A Demonstration to Scale Innovative Person-Centered Approaches to Falls Prevention through Clinical-Community Partnerships
🏛 Administration for Community Living (HHS-ACL)
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Can you apply?
This grant is for organizations that can serve as a lead entity to design and implement falls prevention demonstrations across multiple community care hubs. Eligible applicants must have capacity to manage sub-awards, conduct rapid cycle evaluation, and partner with clinical providers and community-based aging services organizations. The grant supports a three-year project to scale person-centered, evidence-based falls prevention interventions using technology, data analytics, and clinical-community partnerships. Geographic scope is national.
Applicants should demonstrate expertise in aging services, falls prevention, and the ability to work across three advanced community care hub sites. Strong relationships with clinical partners and existing aging services networks are essential.
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Key dates
- Jun 26, 2026 Applications open
- Jul 27, 2026 Application deadline in 11 days
- Sep 1, 2026 Award announced
- Sep 1, 2026 Project start
Program description
The purpose of this funding announcement is to demonstrate and evaluate the scalability of person-centered and evidence-based approaches to falls prevention that leverage clinical and community partnerships and related data and technology tools. ACL intends to award a single cooperative agreement to one grantee for a three-year project period with the expectation that the grantee will fund up to three demonstrations. This award will build on the ACL Innovation Lab to demonstrate the scaling of person-centered and evidence-based approaches to falls prevention and related chronic disease management programs through community care hubs and their respective clinical partners and community-based organizations in the aging services network. The successful applicant will be expected to collaborate with ACL in the design and implementation of these demonstrations in the scalability of falls prevention and related chronic disease management interventions through approximately three advanced community care hubs that support care transitions and screening for the risk of falls. They should also have the capacity to 1) do rapid cycle evaluation to iterate and improve the impact of the interventions as they are scaled and, 2) administer sub-awards to community care hubs that can implement and scale person-centered interventions enabled by artificial intelligence, data analytics, assistive technology, virtual delivery of interventions, tools to support consumer behaviors, and related data infrastructure.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
- 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- City / Municipal Government
- Community Health Center
- County Government
- Private University
- Public Authority
- Public K-12 School
- Public University
- Special District
- State Government
- Tribal Nation
- Tribal Organization
Demographic focus
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Justification
- Letters of Commitment from clinical partners and community care hubs
- Organizational capacity/staffing plan
- Evaluation plan with rapid cycle methodology
- Data management and technology implementation plan
Program contact
- 👤 William Bleser
- 📧 william.bleser@acl.hhs.gov
- 📞 (202) 719-2636
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 93.048 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
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$66,701,512
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$50,000,000
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$32,636,000
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$13,015,977
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$12,893,893
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$10,364,463
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$8,389,500
Top States by Funding
- DC 9 awards $159.0M
- NY 6 awards $53.7M
- MO 4 awards $28.0M
- CA 5 awards $19.9M
- VA 4 awards $15.9M
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 93.048). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2024 | $82,804,000 | |
| 2025 | $82,804,000 | |
| 2026 est. | $82,804,000 |
FAQ
Who can apply for this grant?
Organizations experienced in aging services with capacity to manage sub-awards and partner with clinical providers and community-based organizations. You must be able to coordinate across multiple community care hub sites.
What is the timeline and award amount?
This is a three-year project with a deadline of May 31, 2026. A single cooperative agreement will be awarded for $4.7 million total for the full period.
What activities does the grant fund?
Designing and implementing falls prevention demonstrations at three community care hubs. Activities include rapid cycle evaluation, sub-award administration, technology integration, and scaling evidence-based interventions with clinical partners.
Does this require cost sharing?
No cost sharing is required. The full $4.7 million award covers the project.
How competitive is this funding?
This is a single-award opportunity, making it highly competitive. Your application must demonstrate clear partnerships, strong evaluation capacity, and feasibility of scaling interventions across three sites.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Clearly map out your three community care hub sites and confirm partnerships with clinical providers before submitting. Vague or uncommitted partners will weaken your proposal.
- Emphasize your capacity for rapid cycle evaluation and iteration. ACL wants to see structured approaches to testing and improving interventions in real-time.
- Address how you will use technology, AI, data analytics, and virtual delivery as enablers. This is central to the demonstration, not optional.
- Show a realistic budget and timeline for sub-award administration and three simultaneous demonstrations. Overambition here is a red flag.
- Connect your work explicitly to the ACL Innovation Lab framework. Demonstrate how your approach builds on and extends prior ACL work in falls prevention.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applicants underestimate the complexity of managing three concurrent demonstrations and sub-awards. Weak clinical partnerships or letters of commitment doom applications. Many proposals fail to articulate a clear rapid cycle evaluation plan or concrete use of technology/AI in their intervention strategy.
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