Hawai‘i University Center For Excellence In Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCE)
This core grant focuses on improving outcomes and opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and their families in the State of Hawai‘i and in the Pacific Basin jurisdiction through interdisciplinary training, research, technical assistance, dissemination, and community service. Capacity building has targeted efforts to serve persons who are from underserved disability groups, underrepresented cultural groups, and underserved rural areas of the state and region in collaboration with persons with disabilities and their family members, and local and state organizations.
The Hawai‘i UCE has gained regional and national prominence as a formalized research and training program within the University of Hawai‘i. Faculty and staff hold affiliations and participate across 14 departments and schools within the University of Hawai‘i system, and conduct activities within more than 20 university collaborating programs across the nation.
