Examples of Small Grants
Previously Funded by the MD DD Council

Co-sponsorship of the Gubernatorial, Mayoral, and Legislative Disability Forums

Support of Volunteer MD! Coordinators (The Arc of Maryland) to work on the Great Oaks Mentor Project and FASTactics (a fetal alcohol prevention project)

Printing of Signs of Quality, a publication of People on the Go

Support of an intern working for Health Care for All who assembled and distributed information on health care reform

In-school disability awareness day in Howard County and St. Mary's County

Support of the Community Volunteer Services project (CHANGE, Inc.), a program where people with severe developmental disabilities volunteer in the community

A reunion of people with developmental disabilities who resided at the Henryton Center

Co-sponsorship with The Arc of Maryland of a public policy institute on children's issues

Friends and Family Day-team building for education staff and families at a neighborhood school where elementary school children with developmental disabilities are enrolled

Training for Child Protective Service workers in Montgomery County to enable them to work more effectively in the investigation, identification, and intervention of child abuse and maltreatment of young children with disabilities and their families

Support of a mentor for a consumer with a developmental disability serving on The Arc of Maryland's Board of Directors