Donor Name: Enterprise Community Partners
States: Michigan, Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $150,000 – $300,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Purpose
The purpose of this award is to scale proven housing-based services and supports that enable low-income older adults living in Michigan and Maryland to age in place.
This grant opportunity is available to nonprofit housing organizations serving older adults with low incomes residing in Michigan and Maryland. Grants may be used to scale housing-based services and supports that have proven successful in improving the health and well-being of these individuals. Stable healthy housing connected to services offers older adults the opportunity to age with dignity at home by supporting their physical, mental, and financial health. This grant opportunity will allow more older adults to access the housing-based services they need to thrive.
This grant opportunity is a part of Enterprise Community Partners’ (Enterprise) Thome Aging Well Program funded by the Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation and administered through Bank of America.
The first phase of the Thome Aging Well Program will work with community partners to scale what’s working in their support of the health and well-being of older adults. The first round of Scale What’s Working grant awards, the focus of this RFP, will provide funding to non-profit owners and/or operators of affordable housing, housing authorities, or tribal designated housing entities serving residents aged 55 or older.
Program Focus
Programs must provide services that address at least one of the health focus areas listed below; ideally, programs will address multiple focus areas. “Services” are defined as activities or programming that support the physical, mental, or financial health and well-being of older adults living in affordable housing or the surrounding community. The focus areas of this grant program include:
- The physical health of older adults includes their physical ability to perform daily activities, manage chronic conditions, achieve proper nutrition, limit drug and alcohol use, sleep, and be active.
- The mental health and well-being of older adults include the promotion of psychological, emotional, and social well-being. This is inclusive of social connectedness, self-esteem, stress management, and management of mental disorders or early warning signs.
- The financial well-being of older adults includes the ability to maintain financial stability, including increasing their financial security, connection to benefits, workforce training, or financial planning and education.
Funding Information
- $150,000 – $300,000 with an average award size of $250,000.
Period of Performance
Grants funded through this program will have a duration of up to 24 months. Grants will start on the date the agreement is executed by both parties, but no earlier than July 1, 2022.
Populations Served
Programs supported by this funding opportunity must serve adults who are 55 or older and have low incomes (defined as 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) or below) who live in Michigan or Maryland. Preference will be given to programs serving those who belong to a community or group that has and is continuing to experience persistent health inequities (e.g., BIPOC, extremely low incomes, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ+).
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations that:
- Are non-profit owners and/or operators of affordable housing or housing authorities or tribally designated housing entities AND
- Serve low-income older adults (55 or older) residing in Michigan or Maryland AND
- Provide direct services or directly contract with service providers who provide direct services to low-income older adults in a housing setting to support their physical, mental, and/or financial health and well-being.
A consortium of organizations that:
- Consists of one or more non-profit affordable housing owners and/or operators of housing authorities or tribally designated housing entities and one or more other supporting organizations such as direct service providers, health care organizations, or mental health providers AND
- Serve low-income older adults residing in Michigan or Maryland AND
- Provides services or supports to low-income older adults in a housing setting to support their physical, mental, or financial health and/or well-being.
For more information, visit Thome Aging Well Program Grant Opportunity.
