The federal
Administration on Aging is sponsoring two funding opportunities that will award competitive grants to entities for developing and carrying out model aging in place projects.
Deadline: July 15, 2009
The projects will promote aging in place for older individuals in order to sustain the independence of older individuals. Recipients...must identify innovative strategies for providing, and linking older individuals to programs and services that provide, comprehensive and coordinated health and social services to sustain the quality of life of older individuals and support aging in place.
More information is available
here.
The two kinds of grants are: 15
CIAIP Grants and 1
Technical Assistance Grants.
AoA expects to awards 16 total grants with a total program funding of $5M. The award ceiling is $500,000, the floor is $200,000. Grants are expected to be funded for three years.
CIAIP GrantsUp to $4,500,000 will be available to fund up to 15 new Community Innovations for Aging In Place (CIAIP) grants. These grants will be funded at a federal share of approximately $250,000 to $500,000 per year for a project period of three years, contingent on the availability of federal funds.
Technical Assistance Grants (TAG)
Up to $500,000 will be available to fund one Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) in the form of a cooperative agreement. This grant (cooperative agreement) will be funded at a federal share of approximately $500,000 per year for a project period of three years contingent upon availability of federal funds.
