For the second year, the United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries Board and Mental Illness Network are offering grants to UCC Conferences interested in developing Conference Inclusion Teams (CIT).  The main goal of each CIT is to encourage local UCC churches to move toward becoming Accessible to All (A2A) congregations, with the understanding that full accessibility includes persons with mental health challenges (mental illnesses/brain disorders), physical disabilities and developmental disabilities.  Each grant will be for $1,000 to be used to help establish a Conference Inclusion Team.  The five (5) conferences will be chosen from those that complete and submit the attached application on or before+May 15, 2013.  These funds must be used within a year of the approval date.  The grants may be used for development and support of the CIT objectives.  Grant recipients will be expected to report quarterly to the UCC DM on how the grant funds have been used.  These are “one time” grants.

Conference Inclusion Team Grant applications have been emailed to all Conference Ministers, if you need a Conference Inclusion Team Grant Application please contact your Conference Minister or email the UCCDM Secretary at kelli@womenwhospeakinchurch.com