Opportunity Information: Apply for NCD 22 01
This funding opportunity from the National Council on Disability (NCD) supports a single cooperative agreement to produce NCD's statutorily required 2022 progress report focused on climate change, environmental injustice, and the growing burden these forces place on people with disabilities in the United States and its territories. Grounded in the federal direction set by Executive Orders 13990 (public health, environment, and science-based climate response) and 14030 (climate-related risk), the project is meant to contribute practical, evidence-based analysis that helps the federal government and other decision-makers improve resilience and protect public health, specifically for disability communities that are too often left out of planning and response.
The core problem the report must address is that people with disabilities are disproportionately harmed as extreme weather events become more frequent and more intense, and as long-standing environmental inequities remain unresolved. The opportunity frames environmental injustice as a pattern where marginalized communities, including people living in poverty and many racial and ethnic minority groups, are excluded from environmental decision-making or are more heavily exposed to hazards like pollution, toxic waste, and unsafe living conditions. Because disability intersects strongly with income, race, ethnicity, geography, and age, the report is expected to show how risk compounds: for example, people with disabilities are more likely to be low-income and therefore more likely to live in areas near pollution sources, or to be unable to relocate when disasters strike.
The description highlights several real-world examples to illustrate the stakes. It points to the experience of Puerto Rico, where repeated natural disasters over decades have contributed to economic hardship and subsequent migration to the mainland United States. NCD notes that this out-migration has ripple effects, such as shortages of doctors and educators and a weakened tax base, which can further reduce access to services for residents who remain, including many people with disabilities who may not have the resources to leave. It also references Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, when widespread power failures affected millions and left many Texans with disabilities without electricity for extended periods, creating direct health threats when medications spoiled and electrically powered breathing devices or mobility equipment could not be used. The opportunity also flags the challenges in states like California where wildfire-related shutoffs and outages are recurrent, underscoring how power dependence can turn a weather emergency into a life-threatening disability access crisis.
A major theme of the requested work is the link between environmental injustice and disability prevalence, particularly in communities of color and Indigenous communities. The opportunity notes that pollution, unsafe working conditions, and environmentally destructive industries do not just worsen health in the short term; they can cause permanent disabilities. It points to research connecting proximity to hazardous waste sites with congenital defects, with especially strong associations reported among Native American populations, and it notes ongoing concerns such as lead contamination from mining waste. It also emphasizes that environmental harms have sometimes been imposed during planning processes with little or no input from affected tribal communities, and it cites disability prevalence data indicating American Indian and Alaska Native communities experience higher disability rates than the general population. In Alaska, the description highlights climate-driven displacement of coastal Native communities facing sea level rise, storm surges, and flooding, with consequences for cultural integrity and access to resources.
The deliverable is a report that documents and explains how climate-driven extreme weather and environmental injustice affect people with disabilities across key domains of daily life. The report is expected to identify primary issues tied to natural disasters and longer-term environmental change, including impacts on health and health care access, housing stability and options, employment and job opportunities, education and training, and the ability to access and participate in the community. It must also examine practical emergency-related disruptions that hit disability communities hard, such as higher evacuation needs, barriers during evacuations, and the effects of prolonged power outages. Food security, safe drinking water, sanitation, and access to medicines and services are repeatedly called out as essential areas where disasters and slow-onset environmental degradation can create severe, cascading harms.
The opportunity lays out six research questions, explicitly approached through the lens of disability rights laws. These questions ask how extreme weather and environmental injustice affect (1) health and health care access, (2) community access, (3) housing, (4) employment, (5) access to food, fresh water, and sanitation, and (6) what actions can be taken to mitigate the problems identified. A key expectation is that the report does not treat disability as a single, uniform experience. Instead, it must address intersectionality, meaning it should explain how overlapping identities and conditions (such as disability plus race, ethnicity, income level, or geography) shape exposure to environmental harm and influence whether someone can access resources needed to prepare for, respond to, or recover from disasters.
Administratively, the opportunity is a discretionary funding action issued by NCD as Funding Opportunity Number NCD 22 01, using a cooperative agreement structure, which typically implies substantial federal involvement or collaboration during the project. It is open eligibility (unrestricted regarding applicant type, subject to any additional clarifications in the official notice). NCD expected to make one award, with an award ceiling of $185,000, and a project period of 8 months. The overarching outcome NCD is seeking is a data-driven, policy-relevant progress report that documents the disproportionate impacts on people with disabilities and provides actionable recommendations to reduce harm from both environmental injustice and the accelerating pattern of extreme weather events.Apply for NCD 22 01
- The National Council on Disability in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Environmental Injustice and the Impact of the Increased Frequency of Extreme Weather Events on People with Disabilities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 92.002.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 29, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 08, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $185,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What agency is offering this funding opportunity?
This opportunity is offered by the National Council on Disability (NCD).
What is the purpose of this grant opportunity?
The purpose is to support a single cooperative agreement to produce NCD's statutorily required 2022 progress report focused on climate change, environmental injustice, and the growing burden these forces place on people with disabilities in the United States and its territories.
What is the main deliverable funded under this opportunity?
The main deliverable is a report that documents and explains how climate-driven extreme weather and environmental injustice affect people with disabilities across major domains of daily life, and that provides actionable, evidence-based recommendations to reduce harm.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is NCD 22 01.
What type of award is this?
This is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement or collaboration during the project.
How many awards does NCD expect to make?
NCD expects to make one award.
What is the maximum funding amount available?
The award ceiling is $185,000.
How long is the project period?
The project period is 8 months.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is open (unrestricted regarding applicant type), subject to any additional clarifications in the official notice.
What geographic areas should the report cover?
The report is intended to focus on impacts in the United States and its territories.
What core problem is the report expected to address?
The report must address that people with disabilities are disproportionately harmed as extreme weather events become more frequent and more intense, and as long-standing environmental inequities remain unresolved.
How does the opportunity define or describe environmental injustice?
The opportunity frames environmental injustice as a pattern where marginalized communities, including people living in poverty and many racial and ethnic minority groups, are excluded from environmental decision-making or are more heavily exposed to hazards such as pollution, toxic waste, and unsafe living conditions.
Why does this opportunity emphasize intersectionality?
The report is expected to show how risk compounds when disability overlaps with other factors such as income, race, ethnicity, geography, and age. It must not treat disability as a single, uniform experience and should explain how overlapping identities and conditions shape exposure to harm and access to resources for preparedness, response, and recovery.
Which federal directives or Executive Orders are tied to this work?
The project is grounded in federal direction set by Executive Orders 13990 (public health, environment, and a science-based climate response) and 14030 (climate-related risk).
What kinds of impacts on people with disabilities should the report document?
The report is expected to document impacts across key domains of daily life, including health and health care access, housing stability and options, employment and job opportunities, education and training, and the ability to access and participate in the community.
What emergency-related disruptions are specifically called out?
The opportunity repeatedly emphasizes emergency-related disruptions such as higher evacuation needs, barriers during evacuations, and the effects of prolonged power outages, including knock-on impacts to access to medicines, services, and essential equipment.
Why are power outages highlighted as a major concern?
Because many people with disabilities rely on electricity for health and independence, outages can create direct health threats. The opportunity notes examples where medications spoil and electrically powered breathing devices or mobility equipment cannot be used during extended power failures.
What examples does the opportunity use to illustrate real-world risks?
The description references Puerto Rico's experience with repeated natural disasters and resulting economic hardship and migration; Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 in Texas and the resulting widespread power failures affecting Texans with disabilities; and recurring wildfire-related shutoffs and outages in places like California.
How does the opportunity connect environmental harm to disability prevalence?
It emphasizes that pollution, unsafe working conditions, and environmentally destructive industries can cause permanent disabilities. It notes research connecting proximity to hazardous waste sites with congenital defects, with especially strong associations reported among Native American populations, and it raises concerns such as lead contamination from mining waste.
How are Tribal and Indigenous communities addressed in the opportunity?
The opportunity notes that environmental harms have sometimes been imposed during planning processes with little or no input from affected tribal communities. It also cites disability prevalence data indicating American Indian and Alaska Native communities experience higher disability rates than the general population, and it highlights climate-driven displacement of coastal Native communities in Alaska due to sea level rise, storm surges, and flooding.
What essential needs does the opportunity emphasize during disasters and slow-onset change?
Food security, safe drinking water, sanitation, and access to medicines and services are repeatedly called out as essential areas where disasters and longer-term environmental degradation can create severe, cascading harms for disability communities.
What are the six research questions the report must address?
The opportunity lays out six research questions, approached through the lens of disability rights laws, covering how extreme weather and environmental injustice affect: (1) health and health care access, (2) community access, (3) housing, (4) employment, (5) access to food, fresh water, and sanitation, and (6) what actions can be taken to mitigate the problems identified.
What lens or framework must be used in answering the research questions?
The research questions are explicitly to be approached through the lens of disability rights laws.
What kinds of recommendations is NCD looking for?
NCD is seeking practical, evidence-based, policy-relevant recommendations that help the federal government and other decision-makers improve resilience and protect public health, specifically for disability communities that are too often left out of planning and response.
What overarching outcome is NCD seeking from the funded project?
The overarching outcome is a data-driven, policy-relevant progress report that documents disproportionate impacts on people with disabilities and provides actionable recommendations to reduce harm from both environmental injustice and the accelerating pattern of extreme weather events.
Does the opportunity require the report to address both sudden disasters and longer-term environmental change?
Yes. The opportunity emphasizes both climate-driven extreme weather events (such as storms, outages, and evacuations) and longer-term environmental change and inequity (such as chronic pollution exposure and slow-onset climate impacts).
Why does the opportunity discuss migration and service capacity in Puerto Rico?
It uses Puerto Rico as an example of how repeated disasters can drive economic hardship and migration to the mainland United States, creating ripple effects like shortages of doctors and educators and a weakened tax base, which can further reduce access to services for residents who remain, including people with disabilities who may not have the resources to leave.
What does "open eligibility" mean in this opportunity?
Based on the description provided, it means the opportunity is unrestricted regarding applicant type, subject to any additional clarifications in the official notice.
What does it mean that this is a discretionary funding action?
It means NCD is issuing this as a discretionary funding action (rather than a formula allocation), and it will make a competitive selection for the single cooperative agreement award described.
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