Board For People With Developmental Disabilities

Wisconsin Board For People is a U.S. state government entity registered in SAM.gov since December 2010 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. The organization serves as a critical advocate and service provider for individuals with developmental disabilities across Wisconsin, delivering comprehensive programs focused on promoting independence, community integration, and rights protection. Through its federal grant awards, Wisconsin Board For People implements the state's developmental disabilities support initiatives and coordinates advocacy efforts aimed at ensuring equitable access to services and systemic change within the disability support landscape.

Wisconsin Board For People has received consistent funding through the Administration on Aging's Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants program (CFDA 93.630), which operates as a formula grant mechanism under the DD ACT State Councils on Developmental Disabilities program. The organization has maintained a robust funding history spanning multiple fiscal years, including a $434,914 award in FY2026, $877,298 in FY2025, and awards dating back to FY2022, with cumulative recent funding totaling approximately $4.8 million. The services and programs funded through these grants encompass legal advocacy, rights protection, benefits counseling, assistive technology services, rehabilitation support, and community integration initiatives. Additionally, Wisconsin Board For People has engaged in collaborative efforts through sub-grant arrangements, such as a partnership with the University of Wisconsin System (prime grantee as of April 2024) to develop peer mentor training programs. This sub-grant initiative involves recruiting home and community-based services providers, community organizations serving historically underserved populations, and training peer and family mentors to provide direct services to individuals with developmental disabilities, with targets to support at least six peer mentors through certification and deliver services to a minimum of twenty individuals throughout the pilot project period.