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UPDATED Conference Calls: Lifespan Respite Care Program Funding Opportunities

April 3, 2020

Times have been updated for the April 7, 2020 informational conference calls for the funding opportunities listed below.

Lifespan Respite Care Program: Technical Assistance and Resource Center

Informational conference call: April 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM ET 

Applications due: May 12, 2020

The primary objectives of this funding opportunity are to: (1) further identify, develop, and disseminate training and Technical Assistance resources to ACL's Lifespan Respite Care Program grantees (past, present and future) that address the role of respite as a means to supporting families in their own development of natural supports; (2) strengthen the national capacities at the federal, state and local levels to provide respite services as an essential family support across the age and disability spectrum; and (3) support activities and innovations to develop an evidence base for respite care and related services.

Lifespan Respite Care Program: State Program Enhancement Grants

Informational conference call: April 7, 2020 at 12:00 PM ET

Applications due: May 26, 2020

Grantees will be expected to focus on providing all of the required services (and the optional services as deemed appropriate by the state) as outlined in the Lifespan Respite Care Act, doing so in ways that will ensure increased capacity to meet the objectives of the Act by the end of each grant year.


Last modified on 05/07/2020


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