FY2026 (PADD) DD act state protection & advocacy systems

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded Community Legal Aid Society Inc. $553,662 on October 1, 2025, under the Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants (CFDA 93.630) program.

Community Legal Aid Society Inc., doing business as Legal Aid, is a Delaware-based nonprofit organization designated as the state's Protection and Advocacy system for individuals with developmental disabilities (PADD program). The organization provides comprehensive legal services and advocacy to protect the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities throughout Delaware. The award funds the organization's role in supporting a statewide system that protects the legal and human rights of individuals with developmental disabilities and enhances their independence, productivity, integration, and community inclusion.

Performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. All work is performed in Delaware. Legal Aid maintains a diversified federal funding portfolio encompassing formula grants and project awards from multiple HHS agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office on Violence Against Women, and the Social Security Administration, administering several established federal protection and advocacy programs including PAIR, CAP, PAIMI, PATB, PAAT, and PAVA alongside specialized legal assistance initiatives for domestic violence, sexual assault, victims of crime, elder abuse, fair housing enforcement, and housing-related matters.