Connections for All grant for CTCs

Posted by on November 17, 2006

CTCNet’s new Connections for All (C4All) program offers a variety of opportunities for you to enhance your CTC’s capacity to serve people with a broad range of abilities.

The centerpiece of the C4All program is the Accessibility Grant. Following a competitive grant application process in early spring 2007, CTCNet will award 14 organizations with $20,000 Accessibility Grants. Funding can be used to address issues in the areas of assistive technology, staff training and development, community outreach, program enhancement, and facilities improvements. Also included is 30 hours of technical assistance from the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA).

The AccessNow Award is another way that C4All can help your CTC expand access. These $1000 awards allow CTCs to quickly implement simple and cost-effective measures to make programs more inviting and accessible to people with a broad range of abilities.

To be eligible for these funding opportunities, you must attend a C4All Accessibility Institute. Offered in 10 cities in 7 different states, these trainings are a valuable way to learn how to assess, plan for, and implement strategies to make your CTC more accessible, and they are an important step in preparing for the grant application process.

Visit <a href="http://www.ctcnet.org">http://www.ctcnet.org</a> for more information about funding eligibility, as well as Institute locations and schedule.

Stay connected,

The CTCNet Team