Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center Cooperative Agreement

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative agreement held by the University of Massachusetts for the Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center cooperative agreement. The purpose of this project is to divert high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) away from guardianship to less restrictive decisional supports. The target audience for this information includes youth with I/DD, families and caregivers of high school students with I/DD, teachers, education administrators, advocates, vocational rehabilitation counselors, guidance counselors, and school district officials. The administrative supplement for FY 2024 will amount to $200,000, bringing the total award for FY 2024 to $500,000.

This is a factual description of what was issued or decided, not an assessment of it.