Community Care Corps has released a 2022-2023 Request for Proposals (RFP) for innovative local models in which volunteers provide nonmedical assistance to family caregivers, older adults or adults with disabilities in order to maintain their independence.
Donor Name: Oasis Institute
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/08/2022
Grant Size: $30,000 to $200,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
The Oasis Institute has received a five-year cooperative agreement from the U.S. Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging (ACL/AoA) to implement the National Volunteer Care Corps. This program, now called Community Care Corps, is administered by Oasis in cooperation with Caregiver Action Network and USAging (referred to as “Administrators” in this Request for Proposals). Altarum, a nonprofit research and consulting organization, is an integral part of consulting and advising the Administrators and the program.
Funding Information
The Administrators will award 18-month grants ranging in size from $30,000 to $200,000 to applicants who have not previously been awarded funding or previous grantees proposing a new local model.
Eligibility Criteria
Examples of the types of organizations that are eligible to apply are:
- Domestic public or private non-profit entities;
- Local communities;
- State, county, and local governments;
- Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American);
- Faith-based organizations;
- Community-based organizations;
- Hospitals and health care systems;
- Institutions of higher education;
- Local aging services organizations as defined in 102(5) of the Older Americans Act of 1965;
- Centers for independent living as defined in section 702 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
- AmeriCorps;
- Time-banking or volunteer agencies with expertise in the delivery of home and community-based services to older adults and adults with disabilities;
- Entities with expertise in the delivery of services and supports to older adults, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers.
For more information, visit Oasis Institute.