The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce our new Teighlor McGee Grassroots Mini Grants Program [[link removed]]! These mini grants will provide up to $5,000 in funding to projects focused on creating change for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We will fund up to six projects during this grant cycle.

Created in memory of Teighlor McGee’s legacy of empowering grassroots disability work and uplifting self-advocates of color, this program features two different grant categories: The Affiliates In Action Mini Grant and Self-advocates Transforming Equitable Policy (STEP) Mini Grant.

Affiliates in Action and STEP have different qualifications:

* Affiliates in Action Mini Grant
* Must be a current Affiliate. Completed their application process [[link removed]] and has been accepted into the Affiliate program. Groups not yet affiliated must apply to become an Affiliate and be approved before applying for the mini grant. 
* Must be actively meeting. Active means that your group meets at least once a month, virtually or in-person.
* Must be self-advocate led. Run by people who identify as self-advocates with developmental disabilities (for example, autistic people or people with intellectual disabilities).
* Open to international Affiliates.

* Self-advocates Transforming Equitable Policy (STEP) Mini Grant
* Does not need to be an Affiliate.
* Must be a person with a developmental disability. You do not need an official diagnosis to apply. 
* Individual applicants must be a person of color. Group applicants must be led by people of color, and at least 50% of membership must be people of color.


Both these mini grant categories are for projects focused on creating change for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the local, state, and national levels. We want to fund specific projects from either self-advocacy groups or individual self-advocates.

Some examples of projects we would be interested in funding:

* Hill day visits for relevant policy goals.
* Easy Read and plain language translations of important information about things impacting disabled individuals – like health care, COVID-19, local laws, and self-advocates’ rights.
* Education and outreach about important policy topics, such as the HCBS Settings Rule, to self-advocates.
* Coalition building for self-advocacy responses.
* Mutual aid projects. 

Applications open in May! Learn more about this program here [[link removed]].

To learn more about the Teighlor McGee Grassroots Mini Grants Program and ask questions, sign up to join us for a webinar on April 18, 2024 [[link removed]].

CART will be provided. Please contact [email protected] [[email protected]] for additional accommodations such as ASL interpretation by April 5, 2024.


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United States
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