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Next Quarterly Council Meeting: January 16-17, 2025

Funding Opportunities

The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) makes funds available through grants to increase the capacity and resources of public and private nonprofit entities and others to develop a comprehensive community system that responds to the choices, capabilities and needs of persons with developmental disabilities (DD) and their families. The purpose of GCDD grants are to expand best practices and contribute to system-wide changes that support the rights of people with DD and their full inclusion as community members. Recipients of GCDD grants are expected to be ongoing partners bringing about change.

GCDD also offers limited funding to support conferences and for people with DD and families to attend conferences.

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Dottie Adams Scholarship Fund

The goal of this program is to support individuals with developmental disabilities and their families by providing scholarship assistance to attend advocacy, learning events and conferences.

About the Scholarship Fund
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Conference Support Fund

The purpose of this program is to co-sponsor and/or provide support to organizations offering conferences, meetings and workshops for education, training, public policy, and advocacy activities within the developmental disability (DD) community.

About the Conference Support Fund
Notice of Funds Available (NOFA)

Notice of Funds Available (NOFA)

GCDD is authorized to grant funds to public and nonprofit entities and to for-profit organizations to support systems change. When an initiative becomes available, a Notice of Funds Available (NoFA) is issued for these competitive grant opportunities.

View Our Current NoFAs