Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOA HMOD 0308
The grant opportunity titled "Promoting Aging In Place by Enhancing Access to Home Modifications" is a federal discretionary funding program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), specifically its Administration on Aging (AoA). The basic purpose is to help more older adults remain safely in their own homes and communities by improving access to home modifications and repairs that make daily living easier, reduce hazards, and support independence. The opportunity is grounded in a widely documented need: many older adults want to age in place, yet a large share of housing is not designed with accessibility in mind. Census Bureau data cited in the announcement highlights that about one in three older adults has difficulty using some feature of their home, which points to common barriers such as stairs, narrow doorways, bathrooms that are not accessible, poor lighting, and other physical design limitations.
A major public health issue driving this effort is fall risk. The announcement emphasizes that the most serious falls often happen in and around the home and can have severe, long-term consequences for health, mobility, and independence. Home modifications and targeted repairs are presented as practical, preventative solutions that can reduce fall hazards and support safer movement throughout the home. Examples of the kinds of modifications generally associated with this goal include adding grab bars and railings, improving lighting, reducing tripping hazards, installing ramps or zero-step entrances, widening doorways, modifying bathrooms with walk-in showers or accessible fixtures, and making other changes that increase usability for people with mobility, balance, or strength limitations. While the notice does not list specific allowable modifications in the excerpt provided, the emphasis is clearly on accessibility and safety improvements that help older adults live independently.
Rather than funding direct home modification projects in multiple communities, the program is designed around a single cooperative agreement award meant to operate at a broader, systems-support level. Under a cooperative agreement structure, the federal agency typically expects to be more actively involved than with a standard grant, meaning the recipient may collaborate closely with ACL/AoA on priorities, deliverables, and dissemination of results. The funded project is expected to tackle barriers that prevent older adults from getting and effectively using home modifications. Those barriers can include lack of awareness of available services, difficulty navigating programs, limited qualified contractors or assessors, inconsistent standards, gaps in financing, uneven availability across regions, and challenges coordinating among aging services, housing organizations, health care partners, and community-based providers.
The awardee will be expected to provide technical assistance and function as a central repository of best practices and innovations related to home modifications. In practical terms, this means building and curating usable tools, guidance, training materials, implementation frameworks, and evidence-informed strategies that local communities can adopt. The repository concept also implies collecting and organizing replicable models, documenting what works, and helping local entities improve program design and delivery. The focus on "best practices and innovations that can be replicated at the local level" signals an intent to spread scalable approaches across communities, not just produce reports. Technical assistance could reasonably include webinars and trainings, one-on-one support to community programs, sample policies and procedures, guidance on assessment protocols, resource lists, quality and safety considerations, and strategies for partnering with housing and health sectors to expand reach.
Key administrative details from the source information include the funding opportunity number (HHS 2018 ACL AOA HMOD 0308) and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) listing (93.048), categorized under income security and social services. The program planned to make one award, with an award ceiling of $250,000, indicating a single national or multi-regional effort rather than multiple local sub-awards from the federal government directly. The opportunity category is discretionary, and the instrument type is a cooperative agreement, reinforcing that the project is intended to be guided in partnership with the agency. The eligible applicant category is listed broadly as "Others," with further clarification referenced in the original notice under an additional eligibility section (not included in the text provided). The posting date is June 13, 2018, with an original closing date of August 13, 2018, and electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a capacity-building initiative meant to strengthen the national and local ecosystem for aging-in-place home modifications. It prioritizes safety, independence, and fall prevention by improving how communities identify needs, deliver modifications effectively, and share proven approaches. By funding one entity to provide technical assistance and maintain a best-practices repository, ACL/AoA is aiming to reduce fragmentation in the field and accelerate adoption of effective, replicable home modification strategies across local aging and housing networks.Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOA HMOD 0308
- 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 "Promoting Aging In Place by Enhancing Access to Home Modifications" 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 Jun 13, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 13, 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 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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