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Husted announces grant opportunity for
Voter Education Programs to People with Disabilities
COLUMBUS – Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced that Ohio has
received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
through the Help America Vote Act, to provide grants for the
development of programs designed to improve the accessibility to, and
participation in, the election process for individuals with
disabilities.
“There are many good organizations working every day to serve Ohioans
with disabilities,” Husted said. “I look forward to getting their ideas
and working with them to ensure Ohioans with disabilities can more
easily participate fully in our elections process.”
The Secretary of State’s office, which will administer and oversee the
grant, is currently seeking proposals for the development of voter
education programs that address the specific needs of Ohioans with
disabilities and encourage the participation of those individuals in
the election process. Proposals for organizations seeking to assist
county boards of elections in increasing the physical accessibility of
voting will also be considered. Eligible proposals should directly
benefit a full range of disabilities, such as individuals who are hard
of hearing or deaf, visually impaired or blind, have a full range of
mobility impairments, emotional impairments, cognitive impairments and
intellectual impairments. Selected grant proposals could serve all
disability populations, or a specific disability, on a statewide basis,
or specific geographical area of the state.
Proposals selected to receive funding will be awarded grants in the
amounts of $20,000 or $10,000. Grant applications must be non-partisan
in their effort to educate people with disabilities about voting and
may be submitted by agencies, organizations, non-profits or
individuals. The deadline for submitting grant applications is 5:00pm
on May 2, 2011.
Completed grant proposals should be returned to Brett Harbage with the
Secretary of State’s office either by email at
bharbage@sos.state.oh.us, by fax at (614) 485-7070, or by mail at 180
East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
Additional information regarding the grant application is available at http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/news/20110329.pdf.
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