The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is offering Elder Justice Innovation Grants to foster advancements in elder justice, specifically focusing on adult maltreatment prevention and intervention. This grant opportunity aims to support projects that develop new knowledge and approaches in emerging elder justice issues, contributing to the field by creating programs, interventions, and materials, or building the evidence base. For this cycle, ACL intends to award up to twenty cooperative agreements, each ranging from $150,000 to $1,000,000 annually over 36 months. These projects will assess and implement improvements in state court adult guardianship and conservatorship processes, enhancing their fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, and integrity. The initiative also promotes less restrictive alternatives like supported decision-making and innovations to improve experiences for those at risk of guardianship.
Opportunity ID: 337804
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2022-ACL-AOA-EJIG-0071 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Elder Justice Innovation Grants – Improving Guardianship FY2022 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 20 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.747 — Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 07, 2022 |
| Last Updated Date: | Mar 07, 2022 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 06, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 06, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $6,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $150,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligibility is limited to the highest courts of state per Title XX of the Social Security Act, Subtitle B, the Elder Justice Act of 2009, Section 2042(c)(2)-(3). Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Administration for Community Living |
| Description: | The Elder Justice Innovation Grants program is intended to support foundational work to create credible innovations, with benchmarks for adult maltreatment prevention, and for program development and evaluation. The Elder Justice Innovation Grants program supports the development and advancement of knowledge and approaches in new and emerging issues related to elder justice. Funded projects contribute to the improvement of the field of adult maltreatment prevention and intervention at large by undertaking initiatives such as developing programs, interventions, and materials, or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence base of knowledge.
Through this program announcement, ACL plans to award up to twenty (20) cooperative agreements, ranging from $150,000 – $1,000,000 per year for a 36-month project period, to assess and implement improvements in the handling of the adult guardianship and conservatorship process by state courts. This includes enhancing the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and integrity of adult guardianship/conservatorship proceedings; addressing access to guardianship revocation and alternative pathways and proceedings that promote less restrictive means of supported decision making; and developing innovations to improve the experiences of individuals at risk of guardianship/conservatorship. Projects will be three (3) years in length, with three (3), 12-month budget periods. ACL anticipates ability to make up to a total of 20 awards under this opportunity. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://acl.gov/grants/open-opportunities |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Mr. Sandy James
sandy.james@acl.hhs.gov Email:sandy.james@acl.hhs.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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Related Documents
Folder 337804 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> Foa_Content_of_HHS-2022-ACL-AOA-EJIG-0071.pdf
Folder 337804 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> EJIG Improving Guardianship 2022 FAQ.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Mr. Sandy James sandy.james@acl.hhs.gov Email: sandy.james@acl.hhs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.747 | HHS-2022-ACL-AOA-EJIG-0071 | Elder Justice Innovation Grants – Improving Guardianship FY2022 | PKG00272441 | Mar 07, 2022 | May 06, 2022 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
337804 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
337804 SF424A-1.0.pdf
337804 SF424B-1.1.pdf
337804 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
337804 Key_Contacts_2_0-2.0.pdf
337804 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
337804 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
337804 PerformanceSite_4_0-4.0.pdf
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