Deadline: 3-Aug-22
With this Request for Applications (RFA), The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Foundation is seeking to educate, engage, and enroll more eligible older adults with low income in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) and to learn about barriers to awareness, application, and the recertification process. Specifically, The Association wants to identify best practices for:
- Outreach and messaging that engages older adults with low income to apply for MSPs
- Reaching historically underserved populations, including people who identify as women, people of color, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, and people living in rural areas
- MSP engagement and application completion
Additionally, AARP Foundation is looking to collaborate with any grantees to identify innovative tactics for outreach, engagement, and enrollment of eligible older adults in MSPs. Ideally, grant applicants will have experience with the following:
- Serving older adults who are living with low income
- Providing assistance with accessing public benefits
- A record of successful outreach to historically underserved populations
The grant is open to all organizations in AARP Foundation priority states, AARP especially encourage community-based organizations, safety-net health care providers and clinics, and social services agencies to apply.
Funding information
- Potential Award Range: $50,000-$150,000
- Grant Term: October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023
- Indirect Cost Rate: AARP Foundation will fund an indirect cost rate of 15% of the total direct costs of the grant program.
Funding Eligibility
- This funding opportunity is limited to organizations who have the experience or ability to enroll eligible older adults into Medicare Savings Programs. Applications will be considered if they have the ability to serve older adults living with low income, on their own or in conjunction with other organizations.
- AARP Foundation is focusing efforts in 22 U.S. states and territories: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, the District of Columbia.
- Applicants must be located in one of these locations.
- The following are not eligible for funding:
- Grants for individuals
- Capital campaigns
- Debt retirement or operating deficits
- Endowments or reserve funds
- Political organizations or campaigns
- Lobbying legislators or influencing elections
- Sponsorship of fundraising events
- Marketing endeavors and personal research
- Organizations located outside the United States or its territories
- Indirect expenses unrelated to the project being funded
For more information, visit https://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/grants/info-2021/advancing-effective-solutions-medicare-savings-programs-rfa.html