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HHS-2021-ACL-AOA-PPSC-0080: Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center

Closed Closed July 26, 2021 Opportunity HHS-2021-ACL-AOA-PPSC-0080 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: National Center for Law and Elder Rights (HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-LMRC-0019). Status: Expected deadline March 5, 2027. It is in our archive of Administration for Community Living notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$250,000
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$750,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Domestic public or private non-profit entities including state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education. 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.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $250,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (70% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

According to Older Americans Act State Performance Reports, there are over 11,000 senior centers in the United States. Senior centers are valued partners in the Aging Network that support community living by keeping older adults active, engaged, informed and healthy. Many senior centers serve as important focal points for the delivery of comprehensive services and offer programs that can help reduce the incidence of social isolation and loneliness among older adults. Given the changing aging demographics, senior centers will need to adapt to the "new" older adult and create a new and modern experience. This issue has only been heightened by the COVID pandemic which caused many senior centers to close and rapidly create alternative programming to meet the needs of the older adults in their communities. To better ensure that senior centers have the tools and resources necessary to develop and implement programs that meet the current and future needs of the Nation’s older adults, the Administration on Aging is establishing a Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center. AoA is seeking applications to fund one cooperative agreement that will provide technical assistance and training as well as serve as a repository for innovative programs and strategies that can be successfully replicated in local senior centers.

Category: Income Security and Social Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-LMRC-0019, which is forecast.

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