Mobile Health & Outreach
Mobile clinics and community outreach programs.
Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Team Partnerships
The purpose of this program is to establish new, or enhance existing, mobile crisis teams that serve children, youth, and adults experiencing mental health or substance use crises. Its focus is the expansion of behavioral health crisis response capacity and the development of structured partnerships that reduce reliance on law enforcement and emergency departments for behavioral health crises.
Expanding Financial Literacy and Empowerment: Increasing Awareness and Use of ABLE Accounts for Americans with Disabilities
This grant is funded under the Projects of National Significance (PNS) authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. Its purpose is to increase awareness, access, and use of ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts so that individuals with disabilities have the resources needed to better support their health and economic well-being and improve their economic security and mobility. Since 2015, the ABLE Act has authorized states and territories to establish tax-advantaged programs—ABLE accounts—that allow individuals with disabilities to save and invest money. These accounts may be used for qualified disability expenses, including education, food, housing, transportation, employment training, assistive technology, and health care. Beginning in January 2026, ABLE eligibility requirements were expanded to include individuals with an age of disability onset up to 46, increased from the previous limit of 26. As a result, an estimated 14 million people will be eligible for ABLE accounts, including approximately 1.2 million veterans. This expansion presents a significant opportunity to broaden outreach to individuals receiving Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), as well as individuals with disabilities who are not enrolled in disability benefit programs, to help overcome barriers to achieving good health and meaningful employment. To advance these goals, the grant will support strategies such as coordinated marketing efforts at the national, state, and community levels; population-specific approaches implemented through partnerships with ACL grantees and community stakeholders; and a strengthened systems approach at the state level. ACL recognizes that ABLE-related supports can play a critical role in increasing economic security and mobility for individuals with disabilities.
Senior Medicare Patrol State Project Grants - Pennsylvania
The mission of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program is to empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse. Through outreach, counseling, and education, the SMP program increases awareness and understanding of health care programs to protect Medicare beneficiaries from the economic and health-related consequences associated with Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse. ACL currently provides grant funding to support 54 SMP state projects, including grantees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. The SMP projects use this funding to provide local outreach, education, and assistance to Medicare beneficiaries through a trained workforce, many of which are volunteers. SMP projects teach Medicare beneficiaries to protect their Medicare numbers, to detect billing discrepancies on their Medicare statements, and to report suspicious activity for further investigation. In addition, SMP projects actively disseminate fraud prevention and identification information through the media, outreach campaigns, and community events. As a result of these efforts, beneficiaries contact the SMP projects with inquiries and complaints regarding potential Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse. SMPs provide in-depth counseling and assistance to help beneficiaries who present with questions and issues. With this funding opportunity, ACL anticipates awarding up to 1 cooperative agreement to support the SMP project in Pennsylvania.
Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership
The purpose of this grant program is to improve the health and well-being of individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) by streamlining access to critical resources, services, and supports for people who have sustained a TBI as well as leveraging resources for sustainability. Supported activities may include information and referral services for people with TBI and their caregivers, resource facilitation, outreach and awareness to communities about TBI, and brain injury screenings and trainings to community stakeholders and paraprofessionals. Funds may also support activities that promote comprehensive services and trainings for population with a higher prevalence of people impacted by brain injury, such as veterans, youth, individuals in the criminal legal system, and aging populations.
Sustaining life-saving HIV services in Ukraine by strengthening resilient health systems under the Ukraine Ministry of Health, Public Health Center
The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $10,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds. This NOFO aims to help the Public Health Center (PHC) of the Ministry of Health (MOH) enhance life-saving assistance for HIV and associated prevalent health conditions. This should be accomplished with targeted HIV testing, prevention, and treatment activities amid ongoing instability. The objectives of this NOFO include: Working to ensure that targeted HIV testing, treatment, retention, and prevention services are widely available for people who are at higher risk for HIV. Services should be provided in community settings using social network strategies (SNS). Activities include:Targeted community-based case finding.Immediate linkage to available treatment.Retention support.Management of advanced HIV disease and HIV/TB co-infection.Improving the availability of HIV services by mobile HIV testing, treatment, and prevention. You should use targeted mobile HIV case finding, treatment, retention, and prevention services. Activities include:Streamlining immediate linkage to treatment.Strengthening ongoing adherence support.Improving the availability and quality of HIV services at medical facilities by implementing differentiated service delivery (DSD) models. Activities include enhancing patients’ retention, adherence, and access to HIV services at the facility level.Enhancing essential, targeted HIV prevention service provision for people at higher risk for HIV, focusing on availability, quality, coverage and timely initiation.
Improving regional capacity to respond to HIV, TB, and other global health priorities in Central America
The Award Ceiling for Year 1 is 0 (none). CDC anticipates an Approximate Total Fiscal Year Funding amount of $20,000,000 for Year 1, subject to the availability of funds. You will advance progress towards achieving the 95-95-95 targets and continue to transition site-level support to local governments in Central America (CA) for: El Salvador.Guatemala.Honduras.Nicaragua.Panama.To achieve the goals of this NOFO, you will address gaps in: HIV prevention.Diagnosis.Life-saving treatment.Proposed activities should facilitate country ownership while improving local capacity to: Make sure HIV prevention is available for populations most at risk, through the Sentinel Surveillance of STI and HIV Strategy (VICITS).Provide testing that leads to active linkage to HIV treatment and prevention services.Improve early HIV diagnosis through active case-finding strategies, including:Testing as outreach for populations most at risk for HIV.Index, provider-initiated, and community testing.Social network strategy.Self-testing.Support the integration of comprehensive care and treatment services, including for HIV, TB, and other opportunistic infections.Build capacity of healthcare workers to provide high-quality health services led by the country, and through continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives.Make sure adequate data systems are used to monitor progress toward 95-95-95 targets and other global health priorities.Support sustainable health systems that improve:Efficiency.Country ownership of the program.Global health security to fight priority infectious diseases and other public health threats.
Strengthening Aging Services for Minority Populations Through Technical Assistance, Resource Development, and Program Coordination
The Older Americans Act (OAA) requires that services and supports it funds be targeted to older adults and their family caregivers that are in greatest economic and greatest social need. The Strengthening Aging Services for Minority Populations Through Technical Assistance, Resource Development, and Program Coordination will fund one (1) National Minority Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC) that will serve the national aging network. This 3-year (36 month) cooperative agreement will focus on strengthening the national capacity to address the multi-faceted needs of a older adults and their family caregivers. Outcomes of the project will include: 1. Developing and disseminating training and technical assistance in areas such as (but not limited to) economic security, access to services, housing needs, self-advocacy, family and caregiver supports, and trauma informed approaches. 2. Educating the aging network on effective strategies and resources for engaging older adults who face barriers to receiving adequate outreach and access. 3. Providing evidence-based approaches, community engagement techniques, and resources to ensure all older adults receive the attention and services they deserve. 4. Developing, testing and disseminating approaches that aging and human services network agencies can employ to more successfully work one-on-one with minority older adults, their families, and family caregivers.
Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging (SUAs) and Tribal Organizations
Grants awarded under this announcement are to provide disaster reimbursement and assistance funds to those State Units on Aging (SUAs), and federally recognized Tribal Organizations who are currently receiving a grant under Title VI of the Older Americans Act (OAA), as amended. Total funding available for disaster assistance is subject to the availability of funds appropriated. The estimated number of awards is seven with a one year project period. Funds may only be used in those areas designated in the Major Disaster Declaration issued by the President of the United States under the Robert T. Stafford Relief and emergency Assistance Act. Funds typically are for the following OAA Title III types of gap-filling services: outreach, information and assistance, counseling, case management, advocacy on behalf of older persons, additional food and meals, supplies, damaged senior center equipment replacement, staff overtime, emergency medications, transportation and other such immediate needs. OAA funds may be sed for permissible expenses incurred which are not or cannot be paid for through other disaster funding resources. Applicants should talk with State, Tribal, and local Emergency Managers to determine what funds may be available through other resources before applying for OAA funding. Eligible SUAs and Title VI grantees should discuss all disaster applications including amount of funds requested with ACL contacts prior to submitting a formal application. SUAs, and federally recognized Tribal Organizations currently receiving a grant under Title VI of the OAA must submit proposals electronically via http://www.grants.gov.
Lifespan Respite Care Program: State Program Enhancement Grants
ACL is seeking applications from eligible state agencies that will advance the provision of respite services through their statewide Lifespan Respite Care system as outlined in the Act. Eligible states applying must use funds to enhance respite services through their existing Lifespan Respite Care system and have already received a program enhancement grant and looking to continue to scale and build collaborations and partnerships. Funds supplement, not replace existing funds. The goal of the program is to enhance state systems and capacities to deliver respite care and related services to family caregivers of children and adults across all age groups, disabilities, and chronic conditions. All programs must, from the outset, address the respite needs of all populations regardless of age, disability, or chronic condition of the care recipient population. Funded applicants will continue advancing goals that build collaborations and partnerships statewide, expand volunteer options, offer respite provider training, find and reduce service gaps through outreach and engagement, and further meaningful caregiver-focused strategies and authorized services as outlined in the Act. ACL will fund approximately ten (10) cooperative agreements over the course of the 3-year project period. Awardees under this funding opportunity will work with ACL to implement the data collection and reporting requirements under Section 2904 of the Lifespan Respite Reauthorization Act of 2020.
HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) - Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center
40-75% percent of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) have co-occurring chronic pain (CP), which impacts their ability to fully engage in treatment. Effective management of both conditions is hindered by siloed medical disciplines and health systems. HEAL Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) was funded in FY21 to test novel interventions for the management of co-occurring CP and OUD at the patient level. This initiative will test different implementation strategies and other approaches to address scalability and sustainability of evidence based practices for CP and OUD from a health system perspective. Studies will engage key decision leaders in health systems including but not limited to: peer specialists, clinicians, health system leaders, and payers. Studies will execute a single hybrid II/III implementation-effectiveness trial to focus on collaborative care models and implementation strategies to meaningfully integrate CP and OUD service provision in diverse health settings. These studies will address complex factors that influence the ability to scale and sustain effective and integrated care for CP and OUD. The BEACON Center will provide: (1) network coordination support, (2) capacity building at the intersection of CP, OUD, and implementation science, (3) annual surveys/qualitative activities to understand different barriers and attitudes impacting access and sustained use to integrated CP and OUD service delivery, (4) develop important resources for key stakeholder audiences that can inform/improve sustainability and scalability of evidence-based practices. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in partnership with National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for research on the effective management of OUD and CP. Applications are not being solicited at this time. Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. This NOFO will utilize the U2C activity code. Investigators with expertise and insights into this area of CP management and OUD/opioid misuse are encouraged to begin to consider applying for this new NOFO. In addition, collaborative investigations combining expertise in community-based participatory research approaches, implementation science, and other strategies to amplify scalability and sustainability will be encouraged and, these investigators should also begin considering applying for this NOFO. Grant authorities that allow NIDA to forecast this opportunity are as follows: 42 U.S.C. § 241 and § 284.
National Indian Health Outreach and Education
The National Indian Health Outreach and Education (NIHOE) Program is a competitive cooperative agreement. The NIHOE Program was established to provide health outreach and education efforts to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Impact of Technology and Digital Media Exposure Usage on Child and Adolescent Development
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for research on the impact of technology and digital media on children and adolescents. Technology and digital media (TDM) encompasses social media, applications, websites, television, motion pictures, artificial intelligence, mobile devices, computers, video games, virtual and augmented reality, and other content, networks, or platforms disseminated through the internet, broadcasted, or other media technologies, as applicable. Collectively, they have become an integral part of our children’s and families’ daily lives. Most children and adolescents now engage with TDM starting from an early age, often with high levels of exposure across multiple devices and contexts and involving a wide range of content. There is therefore an urgent need to understand how TDM use and exposure impacts children’s health and development, as well as how it alters the very nature of interactions between children and their family members, peers, and society at large. As TDM has evolved with breathtaking speed, our understanding of its impacts – whether positive, neutral, or negative – on children’s health and development has not kept pace. This initiative intends to address this expanding gap by inviting research proposals on the impact of TDM on children and adolescents, including potential broader effects on their families and communities. Please note that applications are not being solicited at this time. This notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. This NOFO will utilize a phased R61/R33 mechanism. Investigators with interests at the intersection of TDM and child/adolescent development are encouraged to apply. In addition, collaborative teams that combine expertise across domains such as behavioral sciences, cognition and learning, computational and statistical modeling, computer science, geographic information science, library and information sciences, neurodevelopment, pediatrics, social and affective development and social sciences will be encouraged, and these investigators should also consider applying for this opportunity.
Flexible Funding Model-Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs (U2F) Clinical Trials Not Allowed
The intended outcome of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance efforts for a nationally Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) by supporting Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS), Food Protection Task Force (FPTF) programs, Dietary Supplement (DS) programs, and special projects. For the purposes of this NOFO, the term state encompasses all eligible organizations as defined in Section 3. MFRPS Development or Maintenance: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) section is to advance efforts for a nationally Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) by assisting state manufactured food regulatory programs to achieve and maintain conformance with the most current version of the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). The MFRPS are intended to ensure that state manufactured food regulatory programs implement a high-quality regulatory program through the development and maintenance of a regulatory framework that builds on and emphasizes mutual reliance with all programs. Also, the program standards are intended to enhance food safety by establishing a uniform basis for measuring and improving the performance of manufactured food regulatory programs in the United States. Conformance with these program standards will help federal and state programs better direct their regulatory activities at reducing foodborne illness hazards in plants that manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods. Food Protection Task Force (FPTF): The purpose of this funding option is to establish and/or support a Food Protection Task Force (FPTF) with diverse membership representative of stakeholders across the state that is responsible for promoting the integration of an efficient statewide human and animal food (HAF) protection system that addresses state and region-specific needs and that maximize the protection of the public health. These efforts include: establishing a food safety/protection network of subject matter experts, fostering educational opportunities, developing replicable resources and systematically fostering communication, education, outreach, cooperation and collaboration within the states among federal, state, local, tribal and territorial HAF protection, public health, agriculture, and regulatory agencies, industry, academia, and consumers to initiate and/or support HAF protection activities to improve public health. A strong FPTF can also help improve human and animal food emergency surveillance, response, and post-response systems by focusing on preparedness, building strong communication channels, and establishing relationships with key players before food-related incidents occur. Dietary Supplements: The goal of this funding option is to facilitate the development of state driven dietary supplement regulatory framework and programs. The overall objective of this funding opportunity is to advance the adoption and implementation of the cGMPs for Dietary Supplements Rule codified at 21 CFR Part 111. Specifically, this track will provide funding support for dietary supplement training and program development activities. Special Projects: The purpose of this funding option is to develop and implement special projects that support innovation and integration in a IFSS using the MFRPS framework. This track will support other emerging food safety priorities that develop over the lifespan of the project. State programs will be expected to share project deliverables and resources developed with other programs.