Grantee Summit
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About the Summit
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.
2025 Summit Recordings & Materials
The 2025 Grantee Summit focused on how to define, measure, and share the impact of your work to improve the lives of Texans with developmental disabilities. The event featured new resources, federal compliance updates, and opportunities for you to network with fellow TCDD grantees. Our guest speaker, Damon Centola, shared expert insights into the most effective approaches to social and behavior change, both topics covered in his book “Change: How to Make Big Things Happen.”
Access our online resource archive to view and download materials from the 2025 sessions, including:
- infographics on project sustainability and impact;
- new resources on capturing data and stories;
- descriptions and contact information for individual projects;
- and more.
The following video includes all sessions during the 2025 Grantee Summit except for the networking group sessions, which were not recorded. To view a specific session, use the following links (videos will open in YouTube):
2024 Summit Recordings & Materials
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).
2023 Summit Recordings & Materials
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.
- Video Recording: Sustaining Projects After Funding Ends (Session 1)
- Video Recording: Sustaining Projects After Funding Ends (Session 2)
- Presentation Slides: Sustaining Projects After Funding Ends
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.
- Video Recording: Keeping Count of Your Participants and Program Impact (Session 1)
- Video Recording: Keeping Count of Your Participants and Program Impact (Session 2)
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.
- Video Recording: Managing Change in Project Management (Session 1)
- Video Recording: Managing Change in Project Management (Session 2)
- Presentation Slides: Managing Change in Project Management
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.
- Video Recording: Reaching Diverse Groups (Session 1)
- Video Recording: Reaching Diverse Groups (Session 2)
- Presentation Slides: Reaching Diverse Groups
2022 Summit Recordings & Materials
Discover the training sessions and opportunities available from TCDD and review the 2022 updates to Grants Manual.
- Video Recording: Welcome and Intro to the 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.
- Video Recording: So You Think You Can Budget?
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.
- Video Recording: State the Stats
- Resource: Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys
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.
- Video Recording: Once Upon a Grant
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.
- Video Recording: Systems Change 101
