Lifespan Respite Care Program: State Program Enhancement Grants

Under this  funding opportunity, grantees will be expected to focus on advancing their existing systems of respite care by proposing direct service activities that proactively expand the state's ability to provide respite and related supports to family caregivers across the lifespan.  Grantees will be expected to build on advancements made under previous Lifespan Respite Care Program grants and focus on incrementally increasing the amount (percentage) of direct services they provide each year of their grant. Grantees will be expected to focus on providing all of the required services (and the optional...

By statute, awards may only be made to eligible state agencies that administer the State program under the Older Americans Act of 1965; administer the State program under title XIX of the Social Security Act; or are designated by the Governor of that state to administer the program activities described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.