Federal Funding Opportunities
AoA to Award $5 Million for Community Aging in Place Programs The Administration on Aging (AoA) will use up to $4.5 million to fund up to 15 new Community Innovations for Aging in Place (CIAIP) grants. These new projects will promote aging in place for older individuals by developing and implementing innovative, cost effective, comprehensive and coordinated health and social services including evidence-based disease prevention and health promotion services that allow them to continue to live in their communities among their families and friends. AoA will also award one grant of up to $500,000 for a technical assistance cooperative agreement that will support the CIAIP grantees. The closing date for CIAIP and cooperative agreement applications under this announcement is Wednesday, July 15, 2009. To learn more about this grant opportunity, please visit http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/Funding/index.aspx. For more information about the CIAIP program, please contact Deborah Burns at Deborahburns.Kuhn@aoa.hhs.gov.
AoA to Award $10 Million for Alzheimer’s Disease Supportive Services Projects The Administration on Aging (AoA) Alzheimer’s Disease Supportive Services Program (ADSSP) Projects will award $10 million in grants through its Evidence-Based Cooperative Agreements to Better Serve People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders and Innovation Cooperative Agreements to Better Serve People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders to provide the opportunity for AoA’s national network of community-based aging organizations and its partners to strengthen their approach to helping individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) and their caregivers. The deadline for submission of a letter of intent is Friday, June 5, 2009. The closing date for applications for both announcements is Monday, July 6, 2009. The Program Announcements and Frequently Asked Questions may be viewed at:
http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/Funding/index.aspx.
AoA to Award Grants for National Minority Aging Organizations Technical Assistance Centers The Administration on Aging (AoA) plans to make awards under the National Minority Aging Organizations Technical Assistance Centers (NMAOs) Program for the development of culturally competent and linguistically appropriate front-line health promotion and disease prevention strategies for racial and ethnic minority older individuals. Projects will develop practical, nontraditional, community-based interventions for reaching older individuals who experience barriers to accessing home and community-based services due to language and low literacy as well as other barriers directly related to cultural diversity. Through this competition, AoA plans to make approximately four (4) awards in the form of cooperative agreements for new projects, for a first year total of up to approximately $911,832. Each project should focus on one of the following four (4) major racial and ethnic minority groups: African American (1 project @ up to $217,226); American Indian and Alaska Native (1 project @ up to $125,098); persons of Hispanic origin (1 project @ up to $217,226); and Asian American and Pacific Islanders (API) (1 project @ up to $352,273). Projects will be funded for a three (3) year period, contingent upon the availability of federal funds. Applicants are required to cover at least 25% of the total program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources. The deadline date for submission of applications is 11:59 P.M. EST on June 15, 2009.Click here for the full text of this program announcement http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/Funding/docs/2009/2009_NMAO_PA--FINAL_4-30.doc
| Deborah DiGilio| Director, Office on Aging
Public Interest Directorate
American Psychological Association
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