The California Department of Aging (CDA) is pleased to release Round 2 of the Local Aging & Disability Action Planning (LADAP) Grant Program – Request for Applications (RFA).
Donor Name: California Department of Aging (CDA)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $75,000 and $200,000
Grant Duration: 15 months
Details:
The LADAP Grant Program is a planning and capacity-building grant program focused on supporting communities and populations that have been historically under-resourced and under-served, including, but not limited to:
- Rural and frontier communities
- Tribal communities
- American Indian or Alaska Native; Black; Asian; Native Hawaiian; and Pacific Islander persons/communities/populations
- People with disabilities (e.g., mobility/physical, cognition, hearing, vision, limitations in self-care and independent living, and participation restrictions)
- People living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) persons/communities/populations
- Veterans
- Professional and family caregivers
- Persons/communities/populations of lower incomes
- Persons/communities/populations of immigrant and/or refugee status
The purpose of the RFA is to support California communities strengthen their capacity and efforts to assess, plan, and develop a local age- and disability-friendly plan through the following activities and strategies:
- Building public and private, cross-sector and multi-organizational partnerships, collaborations, and commitments.
- Facilitating community engagement opportunities for community members of all ages and abilities (individuals, groups, organizations, providers, and networks).
- Building intergenerational and cross-sector community and organizational awareness, support, and capacity to serve and support aging and disability community members, residents, and their families.
- Informing, educating, and engaging with local leaders and decision-makers (e.g., county and city elected officials).
- Embedding equity, cultural competency, and disability inclusion principles and practices into the planning and development of a Local Plan that addresses the social drivers of health (i.e., conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age that shape a wide range of health and health outcomes), which may include, but not limited to, the following:
- Accessible Housing and Homelessness
- Transportation
- Public Health
- Health Care Quality and Access
- Direct Care Workforce
- Friends and Family Caregiving Support
- Social Engagement, Inclusion, and Community Safety (e.g., digital inclusion, intergenerational engagement, and social supports)
- Behavioral Health
- Services Navigation (including Home & Community-Based Services)
- Financial Security/Poverty Reduction (including Food Security)
- Legal and Criminal Justice Support
- Establishing a commitment to a cycle of continuous improvement involving a sequence of planning, implementing, evaluating, and improving the community’s local age- and disabilityfriendly plan.
Grant Program Goals
Grant recipients will develop local age- and disability-friendly plans that will:
- Improve community livability for people of all ages and abilities centered on equity, cultural competency, community engagement, and disability inclusion principles and practices.
- Combat racism, ageism, ableism, and biases in aging and disability systems of care.
- Address health and other inequities that can become cumulative with age.
- Elevate the strengths and voices of community members who are aging and/or living with a disability.
- Communicate a clear vision and strategic priorities for building and sustaining an age- and disability-friendly community.
- Strengthen the collective capacity of the community to address the current, emerging, and future aging and disability-related needs through cross-sector collaboration, defined as the intentional collaboration between two or more sectors to accomplish community goals and achieve community-level outcomes.
- Transform the infrastructure and coordination of services and supports serving older adults, people with disabilities, and professional and family caregivers across sectors.
- Guide government and non-government programs, services, policy, and funding.
- Build, enhance, and facilitate shared leadership, partnerships, and collaborations with diverse agencies, groups, and stakeholders to identify and act on shared values, mutual goals, and opportunities.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request between $75,000 (minimum) and $200,000 (maximum) for the full project period of the grant program.
- Round 2 LADAP Grant Program Project Period (anticipated): 01/05/2023 – 3/31/2025 (15-month project period).
Eligibility Criteria
CDA will award funding, on a competitive basis, to California-based agencies and organizations that represent and serve a defined geographic community. Eligible Applicants include:
- Local government agencies
- Non-government organizations
- Tribal organizations
- Community-based non-profits and established coalitions that are classified as 501(c)(3) tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Code.
For more information, visit CDA.
