Cooperative Agreement 90CGPS0006

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $585,710 to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) to conduct a study focused on improving self-care among caregivers of adults receiving home care for heart failure and cognitive impairment. The study aims to enroll 254 caregivers and at least 60 patients with heart failure and mild or moderate cognitive impairment from home health care settings in New York City. The goal is...

This Project Grant award of $1,059,999.00 by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, under the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act Program (CFDA 93.877), aims to advance systems-level implementation of evidence-based strategies and interventions that improve timely screening, diagnosis, and access to appropriate services for individuals with autism and their families across the lifespan. The key products and services to be delivered through this...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), awarded a $505,042 Project Grant to Careyaya Health Technologies Inc. to develop "YAYAGUIDE", an AI-enabled personalized training platform for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). The project aims to address the growing need for caregiver training and support, which is compounded by a shortage of caregivers and inadequate training...

The Department of Aging California was awarded a $450,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects (CFDA 93.048) grant program. The goal of the "Cal Community Connect" project is to advance California's No Wrong Door system by streamlining access to long-term services and supports (LTSS) through trained and certified...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging provides $372,521.00 to the South Carolina Department on Aging to implement the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. The funding will be used to deliver a range of services under the National Family Caregiver Support, Title III, Part E (CFDA 93.052) federal grant program, including information dissemination, counseling, training, respite care, and supplemental support for...

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228) will support the Cherokee Nation in expanding care and support services for patients living with dementia and their caregivers. The project aims to develop a comprehensive approach to dementia care, including awareness and recognition, timely diagnosis, multidisciplinary assessment, management and referral, and...

This federal Project Grant award of $306,872 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research is focused on implementing a technology platform to improve training and consumer access to a nascent elder companion care workforce. The grant recipient, Booklillicares, LLC, a woman-owned small business located in Portsmouth, RI, aims to (1) conduct customer discovery with nanny agency owners interested in expanding into elder companionship services, (2) identify nannies...

This Project Grant award of $349,333 from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Rendever, Inc., a for-profit organization located in Somerville, MA, aims to develop and test the feasibility of a virtual reality (VR) platform to support in-home dementia caregivers. The VR-CARES initiative will leverage Rendever's existing social VR platform to create a novel caregiver support system. This will enable dementia caregivers to connect virtually as avatars, participate in...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $677,026 to George Mason University to conduct a Stage 2 efficacy trial of the WECARE intervention, a personalized digital health program designed to enhance caregiving mastery and psychosocial well-being for Chinese American dementia caregivers. The 7-week WECARE program offers multimedia content, quiz-embedded games, personalized feedback, location-specific resources, and social...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $170,640 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to develop and pilot test a parent-to-parent peer navigation intervention called "RECHARGE". The goal of the RECHARGE intervention is to improve access to respite care services for parents of children with...