Department of Health and Human Services: Seeking Applications for Elder Justice Innovation Grants Program

Deadline: 14 August 2017

The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living is currently seeking applications for its Elder Justice Innovation Grants program that will support the development and advancement of new and emerging issues related to elder justice.

The Elder Justice Innovation Grants program is intended to support foundational work to create credible benchmarks for adult maltreatment prevention, and for program development and evaluation.

Funded projects will contribute to the improvement of the field of adult maltreatment prevention and intervention at large by undertaking initiatives such as developing programs, interventions, materials, etc., or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence-base of knowledge.

Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,850,000
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Award Floor: $350,000

Priority Areas

Responses to Reduce Harm: Individual-level and system-level responses to reduce harm for those who have experienced maltreatment, particularly those responses that incorporate trauma-informed approaches for serving older adults and adults with disabilities, and that build resiliency;
Adult Maltreatment Outcomes Analysis: How analysis of large data sets can provide insight into individuals’ experiences of maltreatment and their involvement with Adult Protective Services (APS);
APS Administration Promising Practices: Building the evidence on promising practices in the administration of APS.

Eligibility Criteria