Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2020 ACL AOA HSSG 0417

This federal grant opportunity, administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), focuses on expanding national capacity to deliver person-centered, trauma-informed (PCTI) care and supportive services for Holocaust survivors living in the United States, as well as other older adults with a history of trauma and the family caregivers who assist them. The project is designed to build directly on ACL's earlier initiative, "Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors," by taking prior progress and scaling it into broader, more durable systems change across the aging services landscape.

At its core, the opportunity aims to strengthen and spread innovative approaches that recognize how trauma can shape an older person's health, behavior, trust in systems, and willingness or ability to engage with services. The emphasis on person-centered care signals that services should be organized around the individual's goals, preferences, culture, and lived experience rather than a one-size-fits-all model. The trauma-informed focus means the work should help providers and organizations understand trauma effects, avoid re-traumatization, improve emotional and physical safety, and build supportive environments for both clients and caregivers. While Holocaust survivors remain a central population for this work, the program explicitly expands the focus to include other older adults who have experienced trauma, acknowledging that trauma histories may stem from many sources and can significantly affect aging and caregiving needs.

The successful applicant is expected to take a national leadership role and to embed person-centered, trauma-informed practices at multiple levels of the aging services network, including federal, state, and local or community-based systems. In practical terms, this implies work that goes beyond direct service delivery and moves toward strengthening infrastructure: developing and disseminating models of care, building provider competencies, supporting organizational adoption, and helping agencies integrate PCTI principles into routine operations. The goal is not simply to run a set of programs in a limited number of sites, but to increase nationwide capability so that trauma-informed, person-centered approaches become more standard and accessible wherever older adults and caregivers seek help.

The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement during the project period, such as ongoing collaboration, technical direction, and coordinated planning between ACL and the grantee. The opportunity is listed as discretionary funding in the "Income Security and Social Services" activity category under CFDA 93.048. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning a wide range of entity types may apply, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full funding announcement.

Funding is significant and concentrated in a single award. ACL anticipates making one award with a ceiling of $4,935,000, positioning the recipient to operate as a national hub for development, coordination, training, and dissemination. The funding opportunity number is HHS 2020 ACL AOA HSSG 0417. It was created on March 19, 2020, with an original application deadline of May 20, 2020, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.

Overall, this opportunity supports a large-scale effort to move trauma-informed, person-centered care from specialized practice into wider adoption across aging services. By concentrating resources in a single cooperative agreement, ACL is signaling a strategy that prioritizes national coordination, consistent frameworks, and broader replication so that Holocaust survivors, other trauma-affected older adults, and their caregivers can more reliably find services that are safe, respectful, and responsive to trauma-related needs.

  • The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and Other Older Adults with a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers" and is now available to receive applicants.
  • Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.048.
  • This funding opportunity was created on Mar 19, 2020.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by May 20, 2020 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
  • Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $4,935,000.00 in funding.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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