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NCCDD Opens Request for Applications for Roommate-Matching Service!
The NCCDD’s set several goals as part of its Five Year State Plan, and the Request for Applications (RFA) will help the Council to achieve Goal 2: Increase Community Living for People with I/DD.
The Goal
NCCDD is accepting applications for ideas to establish a roommate-matching service, platform, or portal that will help individuals with I/DD (and for their families) to find a suitable and sustainable living arrangement.

Objectives 

  1. Establish a roommate-matching service, platform, or portal that will help individuals with I/DD both lower their housing costs and find a compatible roommate who may also serve as a caregiver, a Direct Support Professional (DSP), a friend, a mentor, and more.
  2. Demonstrate the value of a roommate-matching service as a way for individuals with I/DD to find a suitable and sustainable living arrangement and for families of these individuals to find a suitable and sustainable living arrangement for their loved one with I/DD.
  3. Provide education on the potential tax and other benefits for live-in caregivers living with a person with I/DD as well as education on the benefits and other factors for people with I/DD to consider when choosing to live with a roommate.
  4. Help stabilize the DSP crisis in North Carolina by providing opportunities for individuals with I/DD to live with their DSP or caregiver and have the support they need at home instead of relying on DSPs and caregivers who may come work in the home only whenever they are available.
Bidders' Workshop & Informational Conference: July 12 from 3-5PM EDT
Interested in attending! RSVP by July 11 by emailing RFAinfo@nccdd.org.

The Bidders' Workshop will occur virtually through ZoomGov:
  • Meeting ID: 160 159 9667
  • Passcode: 759395

Relay Conference Captioning (available for Deaf and Hard of Hearing participants):
Available Here (Event ID#:5152233)

Tentative: Q&A session in August
Additional Details
You will need to submit an application using a web-based system called DD Suite. 

The funding for this RFA will be up to $120,000.00 per year with required minimum of 25% non-federal matching funds ($40,000.00), for up to three years, with Year 1 beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2023. 

Questions? 
  • Contact Philip Woodward, Systems Change Manager 
  • 919-518-9525 (please leave a message) 
  • E-mail RFAinfo@nccdd.org
About the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities: The North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD) works to assure that people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families participate in the design of and have access to needed community services, individualized supports and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity and inclusion in all areas of community life. Through its Five-Year Plan, the Council identifies and funds innovative projects and initiatives that promote the goals of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) for all North Carolinians. www.nccdd.org