NCD Grant: Research and Drafting of Disability Employment Progress Report 2020

NCD seeks proposals for the research and drafting of NCD’s 2020 Progress Report.

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), NCD’s 2020Progress Report will focus on the employment of people with disabilities byproviding a retrospective of the issue of disability employment during the past30 years. It will define and assess the effectiveness of the federal responseto the continued low rate of workforce participation and offer recommendationsdesigned to increase workforce participation – including removal ofwell-documented federal barriers and implementation of federal-privateinitiatives to eliminate the barriers that continue to impede suchparticipation. It will describe and assess the intended and real impact ofTitle I of the ADA on the workforce participation of people with disabilities; legislationenacted to improve workforce participation of people with disabilities sinceenactment of the ADA, including the WIA of 1998, and the WIOA of 2014; legislationenacted or programmatic changes that have hindered workforce participation; NCDand other entities’ recommendations made to Congress and federal agencies toimprove workforce participation; and federal andfederal-private collaborations to improve workforce participation.

The estimated contract period is 8-9 months. NCDexpects interested parties to submit their responses by June 21, 2019. The full Notice of Funding Opportunity will be available on ncd.gov and may be requested by mail.