Request for Applications - Targeted Technical Assistance to Community-based Aging & Disability Organizations

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an opportunity for up to ten (10) networks of community-based aging and disability organizations to participate in a learning collaborative and receive targeted technical assistance related to business acumen. Applicants must be seeking to build their business capacity and align their service capabilities in order to contract with integrated healthcare entities to provide community-based long-term services and supports and/or evidence-based preventive health programs and services.  ACL is particularly interested in working with networks that include a diverse mix of organizations that serve people with disabilities and older adults.  No direct funding will be provided through this initiative; rather, this collaborative will receive targeted technical assistance through a variety of different means, as noted within the announcement. 

Applications must be submitted electronically via email to Lauren.Solkowski@acl.hhs.gov by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on Monday, December 8, 2014.

The Request for Applications is attached, or can be seen here.

Groups Eligible to Apply for Technical Assistance

Those eligible to request targeted technical assistance through this learning collaborative initiative are networks comprised of two or more domestic, public or private non-profit or government-based community-based organizations, including (but not limited to):

 Area Agencies on Aging

 Centers for Independent Living

 Behavioral health organizations

 Developmental disability organizations

 Faith-based organizations

 Native American tribal organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian)

 Protection and Advocacy Agencies

 Service providers for persons with disabilities and/or older adults

 State-based associations of community-based organizations

 State Developmental Disabilities Councils

 State Independent Living Councils

 State Units on Aging.

Preference will be given to networks that include both aging and disability organizations, especially Area Agencies on Aging and/or Centers for Independent Living. Networks may vary in size depending on the needs of the communities being served.