A new funding opportunity is now available from ACL’s Administration on Aging for the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center. The awardee will receive a total of up to $516,407 per year for a three-year project. This funding opportunity is designed to provide targeted expert technical assistance and training for State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs nationwide

A new funding opportunity is now available from ACL’s Administration on Aging under its Lifespan Respite Care Program. The awardee will receive a total of up to $420,000 per year for a three-year project. This funding will be awarded to a public or private nonprofit organization to provide training, technical assistance, and national coordination support.

This funding opportunity is designed to support national resource centers that provide training, technical assistance, and resources to strengthen services for older American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

A new funding opportunity is now available from ACL’s Administration on Disabilities, “Peer Supports for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.” One awardee will receive up to $2.3 million over a three-year period of performance. This initiative will strengthen and expand a national peer support network for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), addressing the unmet needs of an estimated 5 million individuals in the U.S. with speech-related disabilities who cannot rely solely on speech for communication.

Join ACL’s Commit to Connect initiative for an Office Hours session to learn from Tiffany Neal, director of the HANDS in Autism® Interdisciplinary Training and Resource Center. The HANDS center, based out of Indiana University, offers training and resources to support the needs of individuals with autism.

Join ACL's National Caregiver Support Collaborative (NCSC) for a webinar exploring how emerging artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools are shaping aging network organization programs and caregiver support, while complementing the essential human connection, judgment, and empathy at the heart of caregiving.

This funding opportunity is designed to break down siloes that exist through close collaboration among multiple agencies in the state. Each grantee will be expected to focus on implementing at least three of the five goals of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, as determined by the state’s needs and priorities.

The National CDSME Resource Center will work with the aging and disability network to promote coordination among health systems, public health agencies, stakeholders, and community-based organizations to build on existing CDSME efforts nationwide, and will accelerate grantee effectiveness by sharing best practices, replicating successful models, and providing tiered technical assistance.

The National I&R Support Center advances ACL’s strategic priority of connecting people to services by providing streamlined access to information, services, and support for older adults, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers.

This funding opportunity is designed to expand access to dementia-capable home and community-based services in Indian Country. The intent of the program is to strengthen the ability of tribal communities to serve people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in their homes and communities.