Volunteer Community Care Corps: Expanding and Refining Models for Volunteer Programs to Support Older Adults, People with Disabilities, and their Family Caregivers
Agency: Administration for Community Living
Assistance Listings: 93.048 -- Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects
Last Updated: May 13, 2026
Description
Offering services and supports to older adults or persons with disabilities can enable them to maintain their independence and status in the community. In addition, we recognize that family caregivers provide most of the support that makes it possible for older people and people with disabilities to live in the community. Providing care can take a physical, financial, and emotional toll on family caregivers. Offering assistance to family caregivers can make it easier for them to continue providing care and allows older adults and persons with disabilities the opportunity to remain in the community.In...
2019, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) established a new grant program that is testing models of programming designed to place volunteers in communities to assist caregivers, older adults, and persons with disabilities in maintaining independence by providing non-medical care. ACL proposes to continue the Volunteer Care Corps by funding a new one cooperative agreement to a national organization to advance the following broad objectives: • Test person-centered model approaches of delivering local volunteer programming to assist older adults, persons with disabilities and their family caregivers in maintaining their independence. • Evaluate locally developed test models to determine the benefit to volunteers, family caregivers, older adults, and persons with disabilities.• Develop and implement a plan to broadly disseminate proven local models for replication in other communities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Eligible applicants include domestic public or private non-profit entities including state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
Grantor contact information
Description
Greg Link
Greg.Link@acl.hhs.gov
Work Email
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2024_CareCorps_Pre-Application_Teleconference_Transcript_4-18-24.docx | 2024 CareCorps Pre-Application Teleconference Transcript 4-18-24.docx | Apr 26, 2024 02:10 PM UTC |
| Foa_Content_of_HHS-2024-ACL-AOA-CCDG-0032_1.pdf | Foa_Content_of_HHS-2024-ACL-AOA-CCDG-0032 (1).pdf | Apr 9, 2024 06:09 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Closed: June 8, 2024
Award
$5,430,000
Program Funding
1
Expected awards
$3,000,000
Award Minimum
$5,430,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
HHS-2024-ACL-AOA-CCDG-0032
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
--
Category of Funding Activity:
Income security and social services
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
April 9, 2024
Archive date:
December 2, 2030
