Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)
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Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) offers funding to improve the quality of care for children and youth with autism and other developmental disabilities (DD) by training health and related professionals to screen, diagnose, and provide services for them across the lifespan. Meeting the needs of rural populations is part of the program strategies.
Program objectives:
- Train graduate and postgraduate students, family
members, individuals with disabilities, and practicing
professionals
- Deliver training that includes a balance of academic, clinical, leadership, and community-based learning opportunities and frame the training in an interdisciplinary and person-/family-centered manner
- Increase the number of current and future providers trained to screen, evaluate, diagnose or rule out, and develop and provide evidence-based interventions to the target population across their lifespan
- Engage trainees at varying levels of intensity through long-, medium-, and short-term training opportunities
- Engage cohorts of trainees that satisfy other legislatively mandated requirements
- Increase the number of diagnostic evaluations provided by LEND faculty and trainees
- Include individuals with lived experience, including family members and individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, as faculty and trainees
- Provide continuing education opportunities for practicing professionals
- Provide technical assistance to local, state, and national programs and agencies to improve the system of care for people with disabilities
There are 2 optional supplements.
- LEND Pediatric Audiology Trainee supplement: To support the expansion of the pediatric audiology workforce with expertise in delivering care to deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) infants and young children with autism/DD and their families
- LEND Emerging Issues supplement: To enhance the LEND training program's capacity to respond to emerging needs in the field of autism/DD and to support innovative training practices
Types of eligible applicants:
- State, territory, county, city, township, and special district governments
- Public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments
- Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofit organizations with and without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS
- Faith-based organizations
Award range: $460,000-$734,000 per year
based on the number of trainees, disciplines, and
faculty
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 60
Estimated total program funding:
$38,300,000
The LEND Pediatric Audiology Trainee supplement is up to $150,000 per year for 5 years.
The LEND Emerging Issues supplement is up to $50,000 for one of the program years to address an emerging issue.
Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.
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Organizations (3)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, view details
- Health Resources and Services Administration, view details
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau, view details
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