The Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program is to empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education.
Donor Name: Administration for Community Living
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/30/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The SMP program seeks to empower beneficiaries through increased awareness and understanding of health care programs to protect them from the economic and health-related consequences associated with Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse. ACL provides grant funding to support 54 SMP state-based projects, including grantees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. With this funding opportunity, ACL is seeking applicants for a single cooperative agreement to operate the Senior Medicare Patrol Resource Center (SMPRC). The SMPRC will provide training, technical assistance, and promotional activities to support the SMP program and its 54 projects nationwide.
SMP Strategic Program Themes
- Team Member and Enrollee Education
- Workforce Development
- Operational Excellence
- Innovation and Partnership.
Funding Information
Estimated Total Funding: $1,500,000.
Grant Period
36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
