2024 Enhancing Statewide Falls Prevention Awareness, Strategy, and Collaboration

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to award a cooperative agreement to a single entity to facilitate the development and enhancement of collaborative efforts of state falls prevention coalitions to reduce falls and/or the risk of falls among older adults, adults with disabilities and their families and caregivers.The entity must have the ability to:rapidly deploy and manage up to 12 competitive sub awards;provide technical assistance to a cohort of state falls prevention coalitions in initiatives which enhance the quality, effectiveness, and proven outcomes of falls prevention activities for older adults and adults with disabilities;ensure that each coalition brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to collaboratively identify state and community needs, create and disseminate resources and education, and build infrastructure and sustainability; anddesign an evaluation to assess the impact of the coalitions' efforts on reducing falls and/or the risk of falls.