The Administrators are seeking proposals for innovative local models in which volunteers assist family caregivers or directly assist older adults or persons with disabilities age 18 and older with nonmedical care in order to maintain their independence.
Donor Name: Oasis Institute
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/11/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
In 2024, the Oasis Institute received a second five-year cooperative agreement from the U.S. Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging (ACL/AoA) to implement the Volunteer Community Care Corps. This program, Community Care Corps, is administered by Oasis in cooperation with USAging and Caregiver Action Network (referred to as “Administrators” in this Request for Proposals) with Altarum, a nonprofit research and consulting organization, providing program evaluation and consultation to the Administrators.
Funds are awarded to local organizations across the country to develop, expand or refine volunteer models in home or community-based settings which provide only nonmedical assistance to support older adults, persons with disabilities age 18 and older and family caregiver.
Administrators seek proposals incorporating the following focus areas in its nonmedical volunteer assistance local model:
- Leverages the opportunities and principles within the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers;
- Supports grandparent and kinship-led households;
- Expands and refines models for program implementation including off the shelf materials;
- Utilizes college interns as volunteers;
- Expands remote, virtual, and low tech program implementation opportunities;
- Screens and trains volunteer chaperones to accompany older adults and persons with disabilities age 18 and older in need to and from non-emergency medical appointments and outpatient procedures. Volunteer chaperone models must:
- Deliver services door through door;
- Assist with needs pre- and post- appointments;
- Include appropriate stakeholders;
- Address care recipient expectations and needs before and after non-emergency medical appointments and outpatient procedures.
- Utilizes volunteers for program administration and operation as opportunities for professional skills building;
- Increases access to respite programs to all caregivers;
- Provides bystander and safe spaces training for volunteers and families (provided by Community Care Corps);
- Provides Person-Centered Approaches training to volunteers and staff (provided by Community Care Corps).
Funding Information
The Administrators will award 18-month grants ranging in size from $30,000 to $200,000 to applicants who are developing, expanding or refining a local model. This funding opportunity operates as a reimbursement grant.
Eligibility Criteria
A range of entity types are encouraged to apply. The Administrators wish to fund local models that represent a diverse cross section of the nation reflective of geography, urban/suburban/rural/frontier, and tribal communities, limited English-speaking populations and underserved communities.
Examples of the types of organizations that are eligible to apply are:
- Domestic public or private non-profit entities;
- Local communities;
- State, county, and local governments;
- Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American);
- Faith-based organizations;
- Community-based organizations;
- Hospitals and health care systems;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Local aging services organizations as defined in 102(5) of the Older Americans Act of 1965;
- Centers for independent living as defined in section 702 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
- AmeriCorps;
- Time-banking or volunteer agencies with expertise in the delivery of home and community-based services to older adults and persons with disabilities age 18 and older;
- Entities with expertise in the delivery of services and supports to older adults, persons with disabilities age 18 and older, and family caregivers.
For more information, visit Oasis Institute.
