Building Capacity Online: A Model for the New Millennium

Project Overview

Project Online is a three year project funded by the Department of Education - Rehabilitation Services Administration. The overarching goal of Project Online is the development of an online model that will build capacity within minority entities and Indian tribes to improve services for minorities with significant disabilities. The goal will be operationalized through a multifaceted approach including skill development focused on successful grant, contract, and cooperative agreement writing and submission; grant management; program enhancement; and partnership building. The project will apply distance education/technology as an instrument for: 1) the exchange of information and knowledge; 2) focused technical assistance; and 3) the development and sustenance of collaborative partnerships.

• Grants written and submitted for funding;
• New and/or enhanced programs demonstrating innovative strategies for service to minorities with disabilities;
• Capacity Building Modules as an online resource for grant writing, program development, and program enhancement with a focus on minorities with disabilities;
• An online capacity building model that is accessible, flexible and responsive to individual needs; and
• Increased partnerships between departments of vocational rehabilitation, minority entities, Indian tribes, community-based organization and minority-owned/controlled agencies.

Eligible Participants

To participate in the training activities delivered through Project Online the following criteria must be met:

• Member of a minority entity "an entity that is a historically Black college or university, a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, an American Indian tribal college or university, or another institution of higher education whose minority student enrollment is at least 50 percent, and Indian tribes." (Dept. of Education - OSERS, CFDA #84.315, March 1999, p. A1)
• Partners/collaborators with at least one community-based organization
• Proposal idea(s) focused on disability-related issues and/or targets persons with disabilities
• Individuals from underrepresented groups, especially individuals with disabilities, are strongly encouraged to apply

Participant Application

If you are eligible and interested in participating in this unique opportunity, please complete the following:

1. Project Online Application form
   
2. 1-page abstract of proposal/project idea which describes
   
   1. project goal(s)
      
   2. need being addressed
      
   3. population to be served

Contact Information:

Project Director:
Bobbie J. Atkins, Ph.D., CRC
batkins@mail.sdsu.edu

Project Coordinator:
Mari S. Guillermo, Ph.D.
mguiller@mail.sdsu.edu

Address:
Interwork Institute
3590 Camino del Rio North #105
San Diego, California 92108

Phone:
619/594-4054

Fax:
619/594-4208 Attn: Project Online