AUCD-NCBDDD Cooperative Agreement
In the fall of 2002, AUCD entered into a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) to strengthen the nation's capacity to carry out public health activities in the areas of birth defects, developmental disabilities, and health promotion for people living with disabilities.
Follow the links in this section to learn more about the AUCD-NCBDDD partnership, cooperative agreement developments, Research Topic of Interest (RTOI) opportunities, application procedures, upcoming training opportunities, and more.
State Disability and Health Grantees
An initiative within the AUCD-NCBDDD Cooperative Agreement to provide technical assistance to sixteen State Implementation Projects, which were awarded by NCBDDD for Preventing Secondary Conditions and Promoting the Health of People with Disabilities (State Disability and Health Grantees). Grantees are located at State Departments of Public Health, UCEDDs, or other university settings. Some of the sites have received funding from previous cycles of this program while others are newly funded. Funded states include Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Act Early Regional Summit Project
Since 2007 AUCD has partnered with The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to implement the "Act Early" Regional Summit Project supported by the Learn the Signs. Act Early Campaign and the implementation of the Combating Autism Act.
A Research Topic of Interest (RTOI) is a specific research topic that is of interest to the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). RTOIs indicate that NCBDDD has a high degree of interest in funding projects addressing this subject matter, but not all approved projects are necessarily funded. RTOI projects funded by NCBDDD since 2003 are archived on the site.
Collaborative Researcher Awards
The purpose of the AUCD-NCBDDD Collaborative Researcher Awards (CRA) is to assist faculty, staff, and advanced students at AUCD member programs in conducting public health and disability research and to help NCBDDD accomplish the research objectives they identify for their different programs. Ultimately, this proposed effort will help to build the capacity of AUCD member programs to conduct public health and disability research.
Intellectual Disability Surveillance Efforts
CDC/NCBDDD, with assistance from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, convened a meeting in September 2009 to consider the feasibility of conducting population surveillance of the health status of adults with ID. From this meeting, key questions for pursuing an action plan emerged. Subsequent efforts to identify they relative health status of adults with intellectual disability, the major health risks they face, how these risk vary for different subgroups of the population, and how access and quality of health care relate to health outcomes for this population have been undertaken.
AUCD-NCBDDD Fellowship Opportunities
AUCD offers several fellowship opportunities on-site at the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each year. They provide an opportunity for graduate, post-doctoral, and mid-career professionals enrolled or employed at AUCD member programs to further their professional development through direct training at NCBDDD. All fellowhips are currently filled. Please check back for future opporutnities.
Friends of NCBDDD
The Friends of NCBDDD (formerly the External Partners Group, EPG) is a coalition of government and private sector participants who work together to enhance the mission and activities of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) in promoting child development; preventing birth defects and developmental disorders/disabilities; and enhancing the quality of life and preventing secondary conditions among people who are living with mental or physical disabilities, or a combination thereof.
