015
Grant Award: $124,688
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Match: $45,597
Project Goal: To prevent the institutionalization of people with developmental and other
disabilities who experience medical interventions, behavioral stresses or changes in family
dynamics that can result in risk of placement of an institutional setting by CIL teams training
providers statewide. Training materials will be developed specific to each region; training teams
will include a CIL representative, a person with a disability or family member and a Medicaid
Waiver mentor. VACIL will conduct outreach to healthcare professionals to conduct 3
workshops in each of 10 regions, training 450. Providers will provide follow-up documentation
after training.
Project Title: Improving Oral health for Individuals with Development Disabilities
Grantee: Virginia Oral Health Coalition (VaOHC)
Web Address: www.vaoralhealth.org
Project Coordinator: Katherine Libby
Grant Period: 10/1/2013 – 3/31/2015
Grant Award: $89,143
Match: $41,161
Project Goal: To build statewide capacity and commitment for the provision of dental health
services to individuals with developmental disabilities. VaOHC will conduct three 2-day Regional
Dental Provider Trainings, with continuing education credits, in Chesapeake, Lynchburg and
Richmond. VaOHC will also work with the VCU School of Dentistry on a dental externship at
Northern Virginia Training Center.
Project Title: Leadership for Empowerment and Abuse Prevention
Grantee: VCU Partnership for People with Disabilities
Web Address: www.partnership.vcu.edu
Project Coordinator: Molly Dellinger-Wray
Grant Period: 10/1/2013 – 9/30/2015
Grant Award: $178,125
Match: $59,375
Project Goal: To teach people with developmental and other disabilities about healthy
relationships and how to better protect themselves from assault, abuse, neglect and violence.
PPD will develop curriculum to be piloted at a state training center and ultimately will train 250
PWD in central Virginia. Training will be delivered by training teams, using a train-the-trainer
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format; the 2-member training teams will include a PWD. 15-20 training sessions will take
place, each training small groups of 10-15 people with disabilities.
Project Title: Opportunities Abound: Early Planning for Your Future
Grantee: Valley Associates for Independent Living (VAIL)
Web Address: www.govail.org
Project Coordinator: Andrea King
Grant Period: 10/1/12–9/30/15
Grant Award: $40,000
Match: $23,000
Project Goal: VAIL will partner with Resources for Independent Living in Richmond will work
with school divisions in their respective regions to begin career exploration and transition
planning for students with disabilities as early as elementary and middle schools to design
Individualized Education Plan goals with the ultimate result of self-sufficiency, higher education
and employment. Training and evaluation will be provided to school personnel, parents and
students. The 30 student participants will be will be followed for a five year period.
Project Title: Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program
Grantee: Dept. for Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)
Web Address: www.dbhds.virginia.gov
Project Coordinator: Dawn Traver
Grant Period: 10/1/2013 – 12/31/2014
Grant Award: $52,066
Match: $17,335
Project Goal: To develop a peer-to-peer mentoring program which will facilitate the discharge
of individuals with intellectual or other developmental disability (ID/DD) from state training
centers into community life or those recently discharged from those facilities. Fifteen
individuals with disabilities will be trained as Peer Mentors and will work with 30 individuals
with disabilities participating in the program.
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