Deadline: 6-May-22
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is soliciting applications for the 2022 Elder Justice Innovation Grants (EJIG) – Improving Guardianship to support foundational work to create credible innovations, with benchmarks for adult maltreatment prevention, and for program development and evaluation.
The Elder Justice Innovation Grants program supports the development and advancement of knowledge and approaches in new and emerging issues related to elder justice. Funded projects contribute to the improvement of the field of adult maltreatment prevention and intervention at large by undertaking initiatives such as developing programs, interventions, and materials, or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence base of knowledge.
ACL aims to stimulate improvements in the states’ guardianship systems that increase the preservation of the rights and self-determination of proposed protected persons and those subject to guardianship.
Objectives
ACL seeks proposals from the highest courts of States to address the following objectives:
- Assess the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and integrity of adult guardianship proceedings, access to alternatives to guardianship, examination of the processes for appointing and monitoring of the performance of court- appointed public and private guardians, and revocation of guardianship.
- Develop and implement innovations to address issues determined during the assessment phase of the project.
- Measure changes to the guardianship system implemented through the project and improvements in the experiences of individuals at risk of guardianship.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $6,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 Per Budget Period
- Award Floor: $150,000 Per Budget Period
- Length of Project Period: 36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility is limited to the highest courts of state of the Social Security Act, the Elder Justice Act of 2009, Section 2042(c)(2)-(3).
- Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337804