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O-OVC-2021-51001: OVC FY 2021 Invited to Apply - Transforming America's Response to Elder Abuse: Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) for Older Victims of Abuse and Financial Exploitation Training and Technical Assistance

Closed Closed July 22, 2021 Opportunity O-OVC-2021-51001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: OVC and OVW FY 2026 Victim Services for Angel Families Program – Invited Notice of Funding Opportunity (O-OVC-2026-172807). Status: Closes November 16, 2026 (9 days left). It is in our archive of Office for Victims of Crime notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$1.0 million
• Total funding$1.0 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• 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)

This noncompetitive solicitation is by invitation only for Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants awards averaged $506,630; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (76% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York City Elder Abuse Center (Cornell Medical) is implementing training and technical assistance (TTA) for the "Transforming America’s Response to Elder Abuse: Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) for Older Victims of Abuse and Financial Exploitation" Program. This program addresses the trauma-informed response to the crime of elder abuse and financial exploitation with a multidisciplinary (MDT) approach. Under a separate competitive solicitation, up to 10 additional project sites will be selected to develop E-MDTs to address victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation and work to increase training and professional partner engagement to address and help better respond to the needs of elder victims of abuse and financial exploitation at the community level. Under this noncompetitive solicitation, Cornell Medical will be funded to support the 10 additional case-review E-MDT project sites through active technical assistance and other methods to facilitate cross-site learning. Statutory Authority: This project is authorized by 34 U.S.C. § 20103(c)(1)(A)

Category: Income Security and Social Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-OVC-2026-172807, which is open now.

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