Administration for Community Living Awards $60 Million to Advance Make America Healthy Again Agenda

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Community Living (ACL) today announced $60 million in new grant awards to states, territories, tribes, and local organizations supporting older adults and Americans with disabilities. These awards will strengthen existing programs that protect health, preserve independence, and support caregivers -- key priorities of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.

"We are directing resources where they matter most-prevention, independence, and dignity," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said. "These grants restore health, cut through bureaucracy, and ensure every American-especially seniors and people with disabilities-can live healthy, independent, and dignified lives."

This September, ACL awarded 59 grants to recipients across the nation. These investments will bolster the health and wellbeing of the nation's most vulnerable citizens by ensuring federally funded programs and resources provide as much efficiency, innovation, and quality as possible.

Together, these grants will enhance tried and tested programs for preventing falls among seniors, managing chronic conditions, reducing hospitalizations and care costs, advancing state caregiver strategies, funding dementia-capable programs in Indian County and across the national aging network, and enhancing senior nutrition programs.

These grants will also aid state-based programs in implementing the RAISE Family Caregivers Act recommendations and bolster funding for the National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment and the Senior Medicare Patrol Resource Center - programs that ensure older adults and people with disabilities can access benefits and protect themselves against fraud. Additionally, these resources will aid efforts to expand elder justice innovations and adult protective services in tribal communities to prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation, as well as supporting services for Holocaust survivors and other older adults with a history of trauma through person-centered, trauma-informed programs.

ACL's $60 million investment in these resources and programs will further the President's mission to Make America Healthy Again and support the health, dignity, and independence of our most vulnerable Americans.

"Make America Healthy Again means investing in prevention, empowering families to take control of their well-being, and strengthening community supports," said Acting ACL Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging Mary Lazare. "These grants reflect our commitment to building a system that works for people, not against them."

Additional funding opportunities will continue to be announced on both Grants.gov and ACL.gov.