New ACL Funding Opportunities to Enhance Access to Home Modifications and Strengthen Financial Literacy & Preparedness of Family Caregivers

Promoting Aging in Place by Enhancing Access to Home Modifications

Older adults overwhelmingly prefer to stay in their homes and communities as they age, but millions live in homes that lack accessibility features that support doing so safely and independently. Home modifications and repairs can help older adults age in place and maintain their independence. In many cases, home modifications can also help to prevent falls and other accidents. ACL intends to award one cooperative agreement designed to address barriers to optimal access to and use of home modifications that support aging in place. The project will be expected to provide technical assistance and serve as a repository for home modification best practices and innovations that can be replicated at the local level.

Funding opportunity number: HHS-2018-ACL-AOA-HMOD-0308

Estimated total program funding: $250,000

Proposals due: August 13, 2018

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Strengthening the Financial Literacy and Preparedness of Family Caregivers

Family caregivers often experience significant financial burdens while also facing the challenges of managing the financial affairs of their loved ones. To help address these issues, ACL intends to award one cooperative agreement to undertake activities to improve the financial literacy and preparedness of family caregivers in two key areas: 1) for family caregivers to ensure their own financial well-being, and 2) to better equip them to undertake “financial caregiving” tasks on behalf of a care recipient. Objectives for this project include advancing the understanding of the need for and the available interventions to improve the financial literacy of family caregivers; develop and test new interventions to improve/strengthen financial literacy among family caregivers; and, broadly disseminate project findings, new interventions, and best practices that emerge from the project.

Funding opportunity number: HHS-2018-ACL-AOA-FLFC-0309

Estimated total program funding: $250,000

Proposals due: August 10, 2018

View the full funding announcement on grants.gov