Availability of Program Application Instructions for the Protection and Advocacy Systems Network To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Access for People With Disabilities

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living Title: Expanding Disabilities Network's (Protection and Advocacy Systems) Access to COVID-19 Vaccines. Announcement Type: Initial. Statutory Authority: Subtitle C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act). Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.630. DATES: The deadline date for the submission of the Expanding Disabilities Network's (Protection and Advocacy Systems) Access to COVID-19 Vaccines is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time April 23, 2021. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Funding Opportunity Description The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announced a new funding opportunity to increase vaccine access for people with disabilities. With funding and partnership support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ACL is providing grants to disability networks to provide critical services to help communities combat COVID-19. A leading priority of this joint effort is to ensure vaccines are equally accessible to the disability population. Approximately 61 million adults living with in the US have a disability, representing approximately 26 percent of the adult population. People with disabilities may have an increased risk for contracting COVID-19 based on where they live or the services they receive. Some people with disabilities live in group settings, which places them at higher risk for acquiring COVID-19 in comparison to peop…