This year’s Grantee Summit is scheduled for Oct. 10, 2025. If you’re a TCDD grantee, at least one person from your organization must attend the half-day event, which will take place on Zoom. You’ll receive registration information and additional details as we get closer to the Summit date.
The Grantee Summit will give you opportunities to:
If you have any questions, please contact your TCDD grant coordinator. We look forward to seeing you on Oct. 10!
Our Grants Management team provides grantees with technical assistance to maintain compliance so grantees can focus on their goals to improve the lives of Texans with developmental disabilities. Knowing the many complexities of managing a federally funded grant, we’re excited to offer the annual Grantee Summit to help grantees manage their projects and engage with peers from across Texas. During this virtual event, grantees meet with TCDD staff, expert speakers, and each other to connect, collaborate, and advance their grant management skills.
For more grant management resources and training, visit our Grantee Resource Center, where you can download the TCDD Grants Manual as well as budget and program forms, find links to submit quarterly reports and surveys; view how-to videos on various grant-related topics; and more.
The Zoom recording includes all sessions of the 2024 Grantee Summit program except for the networking breakout groups, which were not recorded. To start at the beginning of a specific session, use the links in the following list (video will open in YouTube).
Sheryl Matney and Amy Deaville from the Information and Technical Assistance Center for Councils on Developmental Disabilities cover important things to think about when it comes to project sustainability and offer examples of ways to sustain projects after your grant funding ends. Please note that presentations for each session are the same, but discussions for each session vary.
Alicia Cone from the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities discusses gathering and analyzing demographic data for your project, including how to define a project participant. Please note that presentations for each session are the same, but discussions for each session vary. No presentation slides were used for these sessions.
Lynn Beasley from the Texas Education Agency covers the role of a project manager and ways to improve project outcomes. Please note that presentations for each session are the same, but discussions for each session vary.
Jackie Hayes from the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council provides practical strategies, tools, and tips to help engage diverse groups in your project. Please note that presentations for each session are the same, but discussions for each session vary.
Discover the training sessions and opportunities available from TCDD and review the 2022 updates to Grants Manual.
Have you ever needed a budget revision? Want to brainstorm about new sources for in-kind match? In this session, learn more about the financial aspects of managing your grant.
Gathering the data you need can be challenging. This session offers ideas on how to improve survey participation and creative solutions for gathering other needed metrics.
You’ve made an impact, now it’s time to show it off. Learn best practices to uncover, write, and share your participant stories to showcase the positive outcomes of your project.
Systems change is about addressing an issue and improving the way we support people with disabilities. Learn about the many ways you are already involved in systems change, strategies for expanding your impact, and how to track and report your systems change efforts.
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Austin, TX 78741-7509
Phone: 512-437-5432
Toll-Free: 1-800-262-0334
Email: tcdd@tcdd.texas.gov
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6201 E. Oltorf St., Ste. 600
Austin, TX 78741-7509
Email: tcdd@tcdd.texas.gov
This work is supported by a grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Washington, D.C. 20201 with a 100% federal funding award totaling $6,161,072. Council efforts are those of the grantee and do not necessarily represent the official views of nor are endorsed by ACL, HHS, or the U.S. government.
