Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOA INNU 0300
The Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services grant opportunity (HHS-2018-ACL-AOA-INNU-0300) is a competitive federal funding program offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), under the Older Americans Act (OAA) Title IV authority. Its central purpose is to strengthen and expand what is known to work in older adult nutrition services by helping nutrition providers build a stronger evidence base, improve health outcomes for people receiving services, and run programs more efficiently through new and innovative ways of delivering nutrition support. In practice, the program is designed to push the aging services network beyond tradition-based operations and toward approaches that can be tested, measured, and documented as effective.
The funding is focused on “innovative and promising practices” that enhance the quality, effectiveness, and measurable outcomes of nutrition programs serving older adults. The opportunity explicitly encourages applicants to introduce or refine service delivery models that respond to changing consumer expectations and needs. Examples of acceptable innovations include caregiver-friendly service products like web-based meal ordering systems and carryout meal options, deeper and more creative use of volunteers (for instance, engaging retired chefs or other skilled community members), and program designs that offer greater choice and align with real eating habits such as flexible meal times, salad bars, and increased availability of fresh fruits and vegetables. It also supports testing variations of service models, including hybrid strategies, with the idea that nutrition programs should evolve to better serve newer generations of older adults whose preferences may differ from past participants.
A major theme of the opportunity is connecting nutrition services to broader health and long-term care outcomes. Projects are expected to go beyond simply distributing meals by demonstrating how nutrition programs can play a meaningful role in supporting health and reducing avoidable higher-cost care. Applicants are encouraged to design projects that improve collaboration with local health care entities, reduce health care costs for defined populations, or decrease the likelihood that older adults will need institutional care. Just as important, the grant emphasizes testing and publishing positive outcomes, signaling that ACL wants grantees to generate results that can be shared, replicated, and used to strengthen evidence-based practice across the broader aging network.
Grant funds can be used either to develop and test new models or to replicate and adapt models that have already shown success in other community-based settings. The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement during the project period (for example, collaboration, guidance, or shared planning between the agency and the recipient). The program anticipated making about four awards, with an award ceiling of $250,000 per project.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that operate within or alongside the aging services ecosystem. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than higher education institutions); small businesses; and other entities as described in the full eligibility language. The opportunity falls under CFDA 93.048 and is categorized under Income Security and Social Services, reflecting its focus on community-based supports that help older adults maintain health and independence.
Key administrative details include a creation date of May 18, 2018, with an original application deadline of July 17, 2018, and a requirement that electronic submissions be made by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at accelerating practical, testable improvements in older adult nutrition services, producing measurable health and system outcomes, and spreading models that can make nutrition programs more effective and efficient across diverse communities.Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOA INNU 0300
- 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 "Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services" 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 May 18, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 17, 2018 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 $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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