income_security_and_social_services · HHS-ACL

National Ombudsman Resource Center

Administration for Community Living · HHS-2026-ACL-AOA-OMRC-0128

Closed

Award Range

$516.407K – $516.407K

Total Program Funding

$516.407K

Expected Awards

Deadline

July 29, 2026

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

ACL is funding ONE organization to run the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center (NORC) — providing training, TA, and support to all 53 state ombudsman programs (the people who advocate for residents of nursing homes and assisted living). $516K/year, single award. This is the backbone support organization for the national ombudsman network.

Who Should Apply

National organizations with expertise in long-term care ombudsman work, elder rights, and the capacity to provide training/TA to 53 state programs. The current NORC operator (likely the Consumer Voice) would be the incumbent.

Who Should NOT Apply

State or local ombudsman programs (you're a client of this center), nursing homes, individual advocates, or organizations without national long-term care policy expertise.

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Must operate as THE National Ombudsman Resource Center
•Must support all 53 state ombudsman programs
•Must provide training, TA, and resources
•Must enhance skills, knowledge, and management of state programs
•Single award only

💡 GrantQuick Tip

This is a renewal/recompete for an established center. The incumbent has years of relationships with every state ombudsman program. Unless you can demonstrate a fundamentally better approach to national TA delivery for the ombudsman network, the incumbent advantage is significant. If you ARE the incumbent, focus on impact data from the current cycle.

Competitiveness: Very low competition (1 award) — effectively an incumbent renewal unless a challenger emerges with superior national capacity.

What This Grant Funds

ACL plans to compete a new cooperative agreement for one (1) award to operate the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center (NORC). The purpose of NORC is to provide support, technical assistance, and training to the 53 State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs and their statewide networks to enhance the skills, knowledge, and management capacity of the State Ombudsman programs. As a result of this grant, ACL expects state Ombudsman will improve their skills and ability to effectively advocate for residents in long-term care facilities.

Attachments

PDF

hhs-2026-acl-aoa-omrc-0128_rev2.pdf

Who Can Apply

Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.

Eligible Applicant Types

Unrestricted (open to all)

Funding Details

Minimum Award: $516.407K
Maximum Award: $516.407K
Total Program Funding: $516.407K
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing Required?: Yes
Funding Instrument: cooperative_agreement

Key Dates

Posted: June 29, 2026

Application Deadline: July 29, 2026 (0 days remaining)

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Agency Contact

Kari Benson contactelderjustice@acl.hhs.gov

contactelderjustice@acl.hhs.gov

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