Deadline: 31-May-22
Applications are now open for the Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce (DCW): A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative.
The goal of this initiative is to strengthen the DCW to better meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities and their families and family caregivers. ACL recognizes that, while many areas of overlap exist between older adult and people with disabilities and their families and family caregivers, there are unique considerations and opportunities posed by each that applicants should consider and address in their applications. Applicants should consider the cross-disability and aging population focus sought by ACL in this initiative and propose activities accordingly.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,300,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,300,000
- Award Floor: $1,200,000
Outcomes
Through this new initiative, ACL seeks to advance capacity to recruit, train and retain a highquality, competent, and effective direct care workforce of professionals capable of meeting the growing needs that older adults and people with disabilities have for such supports. To that end, ACL seeks the following outcomes from this initiative:
- Increase the availability and visibility of tools and resources to attract, train and retain the direct care workforce in quality jobs where they earn livable wages and have voice in their working environment, and have access to benefits and opportunities for advancement.
- Increase the number of states that develop and sustain collaborations across state systems and workforce agencies to implement strategies that will improve the recruitment, retention, and advancement of high quality DCW jobs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339375