Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOA IERC 0292
The Native American Elder Justice Initiative (NAEJI) is a federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Community Living (ACL), focused on strengthening how elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation are prevented and addressed in Indian Country. The central goal is to fill a major gap in culturally appropriate information, community education, and practical tools that reflect Tribal values and Tribal understandings of what abuse looks like and how it should be handled. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, the initiative is designed to help Tribes and partners create and share resources that work in real Tribal contexts, including rural and remote communities where systems can be fragmented and jurisdictional lines can be complicated.
Funding is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal agency expects to be actively involved with the recipient during the project period (more hands-on than a standard grant). The opportunity falls under the “Income Security and Social Services” activity category (CFDA 93.047). Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments and public or state-controlled institutions of higher education. The program anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $250,000. Applications were originally due July 9, 2018, with electronic submissions required by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Projects funded under NAEJI are expected to address at least one of several priority activity areas, all aimed at improving prevention, response, and community awareness. One major priority is improving collaboration between Tribal and non-Tribal entities when abuse is suspected, including identifying and sharing strategies that make cross-system coordination actually work (for example, between Tribal social services, local or state adult protective services, law enforcement, prosecutors, service providers, and health systems). Another key emphasis is legal protection through policy development: helping Tribes develop or update Tribal codes that protect elders, building on existing model codes and toolkits, and maintaining examples of Tribal codes so that other communities can learn from them when drafting or revising their own.
NAEJI also prioritizes the creation and dissemination of elder abuse prevention resources that are tribally produced and culturally grounded. This includes educational materials for both professionals and community members that reflect Tribal perceptions of abuse, respect community values, and are practical for use in local settings. Alongside these materials, the initiative supports developing training and technical assistance resources tailored to Indian Country, such as basic education on types and warning signs of abuse, guidance on how to identify and respond to abuse, and how to build effective multidisciplinary teams. These efforts are intended to strengthen prevention, intervention, and response activities, including approaches that rely on effective cross-jurisdictional partnerships where authority and responsibility may be shared or unclear.
Another major component is broad outreach and capacity-building to increase awareness of elder abuse in Indian Country and to elevate visibility of the NAEJI work itself. The opportunity explicitly mentions outreach channels such as conference presentations, public service announcements, newsletters, and articles, along with other forms of public-facing communications and materials development. The initiative also aims to build deeper field-wide expertise in Native elder abuse prevention by developing webinars and training curricula for the people most likely to encounter elder abuse or to play a role in resolving it. This includes health care providers, social service staff, long-term care providers and caregivers, law enforcement, Tribal courts, and Tribal leadership, all with content designed specifically for the realities of Indian Country.
Finally, NAEJI recognizes that data challenges are a major barrier to understanding and addressing elder abuse effectively. The opportunity includes a priority area focused on exploring with Tribes what data would actually be useful, who would collect it, how confidentiality would be protected, what secure system would be needed to store it, and who would manage and own the data. This reflects common concerns around privacy, sovereignty, trust, and practical capacity. The initiative also calls for expanding training to reach people who regularly enter elders homes and may be among the first to notice signs of abuse or neglect, such as senior companions, community health representatives, home health care workers, and similar in-home visitors. Overall, the grant is structured to help build culturally appropriate, Tribe-centered tools, training, partnerships, and knowledge systems that improve both prevention and response to elder harm in Tribal communities.Apply for HHS 2018 ACL AOA IERC 0292
- 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 "Native American Elder Justice Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.047.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 08, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 09, 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: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
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