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HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-HDRC-0043: COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Closed Closed December 6, 2022 Opportunity HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-HDRC-0043 ☆ 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 2022.

• Award ceiling$75.0 million
• Award floor$50.0 million
• Total funding$125 million
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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)

This is a limited competition; only national aging and/or disability organizations with demonstrated capacity to achieve the goals of the program are eligible to apply. These national aging and disability network organizations must have exiting partners that are part of the aging and disability network, which have successfully implemented vaccine clinics and provided outreach with ACL supplemental and CDC funding. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this 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 $75.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (70% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Administration for Community Living (ACL), through its Administration on Aging (AoA), is providing this competitive grant opportunity for the purpose of rapidly increasing access and uptake of COVID-19 and Influenza vaccinations by individuals who are at risk of severe illness, with a focus on and targeted outreach to older adults and persons with disabilities in local communities throughout the nation. This is a limited competition; only national aging and/or disability organizations with demonstrated capacity to achieve the goals of the program are eligible to apply. Through this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), ACL plans to award two (2) grant awards. Successful recipients must demonstrate capacity to develop and implement a vaccination plan that will quickly resource, including through sub-awards, and leverage existing partnerships and build new partnerships to expand vaccine access. Activities under the grant award should include, but are not limited to, hosting community vaccine clinics, providing in-home vaccinations, providing transportation to vaccination sites, and conducting outreach and education to older adults and people with disabilities.

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.