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HHS-2022-ACL-AOA-EJIG-0071: Elder Justice Innovation Grants - Improving Guardianship FY2022

Closed Closed May 6, 2022 Opportunity HHS-2022-ACL-AOA-EJIG-0071 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: National Adult Protective Services Training Center (HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-EJRC-0015). Status: Expected deadline May 17, 2027. It is in our archive of Administration for Community Living notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$1.0 million
• Award floor$150,000
• Total funding$6.0 million
• Expected awards20
• 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)

Eligibility is limited to the highest courts of state per Title XX of the Social Security Act, Subtitle B, the Elder Justice Act of 2009, Section 2042(c)(2)-(3). Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Program awards averaged $1.5 million; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (93% 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 Elder Justice Innovation Grants program is intended to support foundational work to create credible innovations, with benchmarks for adult maltreatment prevention, and for program development and evaluation. The Elder Justice Innovation Grants program supports the development and advancement of knowledge and approaches in new and emerging issues related to elder justice. Funded projects contribute to the improvement of the field of adult maltreatment prevention and intervention at large by undertaking initiatives such as developing programs, interventions, and materials, or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence base of knowledge. Through this program announcement, ACL plans to award up to twenty (20) cooperative agreements, ranging from $150,000 - $1,000,000 per year for a 36-month project period, to assess and implement improvements in the handling of the adult guardianship and conservatorship process by state courts. This includes enhancing the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and integrity of adult guardianship/conservatorship proceedings; addressing access to guardianship revocation and alternative pathways and proceedings that promote less restrictive means of supported decision making; and developing innovations to improve the experiences of individuals at risk of guardianship/conservatorship. Projects will be three (3) years in length, with three (3), 12-month budget periods. ACL anticipates ability to make up to a total of 20 awards under this opportunity.

Category: Income Security and Social Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-EJRC-0015, which is forecast.

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