The Administration for Community Living (ACL) seeks to advance capacity to recruit and retain a high-quality, competent and effective direct care workforce of professionals capable of meeting the growing needs that older adults and people with disabilities have for such supports. The technical assistance center will address the insufficient supply of trained direct care workers at a systems level, promote promising practices at all levels of the service system. and improve data collection to enable a full understanding of the workforce issue.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,200,000 – $1,300,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The goal of this initiative is to strengthen the DCW to better meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities and their families and family caregivers. ACL recognizes that, while many areas of overlap exist between older adults and people with disabilities and their families and family caregivers, there are unique considerations and opportunities posed by each that applicants should consider and address in their applications. Applicants should consider the cross-disability and aging population focus sought by ACL in this initiative and propose activities accordingly.
The ability of older adults and people with disabilities of all ages to live in the community, in the settings of their choice, and to participate fully in community life is often dependent upon the availability of services and supports provided by a workforce of Direct Care Workers (DCWs). This workforce includes people identified by a range of different job titles including personal care attendants, home health aides, job coaches, direct support professionals, residential workers, and others who provide similar support. While titles, required skills, and responsibilities differ, all direct care workers should have access to quality jobs with adequate training and support, compensation, a voice in their working environment, an opportunity for growth through a career ladder or lattice, and broad recognition of their value in the long-term supports system.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,300,000 Per Budget Period.
- Award Floor: $1,200,000 Per Budget Period.
Grant Period
- 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Domestic public or private non-profit entities include state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education. Priority will be given to the national public, national private non-profit agencies, national organizations including national faith and community-based organizations (FBOs and CBOs), and national Indian tribal organizations.
- For the purposes of this competition, national organizations are defined as those entities established with headquarters and administration for an organized group of bodies (local chapters, affiliates, faith, and community-based and tribal organizations) dedicated to improving the DCW for a major, nationwide segment of the older adult and persons with disabilities population.
- Applicants must demonstrate that they have demonstrated experience and a proven track record in promoting improvements in the DCW with respect to the needs of people with disabilities and older adults as well as demonstrated experience in partnering with key national stakeholder groups that are involved in the DCW for these target populations. Only one application per agency/organization will be accepted.
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