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HHS-2021-ACL-AOA-LRLI-0115: Lifespan Respite Care Program: State Program Enhancement Grants- Reposting Opportunity to Apply

Closed Closed August 23, 2021 Opportunity HHS-2021-ACL-AOA-LRLI-0115 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Lifespan Respite Care Program: State Grants (HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-LRLI-0007). Status: Expected deadline May 31, 2027. It is in our archive of Administration for Community Living notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$275,000
• Award floor$100,000
• Total funding$550,000
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments

By Statute, eligible applicants include State Units on Aging, State Medicaid Agencies, or another State agency designated by the governor to apply for funds. Eligible applicants must work in conjunction with the ADRC in the state and in concert with the statewide respite coalition or respite organization. This funding opportunity will be further limited to those states who have had at least one other Lifespan Respite Grant since program implementation began in 2009. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

More grants for state and local governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Lifespan Respite Care Program awards averaged $839,983; this notice allows up to $275,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (92% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The Lifespan Respite Care Act's purpose is threefold: expand and enhance respite care services to family caregivers; improve the statewide dissemination and coordination of respite care; and provide, supplement, or improve access and quality of respite care services to family caregivers, thereby reducing family caregiver strain. States who have received grants under this program have made considerable progress in building or strengthening their capacities to provide respite services. With this new funding opportunity, grantees will be asked to carefully examine the extent to which their state has a Lifespan Respite Care system of direct service and propose approaches that will enable them to incrementally, over the course of the project period, increase the amount (percentage) of direct services they are providing. For many caregivers, respite, which is defined as the temporary relief from the ongoing responsibility of caring for an individual of any age with special needs, is often a critical component of the services and supports they need to continue to provide care. Numerous barriers exist that often make it difficult for caregivers to access respite. Since its implementation in 2009, the Lifespan Respite Care Program has sought to enable states to build systems of respite care that address the challenges and barriers, while making respite services more readily available to caregivers caring for individuals of any age. Under this reposted funding opportunity, grantees will be expected to focus on advancing their existing systems of respite care by proposing direct service activities that proactively expand the state's ability to provide respite and related supports to family caregivers across the lifespan. Grantees will be expected to build on advancements made under previous Lifespan Respite Care Program grants and focus on incrementally increasing the amount (percentage) of direct services they provide each year of their 5-year grant. Grantees will be expected to focus on providing all of the required services (and the optional services as deemed appropriate by the state) as outlined in the Lifespan Respite Care Act, doing so in ways that will ensure increased capacity to meet the objectives of the Act by the end of each grant year. Grantees will be expected to use some portion of their grant funds to provide direct respite services, in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

Category: Income Security and Social Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-LRLI-0007, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.