Inclusive Climate Action – FY 22 Disability Funding | 72018223RFA00001

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The Inclusive Climate Action - FY 22 Disability Funding opportunity is a competitive USAID grant aimed at strengthening disability-inclusive responses to climate change, with a particular interest in projects that improve inclusive disaster risk reduction. The central purpose is to help persons with disabilities and their representative organizations take meaningful action on climate adaptation and resilience, ensuring that climate and disaster preparedness efforts account for the needs, leadership, and participation of people with disabilities. USAID is looking for concept papers that present practical, innovative approaches with clear deliverables, rather than broad or overly ambitious proposals.

A key feature of this opportunity is its emphasis on focused project design. Applicants are expected to identify a specific, well-defined problem related to disability inclusion within climate action (for example, gaps in accessible early warning systems, limited participation of persons with disabilities in local disaster planning, or barriers to accessing climate resilience services), and then propose a concrete solution that produces tangible outputs. USAID signals that it prefers concepts that are narrow in scope and easy to assess, meaning proposals should avoid vague goals and instead describe what will be produced, changed, or put in place during the project period.

Funding is expected to be awarded, subject to availability, in two approximate per-award ranges: USD 300,000 to 500,000 and USD 500,000 to 1,000,000. Proposed activities should run for about 24 to 36 months. Applicants must use the required Standard Application Form (Attachment 1) to promote consistency and simplify review, which implies that formatting and compliance with the provided template will matter during evaluation.

Eligibility is broad in terms of organizational type, allowing both U.S. and non-U.S. entities to apply, including private non-profit organizations, for-profit companies that are willing to forgo profits, faith- and community-based organizations, private voluntary organizations, universities, research organizations, and professional associations. Despite this wide eligibility, the opportunity clearly prioritizes disability inclusion not only as a topic but also as a leadership and partnership requirement. Local Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) are strongly encouraged to apply directly, and preference is given to qualified DPOs and/or organizations that genuinely collaborate with DPOs or provide sub-grants to DPOs as part of the project approach, as long as all funding requirements are met.

For mainstream organizations that are not DPOs, partnership expectations are explicit. These applicants must include signed letters of support from local DPOs they intend to work with. The letters are not meant to be symbolic; they should demonstrate that DPO partners will have meaningful involvement across the project lifecycle, including design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. This requirement signals that USAID is trying to prevent superficial consultation and instead promote shared decision-making and real participation by disability representative organizations.

Finally, the announcement notes an important restriction: PIOs are not eligible to apply under this program. The opportunity listing identifies the funding instrument as a grant and places it under a community development activity category, with CFDA number 98.001. The public listing also shows the opportunity number as 72018223RFA00001 and an original closing date of 2023-02-24. Overall, the program is best understood as targeted support for practical, measurable climate resilience or disaster risk reduction solutions that are designed with, led by, or strongly governed in partnership with DPOs, ensuring persons with disabilities are not left out of climate action planning and implementation.

• The Kosovo USAID-Pristina in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Inclusive Climate Action – FY 22 Disability Funding" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-02-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-02-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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