Call for Applications: Targeted Technical Assistance to Build the Business Capacity of Community-Ba

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an opportunity for up to ten networks of community-based aging and disability organizations to participate in a learning collaborative and receive targeted technical assistance related to business acumen.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an opportunity for up to ten networks of community-based aging and disability organizations to participate in a learning collaborative and receive targeted technical assistance related to business acumen.

The purpose of this initiative is to provide targeted technical assistance to a second learning collaborative of up to ten networks of community-based aging and disability organizations. The intent is to help these networks build their business capacity and align their service capabilities in order to contract with integrated healthcare entities (e.g., accountable care organizations, health plans, managed care organizations, hospitals, health systems, and more) to provide community-based long-term services and supports and/or evidence-based preventive health programs and services. ACL is particularly interested in working with networks that include a diverse mix of organizations that serve people with disabilities and older adults.

From May 2013 to December 2014, ACL provided technical assistance to a pilot learning collaborative with nine networks of community-based organizations to assist them in marketing, contracting, and pricing the services they provide to older adults and individuals with disabilities.

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on Monday, December 8, 2014 via email to Lauren.Solkowski@acl.hhs.gov. For more information on the application and how to apply, click here.

ACL will screen all requests to assure a level playing field. Applications that fail to meet the three screening criteria described below will not be reviewed and will receive no further consideration.