Expanding Strategies for Community Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programming

The summary for the Expanding Strategies for Community Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programming grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Administration for Community Living, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Expanding Strategies for Community Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programming: PurposeThe intent of this funding opportunity is to award entities to focus on specific targeted partnerships and innovative strategies to reduce falls and/or falls risk among the majority being older adults (60 years and older) and adults with disabilities, with a focus on those with greatest social and/or greatest economic needs (i.e., target population for this Funding) through the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention programs with an innovative person-centered approach.This funding opportunity has two goals:Goal 1: Develop an innovative fall prevention method that includes targeted partnerships and outreach to recruit the target population into small group in-person evidence-based falls prevention programs.Goal 2: Design an evaluation of your intervention to assess the impact of the effort on reducing falls and/or the risk of falls, and develop and disseminate 508-compliant program results, resources, lessons learned, and process documents to inform practice, service delivery, program development and/or policymaking for other organizations to replicate this approach, to include a comprehensive list of partnerships developed.The Administration on Aging (AoA), part of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), plans to award 2 cooperative agreements with a three-year project period, subject to availability of funds.