Congress funded the Volunteer Caregiver Corps and ACL awarded the grant to a team to manage the funds headed up by The Oasis Institute in Missouri. They have now issued an RFP for funding of volunteer caregiver initiatives. This is a great opportunity for state respite coalitions, grantees and their partners and the ARCH Network to expand or help sustain volunteer respite opportunities.
Community Care Corps is looking for innovative models utilizing local volunteers to assist family caregivers, older adults, or persons with disabilities maintain their independence. Visit www.CommunityCareCorps.org for more information. You can find the RFP and additional information on the website.
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center
Grant Cycle Open February 3, 2020
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center announces grant funding opportunities through its 1st Cycle 2020 Direct Effect Quality of Life (Tier 1) and Expanded Effect Quality of Life (Tier 5) grants initiatives.
Quality of Life (QOL) grants are federally funded through a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL) (Cooperative Agreement Number 90PRRC0002-02-00).
Direct Effect QOL grants offer up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations for projects that clearly impact individuals living with paralysis, their families and caregivers.
Expanded Effect QOL grants are awarded to previously funded QOL grantees whose programs and/or projects have achieved demonstrable, successful impact. Approximately six (6) grants of up to $100,000 each will support significant expansion of strategies and programs that are evidence-based, show innovate promising practices, and/or best practices in the field they serve to improve quality of life for people with paralysis, their families, and caregivers.
Organizations that have previously been awarded a Quality of Life grant in any category may re-apply for funding one year following the close of their grant and notification of grant closure by the Reeve Foundation.
Scoring rubrics and application review forms are now included in the guidelines to enable applicants to better understand how their proposals are evaluated.
A free Application Technical Assistance Webinar will be held on Monday, February 10th from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST. You may register HERE or on our website.
QOL grant applications are available and are to be completed online through the Reeve Foundation online grants portal. The online application submission deadline is Monday, March 16, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
The Foundation is no longer able to provide individual pre-award assistance either by telephone or email. However, we welcome you to submit questions about the application process to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. All questions submitted via email will be collected, aggregated, and answered in a Questions and Answers document posted on our website. The deadline for emailed questions is Friday, February 14th.
2020 1st Cycle Quality of Life Grants Program Calendar
• Cycle Opens: February 3, 2020
• Technical Assistance Webinar: February 10, 2020; 3:00 EASTERN REGISISTER HERE
• Deadline for emailed questions: February 14, 2020
• Proposals Due: March 16, 2020
• External Review: March 19-April 22
• Internal Review: April 27-May 18
• Grants awarded and funded by the end of May 2020
• Grant period: June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021
Ongoing opportunities
Retirement Research Foundation
Retirement Research Foundation’s Responsive Grants program supports projects that have a significant focus on older adults, ages 65 and over, in the following areas:
Advocacy: Achieve enduring social change around issues that affect older Americans
Direct Service: Improve availability and quality of community-based and residential long-term services and supports
Professional Education and Training: Increase the competency of professionals and paraprofessionals who serve older adults
Research: Seek causes and solutions to significant problems for older adults
Applications for Responsive Grants are considered three times per year. The deadlines for the submission of applications are February 1, May 1, and August 1.
Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project, Evidence for Action accepts Letters of Intent on a rolling basis to support rigorously designed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research that yields convincing findings regarding the population health, well-being, and equity impacts of specific policies, programs and partnerships. ARCH has been in discussion with them about respite research in relation to the work of the Expert Panel on Respite Research and they are very willing to entertain research proposals that follow the Expert Panel’s Research framework. For more information, please feel free to contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., author of the report and ARCH facilitator of the Expert Panel.
The application process and requirements can be found at http://www.evidenceforaction.org/applicants#informational-webinar--2 . Letters of Intent that are viewed favorably will be invited to submit a more detailed proposal and awards are for 36 months. Preference is given to applicants that are public entities, institutes of higher education, or nonprofit organizations based in the U.S. or its territories. 501(c)(3) organizations as well as other types of non-profit and for-profit organizations are welcome to apply.
