The National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (NCBOE) offers this grant to provide technical assistance, empowering states, AAAs, and community organizations. Its primary purpose is to enhance outreach and benefits enrollment, particularly for older individuals with significant economic need, across federal and state programs. The NCBOE maintains web-based decision support tools and integrated systems to inform seniors about eligible benefits. It develops cost-effective strategies for identifying and enrolling qualified individuals. Furthermore, the center supports the establishment of benefit enrollment centers, including Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs), and operates an information clearinghouse for best practices. This grant also facilitates training and technical assistance on effective outreach, screening, enrollment, and follow-up strategies, ensuring comprehensive support for vulnerable older adults.
Opportunity ID: 357761
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2025-ACL-CIP-MINC-0022 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment |
| 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: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.071 — Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 30, 2025 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: | Jul 30, 2025 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Authorizing legislation and governing programmatic regulations specify eligibility for individual grant programs. In general, HHS grants may be awarded to domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit organizations. Eligible organizations may include State, local, and Indian tribal governments; institutions of higher education; other non-profit organizations (including faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations); and hospitals. In some cases, grants also may be made to foreign or international organizations. Eligibility for a particular funding opportunity announcement is specified in the Grants.gov FIND synopsis, with more detailed eligibility information found in the funding opportunity announcement. More details can be found here: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/grants/grants/policies-regulations/hhsgps107.pdf Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Administration for Community Living |
| Description: | The National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (NCBOE) which provides technical assistance to States, AAAs, and other community service providers to provide outreach and benefits enrollment assistance, particularly to older individuals with greatest economic need, for federal and state programs. The NCBOE (i) maintains and updates web-based decision support and enrollment tools and integrated, person-centered systems designed to inform older individuals about the full range of benefits for which the individuals are eligible; (ii) utilizes cost-effective strategies to find older individuals with greatest economic need and enroll the individual in the programs for with they are qualified; (iii) creates and supports efforts for Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs), and other public and private state and community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations and coalitions, to serve as benefit enrollment centers for the programs; (iv) develops and maintains an information clearinghouse on best practices and cost-effective methods for finding and enrolling older individuals with greatest economic need; and (v) provides training and technical assistance on effective outreach, screening, enrollment and follow-up strategies. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://acl.gov/grants/open-opportunities |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Maggie Flowers
margaret.flowers@acl.hhs.gov Email:margaret.flowers@acl.hhs.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 357761 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> Foa_Content_of_HHS-2025-ACL-CIP-MINC-0022.pdf
Folder 357761 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> MINC NOFO Q and A -7.9.25.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Maggie Flowers margaret.flowers@acl.hhs.gov Email: margaret.flowers@acl.hhs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.071 | HHS-2025-ACL-CIP-MINC-0022 | National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment | PKG00291087 | Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 30, 2025 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
357761 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
357761 SF424A-1.0.pdf
357761 SF424B-1.1.pdf
357761 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
357761 Key_Contacts_2_0-2.0.pdf
357761 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
357761 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
357761 PerformanceSite_4_0-4.0.pdf
357761 Project_AbstractSummary_2_0-2.0.pdf
Optional forms
357761 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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