The Administration for Community Living (ACL), through its Administration on Aging (AoA), is providing this competitive grant opportunity for the purpose of rapidly increasing access and uptake of COVID-19 and Influenza vaccinations by individuals who are at risk of severe illness, with a focus on and targeted outreach to older adults and persons with disabilities in local communities throughout the nation.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $75,000,000
Grant Duration: 17 months
Details:
Focus Areas
This funding opportunity contains two areas of focus and priority:
- Option A ($75 million): Increasing vaccine uptake via enhanced partnerships and engagement of aging and disability organizations, particularly Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), No-Wrong Door Systems (NWDS)/Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs), Centers for Independent Living (CILs), other ACL-funded disability networks, and other aging and disability community-based organizations (CBOs).
- Option B ($50 million): Increasing vaccine uptake via enhanced partnerships and engagement with senior centers, community centers, and local community and faith-based organizations not included in Option A that serve, support and include older adults and people with disabilities.
Program Goals and Desired Outcomes
The Biden-Harris Administration recognizes the critical importance of ensuring older adults and people with disabilities have information about the importance of updated vaccines and can easily access vaccines. This funding opportunity seeks to advance that goal by increasing the number of COVID-19- and Influenza-vaccinated older adults and people with disabilities.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $75,000,000
- Award Floor: $50,000,000
- Length of project period: 17 month project period
Eligibility Criteria
- For FY 2023 the below guidance is provided to advance the Administration’s policy, as stated in E.O. 13985, to “pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.” This guidance is intended to begin to address inequities in HHS programs, processes, and policies that may serve as barriers to equal opportunity. By advancing equity in their NOFOs, they can “create opportunities for the improvement of communities that have been historically underserved, which benefits everyone.”
- This is a limited competition; only national aging and/or disability organizations with demonstrated capacity to achieve the goals of the program are eligible to apply. These national aging and disability network organizations must have existing partners that are part of the aging and disability network, which have successfully implemented vaccine clinics and provided outreach with ACL supplemental and CDC funding.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
