Closed · HHS-2022-ACL-CIP-DNCW-0086 · CFDA 93.048 · Discretionary

Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative

Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Community Living, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1.2M-$1.3M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 13, 2022
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Community Living that offered $1,200,000 -- $1,300,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 690 other opportunities from Administration for Community Living.

$1.2M-$1.3M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
93.048
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Te… is closed (last close July 13, 2022). The parent program page for CFDA 93.048 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Administration for Community Living still indexes 690 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 13, 2022

Posted Apr 29 Closes Jul 13

Est. Total Funding

$1,300,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

ACL will award one five year cooperative agreement to support the establishment of a national technical assistance center designed to strengthen the direct care workforce. ACL seeks to advance capacity to recruit and retain a high-quality, competent and effective direct care workforce of professionals capable of meeting the growing needs that older adults and people with disabilities have for such supports. The technical assistance center will address the insufficient supply of trained direct care workers at a systems level, promote promising practices at all levels of the service system. and improve data collection to enable a full understanding of the workforce issue.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Te… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). Only 1 other Administration for Community Living listing share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 691).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 93.048

Chronic Disease Prevention Health Promotion

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Agency Contact

Caroline Ryan caroline.ryan@acl.hhs.gov

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What to do next

Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Te… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 93.048 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Chronic Disease Prevention Health Promotion indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Administration for Community Living lists 690 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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