Hello all, I don;t have time to write up a bid right now, but this would be a great opportunity for someone on a serious matter. Please consider submitting a string proposal if you / your team have capacity. For non-US folks, remember that "college" in US terminology means "university," not FE college or other forms of post-16 provision.
-- Mitzi Waltz, Disability Studies in Nederland
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National Council on Disability
Overview Information
Notice of Funding Opportunity: Sexual Assault of Students with Disabilities on College Campuses
NCD-16-07
July 8, 2016 – Announcement of Funding Opportunity for a Cooperative Agreement
Authority: Section 401, Title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
Full Proposal Deadline: Due by 5:00 p.m. (submitter’s local time), August 5, 2016
Late applications will not be considered.
Deliver hard-copy materials to:
National Council on Disability
1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20004
ATTN: Ana Torres-Davis
Maximum amount available for this project: $42,000
All potential applicants are eligible to apply
Cost sharing is not required
The estimated period of performance is 12 months
Project Summary
The National Council on Disability (NCD) seeks proposals for a report which examines sexual assault of students with disabilities on college campuses. The findings in this report primarily serve to assist policymakers, including the White House and Congress, with insight needed to make policy decisions to improve outcomes for students that have experienced sexual assault on campus. The report will also provide students who have experienced sexual assault with an understanding of policy, legislation, and initiatives that impact their lives.
The report will examine the prevalence of sexual assault on students with disabilities on campus and if the prevalence of sexual assault of students with disabilities is found to be at a higher ratio than students without disabilities, examine the reasons why, and what policies/laws can be instituted to prevent and/or reduce the prevalence of such assaults. It will also examine and assess campus policies and procedures regarding sexual assault – from reporting to post-assault services and campus adjudication - and how victims with disabilities fare within those structures, and make recommendations for reform. The report should support the proposition that college policies, services and supports for victims of sexual assault are crucial to the academic success and retention of students with disabilities. Thus, this research will examine policy, physical, and programmatic barriers preventing students with disabilities from accessing services, as well as gaps and weaknesses in services. The report will also identify promising practices and emerging trends in campus policies and services that are effective in addressing the needs of students with disabilities that have experienced sexual assault on campus, and determine what policy changes are needed so that students with disabilities fully benefit from victim services in the college setting.
Background and Issues
The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault released their first report in April 2014, leading with a chilling statistic: one in five college students experiences sexual assault during their college career. The ACLU estimates that 95% of U.S. campus rapes go unreported, partially due to different social stigmas experienced by victims. The Center for Public Integrity found that students who committed sexual assaults on campus often face little or no punishment from school judicial systems — even in cases involving alleged repeat offenders.
Sexual assault takes an immeasurable toll on the victim’s physical and mental health. The emotional and physical scars of an assault can deeply impact a student’s ability to cope with academic, social, and personal responsibilities and the problem of under-reporting reflects an extreme need for increased campus prevention and support systems.
Students with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault. Tragically, 83% of women with disabilities (of any kind) will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime (Stimpson & Best, 1991). Studies show that any type of disability contributes to higher risk of sexual victimization, and the U.S. Department of Justice reports that persons with a disability have an age-adjusted rate of rape or sexual assault that is more than twice the rate for persons without a disability. In particular, intellectual disability, communication disorders, and behavioral disorders appear to contribute to very high levels of risk, and having multiple disabilities result in even higher risk levels (Sullivan & Knutson, 2000). Eighty percent of women and 30% of men with intellectual disabilities have been sexually assaulted. 50% of those women have been assaulted more than 10 times (Sobsey & Doe, 1991; Sorenson, 2000). Only 3% of sexual abuse cases involving people with developmental disabilities are ever reported (Valenti-Hein and Schwartz, 1995).
Purpose of Report
The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of sexual assault against students with disabilities on college campuses by examining (a) the extent of sexual assaults on students with disabilities on campus, (b) college policies and practices that respond to victims with disabilities who have been victims of sexual assault, (c) college policies and practices aimed at educating students on sexual assault prevention, (e) the availability of victims services on campus that are physically and programmatically accessible to students with disabilities who are victims of sexual assault, and to provide recommendations for reform.
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About the National Council on Disability (NCD): First established as an advisory Council within the Department of Education in 1978, NCD became an independent federal agency in 1984. In 1986, NCD recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. Since enactment of the ADA in 1990, NCD has continued to play a leading role in crafting disability policy, and advising the President, Congress and other federal agencies on disability policies, programs, and practices.
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