Baylor University has been awarded a  $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to establish a project led by Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary in collaboration with the Baylor Center for Developmental Disabilities in the School of Education and the Center for Church and Community Impact (C3I) in the Diana R. Garland School of Social Work.

The interdisciplinary project focuses on helping congregations embrace young people with disabilities, mental health challenges, and chronic illnesses. As a testament to the rich, reciprocal interdisciplinary collaboration among Baylor University’s faculty, three academic units are represented on this grant:

• Truett Seminary with Angela Reed, Ph.D., Truett Seminary’s associate dean for academic affairs, associate professor of practical theology and director of spiritual formation, serving as the principal investigator;
• Baylor School of Education with Erik Carter, Ph.D., The Luther Sweet Endowed Chair in Disabilities and executive director of the BCDD, as co-investigator; and
• Diana R. Garland School of Social Work with Gaynor Yancey, Ph.D., professor of social work and director of the Center for Church and Community Impact (C3i) who also holds a faculty appointment at Truett as The Lake Family Endowed Chair in Congregational and Community Health, as co-investigator.

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