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    Lifespan Respite Care Program: State Program Enhancement Grants

    HHS-2025-ACL-AOA-LRLI-0004

    Emily Anozie

    Opening date 1 Aug 2024, 12:00AM

    Closing date N/A

    Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2025-ACL-AOA-LRLI-0004

    Opportunity Category: Discretionary

    Expected Number of Awards: 7

    CFDA Number(s): 93.072 -- Lifespan Respite Care Program

    Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

    Posted Date: Aug 01, 2024 12:00:00 AM EDT

    Closing Date: N/A

    Estimated Total Program Funding: 2466000

    Award Ceiling: $400000

    Award Floor: $200000

    Eligible Applicants: State governments

    Additional Information on Eligibility: Based on statutory requirements for the Lifespan Respite Care Program authorized by Congress in 2006 under Title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C 201), and the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2020, awards may only be made to eligible state agencies administering the state’s program under the Older Americans Act of 1965 or Title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid), or those designated by a Governor to administer the state’s program under this title. The eligible state agency is or works with an Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)/No Wrong Door System and works in collaboration with a public or private nonprofit statewide respite care coalition or organization. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

    Description: Eligible state agencies funded under this announcement shall use grant funds to advance the provision of respite services through their statewide Lifespan Respite Care system as outlined in The Act. The goal of the program is to enhance state systems and capacities to deliver respite care and related services to family caregivers of children and adults across all age groups, disabilities, and chronic conditions. All programs must from the outset, address the respite needs of all populations regardless of the age, disability, or chronic condition of the care recipient population. Funded applicants will continue to build collaborations and partnerships across the state and carry out key activities including expanding options for volunteers; ensuring adequate respite provider training is offered; identifying gaps in current services and conducting outreach to reduce those gaps; and continue to, or increase efforts to, target underserved populations across the lifespan. ACL will fund approximately seven (7) cooperative agreements over the course of the 4-year project period.Applications should reflect an understanding of and grounding in the principles and actions contained in the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. It is ACL’s expectation that using the Strategy as a roadmap or guide, applicants will incorporate the approaches outlined in the Strategy, as applicable, for enhancing their State Lifespan Respite Systems of care.Awardees under this funding opportunity will work with ACL to implement the data collection and reporting requirements, under Section 2904 of the Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act of 2020.

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