Grant opportunity
Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) intends to fund one (1) three-year cooperative agreement to maintain and expand the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center. The primary goal of this initiative is to support cross-sector efforts to address the current shortage and high turnover rate of direct care workers. By strengthening this workforce, ACL aims to ensure that older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers can safely live, work, and fully participate in their communities.
- Funder
- Administration for Community Living
- Forecast notice: deadline to be announced
- Forecast notice: deadline to be announced
- Award
- USD 2,000,000
- Applicant
- Private institutions of higher education; County governments; City or township governments; State governments; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Discipline
- Social Sciences, Policy and Governance
- Region
- United States
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
Call summary
Overview
Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative is an official Grants.gov notice published between 30 September and 27 October 2026. Opportunity number: HHS-2027-ACL-AOD-DNDP-0016
Who can apply
Eligible applicant types listed by the agency: Private institutions of higher education; County governments; City or township governments; State governments; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized). Applicants must also satisfy every programme-specific condition in the official notice.
What it supports
- The Administration for Community Living (ACL) intends to fund one (1) three-year cooperative agreement to maintain and expand the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center. The primary goal of this initiative is to support cross-sector efforts to address the current shortage and high turnover rate of direct care workers. By strengthening this workforce, ACL aims to ensure that older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers can safely live, work, and fully participate in their communities.
- Opportunity number: HHS-2027-ACL-AOD-DNDP-0016
Funding and duration
- Award ceiling: USD 2,000,000
- Expected number of awards: 1
Forecast notice: deadline to be announced
Forecast notice: deadline to be announced
How to apply
Open the official Grants.gov record, review the full notice and attachments, and use the application package or agency route stated there.
Call details
Source-based overview
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) intends to fund one (1) three-year cooperative agreement to maintain and expand the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center. The primary goal of this initiative is to support cross-sector efforts to address the current shortage and high turnover rate of direct care workers. By strengthening this workforce, ACL aims to ensure that older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers can safely live, work, and fully participate in their communities. The official record contains the controlling eligibility, budget, attachment and submission requirements for opportunity HHS-2027-ACL-AOD-DNDP-0016.
Eligibility
Eligible applicant types listed by the agency: Private institutions of higher education; County governments; City or township governments; State governments; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized). Applicants must also satisfy every programme-specific condition in the official notice.
Funding and benefits
Award ceiling: USD 2,000,000
Expected number of awards: 1
Themes and supported activities
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) intends to fund one (1) three-year cooperative agreement to maintain and expand the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center. The primary goal of this initiative is to support cross-sector efforts to address the current shortage and high turnover rate of direct care workers. By strengthening this workforce, ACL aims to ensure that older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers can safely live, work, and fully participate in their communities.
Opportunity number: HHS-2027-ACL-AOD-DNDP-0016
Deadline and timeline
Forecast notice: deadline to be announced: Forecast notice: deadline to be announced.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Open the official Grants.gov record, review the full notice and attachments, and use the application package or agency route stated there.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.