Protection and advocacy of individual rights (pair)

The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded University Legal Services, Inc. $195,895 on October 1, 2025, under the Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights program (CFDA 84.240) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Washington, DC.

University Legal Services, Inc., operating as the ULS Homeworks Program, is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that provides protection and advocacy services to individuals with disabilities who are ineligible for other protection and advocacy programs or whose needs fall outside the scope of the Client Assistance Program. The organization delivers legal representation, investigates abuse and neglect incidents, advocates for voting rights, facilitates access to assistive technology, and supports community integration. The award funds these protection and advocacy activities in support of the federal program's statutory objective to protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities.

The Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights program makes annual formula grants to designated state and territorial protection and advocacy agencies and the protection and advocacy system serving the American Indian Consortium. The program is subject to a restricted indirect cost rate requirement and statutory non-supplanting provisions under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.