Disability Law Center

Disability Law Center, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, operates as a prime recipient of federal grant funding focused on legal advocacy and rights protection services for individuals with disabilities. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of formula grants and project grants from the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, and Department of Housing and Urban Development, with no subcontract relationships in the federal award portfolio.

Disability Law Center's grant portfolio centers on protection and advocacy services across six primary federal programs. The Organization is Utah's designated Protection and Advocacy system, making it the direct recipient of formula grants under the Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants program (CFDA 93.630, $553,662 through September 2027), the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness program (CFDA 93.138, $632,033 through September 2027), and the Traumatic Brain Injury Act Protection and Advocacy program (CFDA 93.627, extending through September 2027). The organization also receives formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for the Client Assistance Program (CFDA 84.161, $131,917 through September 2026) and the Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights program (CFDA 84.240, $195,895 through September 2026). The Administration on Disabilities awards formula grant funding for assistive technology advocacy (CFDA 93.640) and voting access for individuals with disabilities under the Help America Vote Act (CFDA 93.618, $188,180 through September 2030). Beyond protection and advocacy work, the organization holds project grants from the Social Security Administration for protection and advocacy services to Social Security beneficiaries (CFDA 96.041) and from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for fair housing enforcement and education initiatives (CFDA 14.417, $125,000 through March 2027, and private enforcement initiatives through September 2026). Services under these grants include legal representation, investigation of abuse and neglect, systemic advocacy, voting access assistance, fair housing testing and enforcement, and client counseling related to vocational rehabilitation and independent living services.

The organization's customer concentration reflects the statutory structure of protection and advocacy funding. The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living together account for 86% of awards in the source data. Recent grant activity has remained stable at seven to ten awards annually over the past three years, with one award received in 2026 and twelve awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The organization has received federal grant funding continuously since 2004, with a combined obligated value of $41.2 million across 154 total awards. All federal funding flows to Disability Law Center as a prime recipient; the organization does not operate as a subrecipient or hold federal contracts.