Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2023 ACL AOA INNU 0007
The 2023 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services - Research opportunity (HHS 2023 ACL AOA INNU 0007) is a discretionary federal funding program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Administration for Community Living (ACL). It is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the awardees should expect an active partnership with ACL during the project period rather than a fully hands-off grant. The central aim is to fund research and solid documentation on innovative and promising practices and policies in nutrition services for older adults, especially approaches that proved useful or were created during the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is not just on new ideas in theory, but on gathering evidence that these innovations measurably improve how nutrition programs work across the aging services network.
This program sits within the context of the Older Americans Act (OAA), which finances a wide range of community-based supports designed to help older adults remain in their homes and communities for as long as possible and to reduce strain on family and informal caregivers. Within that broader mission, the grant targets nutrition services, such as congregate meals and home-delivered meals, and looks for research projects that can strengthen quality, effectiveness, and documented outcomes. In practice, that means applicants are expected to study interventions or program models that can demonstrate real-world value, such as improved participant health or well-being, better service reach, stronger participant engagement, reduced isolation when paired with nutrition services, cost savings, or delayed use of more expensive medical care.
A key requirement is that the work be relevant at scale. Proposed research needs to have clear potential for broad implementation across the national aging services network rather than being useful only in a single locality or niche setting. The opportunity is also explicit about equity and risk: innovations must target underserved older adults with the greatest social and economic need, and people who are at risk of institutional placement. The intended outcome is to support nutrition and related service approaches that help individuals stay in home- and community-based settings, thereby reducing reliance on costly medical interventions and long-term institutional care.
The maximum award amount is $600,000 (award ceiling), and ACL anticipated making about four awards. Eligible applicants include a wide range of public and nonprofit entities: state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and 501(c)(3) nonprofits that are not institutions of higher education. Applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date of January 25, 2023. The funding is listed under CFDA 93.048, which aligns it with ACL programs supporting older adults and related community services.
Overall, this grant opportunity is designed for organizations that can rigorously research and document nutrition-service innovations with demonstrated or strongly plausible benefits, produce evidence that is credible and transferable, and generate findings that other aging-service providers can adopt. The strongest fits are projects that connect nutrition services to measurable outcomes, focus on older adults facing the greatest barriers, and make a clear case that the innovation can be replicated broadly across the OAA-supported service infrastructure.Apply for HHS 2023 ACL AOA INNU 0007
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2023 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services -Research" 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 Nov 22, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 25, 2023 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 $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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