Grant for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced a grant opportunity this week for improving the health of people with intellectual disabilities.   According to the website it states that

" The purpose of this program is to fund activities for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) that identify comorbid conditions and poor health behaviors and to increase healthy behaviors, and improve and increase access to appropriate health services. The primary goal is to address overall health by enhancing and increasing access to health services for people with ID and increasing their healthy behavior choices".

The grant application is due May 21, 2012.  The award ceiling is $3500.

You can get more information at the Grants.gov website.