Presented by: Mark Bogosian Director, Quality of Life Grants Program

1. Applying for a 2019Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grant:High Impact Innovative Assistive Technology(HIAAT) Presented by: Mark Bogosian Director, Quality of Life Grants Program Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

2. Webinar Overview • Who Can Apply for the HIIAT Grants? • Introduction to the Reeve Foundation • National Paralysis Resource Center • Quality of Life Grants Program • HIIAT grants • Program history • Program description and types of projects funded • Allowable Expenses • Unallowable Expenses • Accessing the Online Grants Portal • Application Process • Award Notification and Grantee Requirements

3. Who Can Apply for the HIIAT Grants? Eligible applicants are restricted to: • State and territory AT programs funded through the State Assistive Technology Act, including • Implementing agencies and agencies subcontracted for Assistive Technology (Section 4) activities.

4. Introduction The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is paralysis-focused, and as such, our grant funding must be targeted to projects that will serve individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers. The Reeve Foundation uses a functional definition of paralysis: difficulty and/or inability to use arms and/or legs due to neurological conditions including (but not limited to) spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, ALS, post-polio syndrome, etc.

5. Quality of Life Grants Program The Quality of Life Grants Program, created by the late Dana Reeve, has awarded since its inception in 1997 a total of over $26 million to over 3,000 projects across the USA. Quality of Life grants are currently funded through the Reeve Foundation’s cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL) (Cooperative Agreement Number 90PRRC0002-02-00).

6. National Paralysis Resource Center With partnership from the Administration for Community Living, the PRC provides much-needed information, programs, emotional support and individualized assistance to Americans living with paralysis, along with their caregivers, families and medical professionals.

7. National Paralysis Resource Center InformationSpecialists 100,000+families have received one-on-one assistance in 170 language Quality of Life Grants $26 million+ awarded to over 3,000non-profitprograms in all 50 states Reeve Connect 6700+users on the private forum where individuals ask questions and share Paralysis ResourceGuide 200,000copiesdistributed of the Reeve Foundation’s 1stcall made when loved one is diagnosed with paralysis Virtual Community 3M+ users visit ChristopherReeve.org annually and social media channels Health-RelatedMaterials 5,000+ publications on how to live a healthy and independent life Military and Veterans Program Supports the unique needs of service men and women regardless of when they served or how they were injured Peer & Family Support Program 11,000+ people have received support from 380+ certified peer mentors who are also living with paralysis HHS-2018-ACL-AOD-PRRC-0287

8. Free Materials & Resources Books Wallet Cards Fact Sheets Publications

9. Please Read • Grant Application and Program Guidelines • Quick Guide to Establishing Evaluation Indicators • People First Language Guide

10. HIAAT Program History Launched in 2015 in partnership with ACL, the National Paralysis Resource Center’s HIIAT grant program is a competitive grant program that awards a small number of one-year grants of up to $75,000. 19 Grants; $1,384,788 • Arizona • California • Delaware • Florida • Hawaii • Illinois • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maryland • Massachusetts • Montana • New Hampshire • North Carolina • North Dakota • Pennsylvania • South Carolina • Utah • Virginia

11. HIAAT Program Overview • Grant funds will help state programs expand their reach in the field of assistive technology through new innovations that will impact people living with paralysis in their homes and communities. • Awarded grant funds support innovative programs or services that: • Target a specific, well-defined underserved population within the broader disability community in their state or territory; • Through assistive technology devices or services, increase access to services, increase the independence or inclusion of people within the underserved population within their communities; and • When complete, will have a demonstrable, direct impact on people affected by the project.

12. HIAAT Program Overview • Intended to support projects that will have a significant positive effect on quality of life for individuals with paralysis and their families, using a new idea, method, or device, or doing something in a new way. • Designed to encourage and foster collaboration among existing agencies, nonprofits and networks that serve individuals with paralysis and their families and caregivers to enhance services and better meet their needs.

13. What’s NEW: HIIAT 2019 • Previously funded organizations ARE NOW ELIGIBLE to apply, however; • Past grantees must submit proposals for new and innovative projects and not replications of previously awarded projects. • Past grantees must be in good standing with the Reeve Foundation (defined as having successfully closed out their past grant award, including a timely submitted final report indicating program accomplishments and fully expended grant funds as related to the awarded grant budget). • New application cycle opens JULY 15. • Full two-month application period. Applications are due SEPTEMBER 16.

14. Allowable Costs • Equipment • Training • Personnel costs • Facility rental • Outreach • Travel • Airfare $500 • Train $275 • Hotel $225 per night • Mileage .58 per mile

15. Unallowable Costs • Grant funds cannot be used for: • Grants awarded directly to individuals • Food (meals, per diem, board, lunch, beverages, alcohol, etc.) • Construction • Projects that cannot be completed within 12 months of receipt of the grant award • Projects that have already been completed • Projects that utilize contractors or vendors outside of the United States and its territories • The development of prototypes for invention of equipment or other research and developmental activities involving intellectual property rights • Lobbying and/or efforts to influence legislation

16. 2019 HIAAT Timeline • Online application opens: July 15 • Application Technical Assistance Webinar: July 22 • Deadline for Technical Assistance Questions: July 26 • Application Submission Deadline: September 16 • Application Review: September 17 through October 15 • Decision Announcements: Beginning of November • One-year Grant Period: December 1, 2019 – November 30, 2020

17. Accessing the Online Grants Portal Reeve Foundation online grants portal (https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=christopherreeve) QOL@ChristopherReeve.org administrator@grantinterface.com

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30. Award Notification • Notification and Awarding of Funds • All applicants will be notified by email. Upon notice of award, grantees must indicate intent to accept the grant, and sign and return a grant award agreement. Grant checks are issued upon receipt of the signed grant award agreement. • Acknowledgement of Grant • Reeve Foundation Quality of Life grantees are welcomed as part of the Reeve Foundation community. We will provide tools to help you spread the word about your Reeve Foundation Quality of Life granted project, including a guide to publicizing the award and a press release template. In addition, we encourage you to utilize all of the free resources provided by the Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center (PRC), and to link to the PRC as a resource on your website. We regularly feature Quality of Life grantees in social media, on the website, and in newsletters and other publications, so we may call on you to provide stories and photographs that we can share with our community.

31. Grantee Requirements • Reports • Grant recipients must submit two (2) progress reports to the Reeve Foundation. A 6-month interim report will let us know that the project is proceeding as planned or not, and if not, what we may be able to do to help get it back on track. A final report due one month after the close of the grant period to detail the project’s progress, challenges, how challenges were addressed, the project’s impact, and grant expenditures. • Site Visits • Site visits to Quality of Life grantees by members of Reeve Foundation staff, Board of Directors and/or volunteers are arranged whenever possible to learn more about your program, assess progress, assist with challenges, and participate in press-related activities. • Evaluation • As part of the final report at the conclusion of the grant period, grantees are required to complete a short evaluation survey conducted by Vanderbilt University to enable you to offer candid feedback about the overall grant experience.

32. In adherence with our federal cooperative agreement we are unable to comment on denied applications or provide programmatic directionto organizations applying for Quality of Life grants, as giving feedback/direction would be providing unfair advantage over other applicants.

33. Thank you! We look forward to your submissions. Mark Bogosian, Director, Quality of Life Grants Program Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center QoL@ChristopherReeve.org